Was reading a toy review on
www.mwctoys.com and saw this interesting quote.
Those who still can't understand that The Amazing Spider-Man is, in fact, a new adaptation of a comic book story, and NOT a remake of Raimi's Spider-Man, please take note;
"The new film Carrie is not a remake. This is a pet peeve of mine, and if I can't whine about my pet peeves on my own site, where can I?
A remake is a movie that is based on a previous movie. For example, if you're Peter Jackson and you make a King Kong movie, that's a remake. If you're Rob Zombie and you make a Halloween, that's a remake. The original source material is a movie, so when you do a movie again, you're remaking that original movie.
But if a movie is an adaptation of a novel in the first place, than future movies aren't remakes of that movie - they are new adaptations of the book. While this might seem a minor difference, it's not."
- Michael Crawford