Remakes, Reboots...

Obligatory - please point to a time when Hollywood was original.

Can you elaborate on those past eras?

I saw the news of point break a fees days ago.

They better not frick the GOAT movie with that remake.

Utah.....get me two!

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Think about it. Before film, Plays/Musical were the dominant form of "go out" entertainment. Make it an event. So MANY of the movies released were based off of that. If it wasn't a play or musical it was a book the other large percentage of time. Now?

The dominant form of modern entertainment is the film, therefore most people, rather than growing up watching plays that they then want to impart/remake onto the screen. People grow, watching film. It's the core of their inspiration, so it's no surprise that people then want to put sometimes the exact same thing on film, and change very little. They want to do their interpretation.

Art is all about imitation, therefore the problem is that film is now, and for the foreseeable future, the dominant form of that imitative act. So it's starting to imitate itself more and more.

Not only that, but now we have access to EVERYTHING. There is almost no such think as regional or local theater. Even if it does exist, there are ways to consume it outside of that locality. We see, and have the ability to consume, everything. So everything becomes far more familiar.

Art is the same. Hollywood is the same, but inspiration has shifted. And we consume differently. We consume an exponential amount of content compared to the past, so we will be inspired by more of it, and we'll recognize more of it ourselves.

/soapbox

I wonder if people back in the Renaissance said the same thing. "Another painting of the Virgin Mary? Really?" "How many Jesus frescoes do we need?"

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The 80s saw almost every single horror property go to at least three, and many times 5 movies...

Phantasm 1-4
Friday the 13th 1-7
Nightmare on Elm Street 1-6
Ghoulies 1-3
Sleepaway Camp 1 and 2
Halloween 1-6
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1-3
Evil Dead 1-2
Hellraiser 1-3
Critters 1-2
Toxic Avenger 1-4
Pumpkinhead 1-2
Zombi 2 and Day of the Dead (unofficial)

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None of these are mainstream movies. These were the exception rather than the norm.

I get that there has always been sequels but it is a matter of degrees. I have never made an argument in absolute terms. Again, if people want to equate any other era to today, it's a strawman argument, imo.

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None of these are mainstream movies. These were the exception rather than the norm.

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These were very much mainstream movies aimed at THE target market for film. Teens and Young Adults.

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Again, if people want to equate any other era to today, it's a strawman argument, imo.

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"I won't listen to any argument"

Got it. So why start the thread?

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They are just being far more blatant about the reboots and remakes, that's all.

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I'd make the argument though that a quality remake today is far less likely than it was in previous eras. The "we're going to remake this with the opposite race/sex" is the absolute worst form of this IMO.

I'd at least like to see Hollywood stretch further back for remake material if that's the route they're going to go right now.

Ghostbusters 1-2
Beverly Hills Cop 1-3
Back to the Future 1-3
Godfather 1-3
Star Wars 1-3
Indiana Jones 1-4
Star Trek 1-10
48 Hours 1-2
Porky's 1-3
Conan 1-2
Crocodile Dundee 1-3
Airplane 1-2
Revenge of the Nerds 1-4
Police Academy 1-7
Pink Panther 1-8
Karate Kid 1-4
Rambo 1-3
Jame Bond 1-25
Predator 1-2
Terminator 1-4
Missing in Action 1-3
Death Wish 1-5
Dirty Harry 1-5
Die Hard 1-5
Airport 1-4
Look Who's Talking 1-3
Three Men and a Baby 1-2
Arthur 1-2
Bad News Bears 1-3
The Black Stallion 1-2
Superman 1-4
The Omen 1-3
Planet of the Apes 1-5
Rocky 1-6
Alien 1-4
Lethal Weapon 1-4
Jaws 1-4
The Muppets 1-8
Vacation 1-4
Herbie 1-5
Smokey and the Bandit 1-3
Robocop 1-3
Poltergeist 1-3
Psycho 1-3
Oh God 1-3
Mad Max 1-3


yea, these probably shouldnt count either amirite?