Subj : Was about : Pyramid of Fear (1985) now it's something else
To   : Ennev
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Aug 31 2021 16:53:38

  Re: Was about : Pyramid of Fear (1985) now it's something else
  By: Ennev to Arelor on Tue Aug 31 2021 08:05 am

 > On 2021-08-30 7:03 p.m., Arelor wrote:
 > 
 > > Not that Sherlock Holmes 2009 was bad. It was entertaining. However, OMG t
 > > parts in which Holmes pre-plans fights in his head and then plays them lik
 > > scripted computer program. Good fun but not very Doylesque :-)
 > 
 > Oh yeah, you know what? I never saw them, just the advertisements were
 > signs enough to stay away.
 > 
 > That's what I don't get, why do these characters have to be "Sherlock" etc ?
 > 
 > That's what I have with reboot in general or where some series are going
 > like Star Trek etc. Why do we have to keep the name when it becomes
 > something else? Do we lack so much imagination?
 > 
 > It's not like instead of producing a new series, we decide to adapt Buck
 > Rogers to make it a Star Trek instead of inventing new characters.
 > 
 > Are we too lazy to invent new situations and characters ?
 > 
 > All this looks more and more like the fanfic would have found on
 > LiveJournal in 2002.
 > 
 > Sad
 > 

This subject pops very often, because it is so true.

They make a reboot of some franchise, but the reboot is nothing like the
original. The new Star Trek is rather Fast and Furious in Space, and while it
has its merit, it does not feel like Star Trek anymore.

Films are a devaluating asset and you can only profit big time from making one
if you put a whole, obscene amount of money in it. When you put a whole,
obscene amount of money in something, you want to minimize the risk of losing
it, so how do you accomplish that?

You pick a known name or theme, which guarantees that at least some people will
come and buy tickets, and ride on the reputation other people earned 40 years
ago.

And it works. That is why they do it.

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