Short turnarounds for some originals, remakes.(Preview)

Byline: ROGER EBERT - Universal Press Syndicate

Q: Regarding your answer to a recent question about the fastest time between the original movie and the remake: I'm not sure this is a record, and it may not technically count as a remake, being a movie based on the same source material, but "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Valmont" came out only about a year apart.

- Chris Dugas, Toronto

A: That question inspired at least 20 replies. Here is a sample:

Jeremy D. Schmidt, Prince George, B.C.: If this includes Hollywood remaking a foreign film, then I submit "Infernal Affairs" (2004) to "The Departed" (2007) and "Ju-on: The Grudge" (2003) to "The Grudge" (2004) (the two "Grudges" were by the same director, Takashi Shimizu, no less).

Jonathan Pacheco, McKinney, Texas: Does "The Incredible Hulk" qualify? It may not be a "remake" of Ang Lee's Hulk, but I think do-overs should count as well.

Graham Powell, Fort Worth, Texas: "The Maltese Falcon" was made three times from 1931 to 1941. The last one starred Humphrey …