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I enjoyed the last Ghostbusters movie, it was a good follow up to the originals.

I won't talk about any other good awful version though. There are three Ghostbusters movies. THREE!

What the fuck is this article smokin? Is it AI?

...of these young kids,

Ok goddamnit, enough with the millennials r kids n shit. Im 45. Millennials are adults. Adults! Kiss my pucker, fucker

Here's what people want... Good movies and good television. Yeah, originality is great, but remakes can be good too.

I liked the remake of Infernal Affairs (The Departed), Scarface, Cape Fear, Ocean's 11, The Fly, King Kong (Peter Jackson), True Grit, Judge Dread, and The Wizard of Oz (1939) was also a remake. The Fall Guy looks good too.

For TV, there's Battlestar Galactica, Westworld, Cobra Kai, Sabrina, and Wednesday, though different, could fit in there as it's still based on another property.

What people don't want are obvious cash grabs.

I like remakes though

Well as long as profits are made there going to keep on churning out the same old.

Say it to a survey but then when the movies come out the dollars come in for the remakes and reboots

Kind of like 90% of Americans disapproving of Congress but then votes for their incumbents.

Seems like one of those things everyone would say in the abstract, particularly on a survey. Then when the studios go for safe projects and the thing they remake is among someone's personal favorites they'll watch it anyway, validating the strategy.

Have we gone through all the basic stories? It seems like a movie can't just be a movie anymore. It needs to be everything everywhere all at once.

Everyone says they want a fully new IP and blah blah blah

But how many people then immediately jump to say that they'll wait for season 2 (or 5, because god forbid it gets cancelled) before they watch? Or that they'll wait for it to hit netflix (who actually ARE doing a lot of new IPs).

Like, I fully admit I am part of the problem. I slept on Warrior until Season 2 had aired and then realized it was literally my dream show (a show with really good choreography, amazing action actors, gratuitous nudity, a really nuanced approach to racism against Asian Americans, and all based on the philosophies of Bruce Lee) and now have to acknowledge it is never getting a Season 4

But also? You need something REAL good to get me to give a damn about a new movie. Either a ridiculously solid actor (still gonna watch the new Gareth Edwards movie even if I hear it is mid) or for it to be tied to something I know I like.

Matt Damon explains how the lack of DVD sales changed what movie studios will greenlight

https://youtu.be/Jx8F5Imd8A8

Right now I'd settle for shit I like not being wiped from existence to make the line go up slightly more with some convoluted Producers math bullshit.

Uh, most reasonable people want this. Extended Universes are so early 2010's.

Can confirm. I'm 38 and I cringe every time I see a remake of some 20 or 30 year old movie or show. Come up with something original instead of going for the low hanging fruit. Also, use less CGI and more practical effects.

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:raises hand: Gen-X too please!

Can we get Triplets first?

It's probably safe to say that everyone does but when the studios are putting down a lot of cash for The Next Big Thing, they tend to want a safer bet like a sequel or remake or part of a franchise. This doesn't seem to be working as well as it was and it is increasingly looking like spending smaller amounts spread around could generate a big hit too but that does need them to be able to spot good ideas and they don't have a great track record on this.