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Really depends on the director and how they adapt it.

Despite Hollywood's horrendous reputation around recycled IPs, their adaptations of foreign media have actually turned out quite good for several films, although arguably nothing compares to the original.

The Departed was a remake of Infernal Affairs and there are still mile long threads to this day arguing about which one you should watch.

tbf though I wouldn't keep my hopes too high because there is a ocean full of poor adaptations and sequels, regardless of the quality of the original media or even when reusing the exact same film team.

I dunno man, people love to shit on remakes nowadays but so many great movies in the past have been remakes. I'm talking about classics like Scarface or For A Fistfull Of Dollars. And yeah obviously the American remake wouldn't have them eating with chopsticks and shit

I doubt those cultural contexts were understood by most of the west, and yet it was successful.

It goes to reason then that a western remake doesn't need them specifically.

But yeah. Have a fucking original idea Hollywood. I've given up watching remakes and sequels.

Fuck no, and a remake is dumb

I guarantee the rich family will be more blatantly evil as a way for the rich Hollywood fucks to go "See, they're so much worse than us. You wouldn't rebel against US would you?"

I'm having a hard time imagining that the end-result would be anything other than a watered down copy that has been focus tested to fail completely at hilighting the societal differences between the people upstairs and downstairs.

I bet the first half would be overly goofy, and the second half more akin to slapstick. I have not a shred of belief that they'll be able to capture tiny details such as the head of the house literally stepping over someone bleeding out (or was she already dead?) to focus on his son.

Idk if it will turn out good or not, but I don’t think the problems you mentioned are really an issue. I assume they aren’t just going to shoot a one to one remake with English actors, it’d be adapted to the culture it’s being presented in. (To be clear, I haven’t heard anything about the remake, this is just speaking generally.) Sort of like how there’s a US and UK “The Office” which aren’t just the same show but different actors.

While those specific cultural examples couldn’t just slot into a movie set in America, the themes still fit really well. It’s not like the US doesn’t have economic inequality and all. There’s a reason why Parasite and Squid Game got such international attention despite language and cultural differences.

That said, I’m generally anti-remake/franchise. Come up with your own original ideas dammit!

Also, I sure do love jelly-filled donuts.

No.

American remakes are generally terrible.

Boon Joon Ho has been very clear about the Parasite TV show not being a remake. He says it is a story that takes place in the same universe.

First and foremost, the only measure of success in US entertainment is eyes on screen. How much money it makes at the Box Office or number of watches. Nothing else matters.

Now with that said, there is a long history of Horror movies making sharp social commentary in the US, actually when I think about it, the best social commentary in movies is in horror movies.

• The primary subtext of Dawn of the Living Dead is the absurdity of consumerism in the US.
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an allegory of the Red Scare, that took place in the 50s.
• The Long Walk just did illustrated the shittiness of the draft and the stupidity of war.
• They Live is a critique of how the Elite are controlling society.
• Rosemary’s Baby is all about a women’s right to choose.
• And many more.

Would there have to be adjustments to suite American Culture?

Yes of course.

I'm sure the Hollywood version will not be good, but it won't be because of those cultural factors. It's not hard to find equivalents to certain cultural artifacts, and rearrange plot points to fit a different setting. What the American film will fail to do is to be as biting in its satire of class differences, because Hollywood executives think it won't sell well.

Parasite is not a movie that makes sense for a spin-off, remake or sequel. The very idea of a "Parasite" franchise is revolting. And yet, here we are.

There are pretty direct analogues to all these in US culture, but I still don't think the remake (I prefer the term translation) would be good.

The movie was huge in America and sparked a ton of debate about our own inequalities. Everyone who watched the movie pretty much "got it," even if some specifically Korean bits went over their heads

It's not categorically impossible, but unlikely. However it seems the American version will instead be a HBO show.

Bong is teaming up with “The Big Short” and “Vice” director Adam McKay to co-executive produce the series. It’s supposed to be an English language remake of the Oscar-winning film, but with more subplots and characters.

The guy who directed the Anchorman and Ricky Bobby movies isn't giving me a lot of hope. Even more serious stuff like "The Big Short" doesn't seem like a qualifier to handle this type of social commentary. I'd much rather see someone like the Coen brothers who are known for wry dry sarcasm and microfocusing on small communities.

Adding more "characters and subplots" sounds like an attempt justifying more episodes, the source had a fleshed out world in a movie. Are we adding things that actually improve the story or padding the numbers?

Idk, I'll eat my words if it turns out great, I just don't see much reason to get my hopes up.

An American remake can only go wrong.