Has Remake-Obsessed Hollywood Run Out of New Ideas?

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Creativity Crisis: Has Remake-Obsessed Hollywood Run Out of New Ideas?

By Hollie McKay

Published August 01, 2011

FoxNews.com

Revive, remake, repackage, reboot – whatever you want to call it, one thing is clear: Hollywood likes looking back better than it likes looking forward.

Take the upcoming remake of the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Sharon Stone 1990 sci-fi classic 'Total Recall.'

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In fact, over the next 12 months, audiences can expect to see a new episode or version of "Planet of the Apes," “The Avengers,” “Spider-Man,” “Fright Night,” “The Great Gatsby,” “When Worlds Collide,” “RoboCop,” “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” “The Thing,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “The Raven,” “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “Red Dawn” and “Footloose.”

Add those to recent updated versions of “Winnie the Pooh,” “Clash of the Titans,” “Karate Kid,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “War of the Worlds,” “Arthur,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “The Tourist” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

And déjà vu happens when you turn the television on too.

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“Hollywood has PC'd itself to death, and in the process killed whole categories of content. Where studios once made memorable movies, they now produce schlocky teen flicks filled with bad language, sex and stupidity,” said Dan Gainor, VP of Business & Culture at the Media Research Center.

But according to film expert and founder of GeekActually.com, David McVay, it isn’t that the entertainment industry has no new ideas to share. It is instead a case of studio executives being driven by an ever-increasing focus on the bottom line. . . .

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[Tony Trout]

They're also remaking "Dirty Dancing"! Personally, I think that's a slap in the face of the memory of Patrick Swayze. I, for one, don't think he'd go along with it if he were still alive.

[sheya joie]

I've heard they may be redoing Wild Wild West as a series. Oy! Did they learn nothing from the travesty that was the 1999 movie???

My daughter, however, thinks Misha Collins could play Artie - and that Warwick Davis would be a good Dr Loveless.

[other one]

they could do another story with "Doctor Who" and I'd be pleased (well if it was a good production anyway)

[Shiloh62]

Gone in 60 Seconds, Herbie,Longest Yard, the list is endless-Good point nebula-no fresh ideas. The same goes for music as well. The new generation takes our old songs and makes them sound soooooooo ugly.

[appy]

I think if they worked more on the story lines than on the special effects and make up the movies would be a lot cheaper to make. Seems like every remake, the details must be more elaborate than an earlier version.

[sPrevorb31]

they remade the original star trek movie, and now its ruined

i hope they dont start a new tv series with new actors

[appy]

Why not? They already made newer versions of the original series.

[wyguy]

I should go to Hollywood. I have a ton of movie ideas.

.......sick, twisted, nightmarish ideas.

[sheya joie]

they could do another story with "Doctor Who" and I'd be pleased (well if it was a good production anyway)

They are still making Doctor Who - they're on the eleventh Doctor now, played by Matt Smith.