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You know what needs to be remade? Dumb and Dumber!!! I mean, who doesn't want to see that again, with maybe Aston Kutcher and that other annoying dude, you know the one. AMIRITE???
Actually, can we remake all of Jim Carrey's movies with someone I don't want to kill in his roles?
If that works, we can move on to Julia Roberts movies for Theodosia and then Adam Sandler movies for the good of humanity.
the only way that studios think they can put fannies in the seats is with material that the viewers are already familiar with.
I don't think that's true. My daughter and I caught the preview of Arthur when we went to see Limitless last weekend. She was fascinated by the trailer. She loves Russell Brand and immediately wanted to see it. I told her it was a remake. She's 31 and she's never seen the original. That's the demographic they're going for and to them, it's brand spanking new.
The failure of new and different films like Scott Pilgrim reinforce this idea in the minds of the studio.
Which was an adaptation. And, which, I plain didn't like, so I don't shed any tears.
Actually, can we remake all of Jim Carrey's movies with someone I don't want to kill in his roles?
And Ashton Kutcher is your go-to guy for this?
Anything new and different is a huge crapshoot.
And that's true for every industry. Publishers promote the books of authors who are already bestsellers, because they want to make sure they get those titles sold, at the very least. Music producers know if preteen girls liked the Jonas Brothers, they're going to love Justin Bieber. It's not a new phenomenon.
I was trying to think of someone suitably obnoxious.
Also, he was awesome in Dude, Where's my Car? -- I give him a huge pass for that.
You know what needs to be remade? Dumb and Dumber!!! I mean, who doesn't want to see that again, with maybe Aston Kutcher and that other annoying dude, you know the one. AMIRITE???
Didn't they already do that with the sequel? (Or was it sequelS?)
You know- I am totally not a person who has a gripe with remakes/adaptations anything-- I do theater for gosh sake. I am trying to reserve judgment, but Jennifer Garner as Miss Marple really has me puzzled. Unless they put her in age make-up. Or, I guess, show her younger life, before Murder Is Announced and she started solving crimes.
Didn't they already do that with the sequel? (Or was it sequelS?)
I have blocked it (them?) from my mind. DO NOT SHATTER MY DELUSION.
I really don't think it is. Or at least, it's no more insane than it's been in the past. Part of the problem is that our view of the past is skewed. A lot of the films which have sunk without trace were probably remakes but we have no cultural memory of then.
I've seen this argument made against, "All music today is crap!"
RE: Independent films. I've seen some creative distribution/financing ideas from some indy filmmakers.