Writer's Block: First and only
May. 1st, 2010 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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No. People don't realize it because film is such a relatively new medium and modern intellectual property law hobbles the process, but sequel and remake are the natural state of pop entertainment.
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Date: 2010-05-01 05:27 pm (UTC)That right there is probably the root of at least 80% of resistance to the idea of remakes.
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Date: 2010-05-01 05:31 pm (UTC)Don't make me quote Sturgeon.
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Date: 2010-05-01 05:46 pm (UTC)Actually, it can and does go the other way... You've Got Mail (1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) was VASTLY better than The Shop Around the Corner (1940, James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan).
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Date: 2010-05-01 06:50 pm (UTC)Someday I hope to see an English translation of Miklos Lazlo's play Parfumerie which was the original original. Wonder where he stole the plot from?
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Date: 2010-05-02 03:19 am (UTC)I don't mind remakes. Really, it depends on the quality of the remake. After all, in a technical manner in Japan they remade Gojira so many times, but the U.S. attempt was just plain... ugh.
The first time the U.S. folks made Dune into a movie, it annoyed the fans. Until they made it into a TV series which set the good points of the movie in high relief. Such as that the it was largely accurate to the book except for that ridiculous ending.
The Lord of the Rings movies were so good, they make me have high hopes for The Hobbit.
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Date: 2010-05-02 04:55 am (UTC)Sturgeon's Law is, "Ninety percent of everything is crud."
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Date: 2010-05-02 05:25 am (UTC)