nebula Posted August 1, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted August 1, 2011 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.' <snip> 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. <snip> “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. . . . Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Trout Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 51 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/20/1976 Share Posted August 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,128 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,855 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2011 they could do another story with "Doctor Who" and I'd be pleased (well if it was a good production anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiloh62 Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,683 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/14/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/14/1962 Share Posted August 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appy Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 23 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,864 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 2,596 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted August 10, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPrevorb31 Posted August 10, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 856 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 39 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/09/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/22/1997 Share Posted August 10, 2011 they remade the original star trek movie, and now its ruined i hope they dont start a new tv series with new actors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appy Posted August 11, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 23 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,864 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 2,596 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted August 11, 2011 Why not? They already made newer versions of the original series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyguy Posted August 11, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I should go to Hollywood. I have a ton of movie ideas. .......sick, twisted, nightmarish ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted August 11, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 11, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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