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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, maybe that's cause we don't have nostalgia for any of the adapted properties they keep choosing over and over. The original star wars came out in 1970-something. Maybe some older Millennials have some nostalgia for the prequels, but even most of them tend to know that it sucks pretty hard. I feel like a lot of the millennial childhood movies, the nostalgia-bait, is gonna be stuff that are bad remakes or sequels of older movies. Gen-X had predator, Millennials had alien vs. predator: requiem. Maybe early Millennials had heathers, but mostly, Millennials have mean girls, which recently got a 1-to-1 musical remake, which wasn't that good. Last two times they've tried to adapt avatar, it's been pretty bad, as well. I just don't have supreme confidence that anyone will really understand the appeal of any of these works or realistically be able to replicate them.

I think probably a primary driver of this is that a lot of these works' appeal is rooted in their specific aesthetic, and hollywood as of late has felt very homogenized to greenscreen soundstages where everything is set in a concrete cityscape with overcast noonday lighting, because all the non-unionized CGI patsies are subject to a bunch of crunch time pressure where they just have to churn out garbage over and over. Also not helped by the amount of this which is done overseas, and can't actively take any co-ordinated input in the middle of production. Mergers, leading to ballooning budgets, leading to shittier, more controlled, more generic products. Same shit has been happening in gaming, too. Easier to sell a committee decision on a remake, adaptation, or sequel, too, something that's "proven" as a property, instead of an original IP.

That's not even really to talk on how many Zoomers probably have nostalgia for early youtube videos, and shit like that, rather than mainstream movies or franchises. They don't need to watch a remake of like, an old markiplier video, they can just tune into him doing basically the same thing he's done for the last 15 years if they want a shitty nostalgia hit. I don't need a remake of homestar runner, they're still releasing shorts that I can watch occasionally. You can watch most of the same old guys because they're still doing the same stuff they used to do. For the most part, anyways, lots of them got cancelled for being shitbags, or have had severe mental breaks. Still, point stands that, at the lower end especially, I can just go online and watch a bunch of amateur artists destroy their craft, I don't need the movies or TV for those niche hits anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I do feel like there's been a small resurgence of regular non-comic and original movies lately. I'm looking forward to watching Space Man, The 3 Body Problem, and The Gentlemen on Netflix, among others.

Also, both One Piece and Airbender are excellent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Next week, on Fox: "YoUnG pEoPlE aRe KiLiInG tHe ReMaKe InDuStRy!!!1!"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Movie studios pay unimaginable money to learn what people want. It is a constant, year round expenditure for them. Their information and data suggests that while a vocal minority may be fed up with remakes, people still fervently buy them, have very short memories and seem to go bananas for any shred of nostalgia bait.

Remakes are as a result an incredibly safe bet, they are less expensive and less risk, which in financial terms is a green light. Until they aren't either of those things and they carry more risk, they will continue to be pedalled out.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There are lots of new ideas out there. It's not all remakes. Look harder. There's more content to consume than ever.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Bruh im so sick of these remakes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In terms of movies the worst offenders are remakes of foreign films for the US audience. Like the Oldboy remake was completely unnecessary and it changed key parts of the story. Funny Games was just a shot-for-shot remake of the original one!

Personally I'm finding the video game remakes even more egregious than the movie/tv remakes. I think it's a side effect of the modern day development costs being so out of control but as long as people keep doube - and triple - dipping on games this is going to continue.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"The Girl with the dragon tattoo" and "a man called Otto" are both good remakes.

So I don't agree at all. A remake isn't bad in itself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What was that saying - " Exceptions prove the rule"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

No it was something about confirmation bias I believe.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'll concede that the FIncher movie was a good remake that deviated enough from the source material to be worthwhile. However I guess we'll need to agree to disagree because from my point of view the good foreign remakes are greatly outnumbered by a lot of lazy ones like the Let The Right One In remake, which would be another one which I felt was creatively bankrupt.

Surely Holywood could spend their resources on producing novel content as opposed to spoonfeeding people who dislike substitles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I'd even settle for a remake that hasn't been some before. I think we've had enough Batman do-overs. How about a remake of Stargate, or Turner and Hootch?

But seriously though, enough with the remakes.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not even remakes.. Remakes of remakes made 3 years before The latest remake

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

GenX wants original shows, too.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Too bad because Boomers and X love that shit.

Edit: Wah wah boo hoo your generation is middle aged and buying stuff little old you doesn't like because you're extra special. Has no baring on reality. Gen X is America's largest consumer group. Get over it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Who do you think are making these movies? Who do you think buys the tickets? You might be an outlier, but a statistically insignificant one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

X love that shit.

No we don't.

It's just the only option the risk-averse Hollywood machine is willing to offer us.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Same-same but different. Buying tickets, Blu-rays,and streaming views is all that matters. Gen X is buying.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Same for Gen X. No one wants remakes. Why the fuck do people watch them?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

Boomers. Same reason why they'd much rather go to concerts for halfway decent cover bands of their childhood favorites than put any effort into discovering new music

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I want remakes of badly made movies. I don't want remakes of classics that were already good. Re-screenings, perhaps. How cool would it be if your local decaplex ran Ben Hur for a weekend or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I'm in Atlanta and we have a few theaters here that will play old stuff sometimes. I saw the directors cut of Brazil recently at one.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I wonder how many times in my life I will get to see Batman's parents die? Or James bond play poker? Or star wars get ruined?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

And genX are tired of the regurgitation

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