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We rightly complain about endless remakes BUT…

posted 2 years ago by Drooch (5333)
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…back in the day most Hollywood films were adaptations of novels. Of course there are plenty of original screenplays but many of the classics we love were ‘remakes’ of books - Godfather, Jaws, Alien, Blade Runner, Die Hard, Total Recall etc etc

I’m the first to criticise endless remakes/reboots/sequels but Hollywood has been hedging its bets with proven source material for decades.

The issue now is that writers and directors don’t read and so they lack depth, substance and insight into humanity. As a result their films are shallow and rely on noise and effects, and if they’re in the woke cult (as most of Hollyweird appears to be) then they’re far more interested in preaching their insane dogma than telling any kind of meaningful tale.

They don’t tell stories anymore.

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[–] diezman (1840) 2 years ago

I don't mind remakes if they can bring something different to the table.

Kind of like the remakes of The Thing, The Fly and Dawn of the Dead.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

If the original film is very old and/or bad then remakes are welcome, the problem today is that they remake good films into really shit ones stuffed with woke dogma, that use the good name of the original to sell tickets. It’s like taking a shit in a wishing well.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

The Departed
Magnificent Seven

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

What about em?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Those are remakes

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

How’s that relevant to my point?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

It was about remakes.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

It was specifically about classics often being based on books and therefore, like remakes, are not original ideas. Why did you mention those films?

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

Because they're remakes.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

You seem to have mistaken this thread for one which lists random remakes. Next time read the OP before wasting your time and others’.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 2 years ago

What are you, the thread police?

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

No, a person who expects people to read the OP before replying. Do that next time and you won’t make a prick out of yourself.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 2 years ago

I don't really mind remakes, I mostly just want them to be good, at least close to as good as what they're being remade from - if not better - and to not be remade too soon after the original so that they don't seem completely pointless or like an obvious cash grab and nothing more.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

New rule - only bad-to-mediocre films can be remade. A good film can be remade but only after 45 years.

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[–] Mustang (5257) 2 years ago

Good idea. Make it better or leave it alone.

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Amen. I've thought this for years. That's why I was ok with a remake of Nightmare Alley.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 2 years ago

I'm sure some exceptions might be made here and there, but otherwise that's a yes from me.

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[–] Kowalski (60847) 2 years ago

back in the day...Godfather, Jaws, Alien, Blade Runner, Die Hard, Total Recall

YOU DIDN'T GO VERY FAR BACK IN THE DAY.

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[–] Mustang (5257) 2 years ago

I know they have always been around. My problem is when they remake/reboot a film that is only a few years old or has been rebooted or remade several times already.

Did we really need yet another incarnation of Batman?

Related point, when they do sequels but then RetCon stuff and you have to watch the new installment but cancel out the film before or another one in the series for the new one to make sense.

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

I don't bother watching shit like that. They don't even exist in my universe.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72595) 2 years ago

Most stories have been told before so remakes are unavoidable

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[–] Joogle83 (4148) 2 years ago

>Most stories have been told before

nothing is truly original its just a matter of reworking or inverting codified tropes that make its appear original has been since when were able to tell stories

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[–] Joogle83 (4148) 2 years ago

The Northman came out this and it bombed so don't complain Hollywood isn't trying to branch out
yes on that note as well nothing is truly Original it's just a matter of reworking or inverting tropes that appear that way visit TV Tropes if you want more details on that matter i linked below

https://tvtropes.org/

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