Has Remake-Obsessed Hollywood Run Out of New Ideas?

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In fact, over the next 12 months, audiences can expect to see a new episode or version of ... “The Avengers,”

I'm sorry, "The Avengers" is a remake?

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In fact, over the next 12 months, audiences can expect to see a new episode or version of ... “The Avengers,”

I'm sorry, "The Avengers" is a remake?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_%28film%29

[Guest shiloh357]

Waht is crazy is that they are doing remakes of movies that are not even 30 years old. I mean, a remake of Total Recall? What ever happened to creativity? Seems Hollywood has gotten really, really lazy. Why do we need a remake of Spiderman??? The first one is not even 10 years old. The first one WAS the remake. Now we are going to get a remake of the remake?

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In fact, over the next 12 months, audiences can expect to see a new episode or version of ... “The Avengers,”

I'm sorry, "The Avengers" is a remake?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_%28film%29

Well, the Wiki page says:

The Avengers (film) may refer to:

The Avengers (2012 film) a 2012 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

The Avengers (1998 film) a 1998 American film adaptation of the British television series of the same name.

The Avengers (1942 film) 1942 war film set in Norway during World War II.

So it's three very different ideas using the same name. But it's not a remake. The Avengers movie coming up has Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor in it, while the '98 one was a spy movie. Never heard of the 1942 one.

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So it's three very different ideas using the same name. But it's not a remake. The Avengers movie coming up has Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor in it, while the '98 one was a spy movie. Never heard of the 1942 one.

Well, like I said -

You'd have to ask the writer of the article why that one was included.

[Bold Believer]

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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Thank God for the reruns. With all of the nasty people in Hollywood, I'd rather see the old stuff than anything new they might come up with.