Now that Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner are remaking The Incredible Shrinking Man as a comedy, maybe we'll see the start of a trend of comedy remakes of scifi classics. After all, a version of The Day The Earth Stood Still starring Martin Lawrence probably wouldn't be any sillier than the "serious" Keanu Reeves version coming in December. So which classic movie do you think would make for a modern comedy masterpiece?

(More evidence of the possible funny-remake trend: Seth Rogen is supposedly starring in The Green Hornet, and Jack Black was slated at one point to star in a Green Lantern movie.) So vote already:

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