As people love to point out, some legendary movies are remakes — eg The Wizard Of Oz and John Carpenter’s The Thing. The difference is that they’re great. And even The Wizard Of Oz had a sequel and a remake that were interesting, if not as beloved.
The wizard of oz did have s sequel gave tons of children nightmares. Yeah if they were all good then no one would noticed. Also I think with the wizard of oz as an example it being a remake is okay becase it’s trying to be it’s own thing not sending half the movie trying to get me to point at the screen or making the movie just for the YouTubers making top 10 Easter Eggs that were big enough to roll over indy and you totally didn’t miss.
True, the memberberries are awful. And as much as I loved Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade screenwriters have been going back to the well of “and here’s how he got his hat, here’s how he got his whip, here’s how he got that scar…” far too often. Enough already.
Right — that, or rehashing the hero’s origin story for the nth time. Or expecting you to be neck deep in a cinematic universe to understand why the audience is excited.
As others have pointed out, the reveal in the newer Star Trek movie that the villain’s name is Kahn means nothing if you haven’t seen a movie from the early eighties, and even then isn’t terribly interesting in and of itself.
Yeah i remember a interview with Terry Matalas about star trek picard season 3. Where when he talked about writing the season he was all about not going on about the story beats but however to weave the story from one legacy thing to the next.
As people love to point out, some legendary movies are remakes — eg The Wizard Of Oz and John Carpenter’s The Thing. The difference is that they’re great. And even The Wizard Of Oz had a sequel and a remake that were interesting, if not as beloved.
Good things are good. Hot take, I know.
The wizard of oz did have s sequel gave tons of children nightmares. Yeah if they were all good then no one would noticed. Also I think with the wizard of oz as an example it being a remake is okay becase it’s trying to be it’s own thing not sending half the movie trying to get me to point at the screen or making the movie just for the YouTubers making top 10 Easter Eggs that were big enough to roll over indy and you totally didn’t miss.
True, the memberberries are awful. And as much as I loved Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade screenwriters have been going back to the well of “and here’s how he got his hat, here’s how he got his whip, here’s how he got that scar…” far too often. Enough already.
Yeah too busy on building lore to tell a good story. It’s like all writers these days are from the fanfic community.
Right — that, or rehashing the hero’s origin story for the nth time. Or expecting you to be neck deep in a cinematic universe to understand why the audience is excited.
As others have pointed out, the reveal in the newer Star Trek movie that the villain’s name is Kahn means nothing if you haven’t seen a movie from the early eighties, and even then isn’t terribly interesting in and of itself.
Yeah i remember a interview with Terry Matalas about star trek picard season 3. Where when he talked about writing the season he was all about not going on about the story beats but however to weave the story from one legacy thing to the next.