Subj : Re: state of movies
To   : Arelor
From : Brian Rogers
Date : Sat Sep 18 2021 08:07:00

Hello Arelor;

-=> Arelor wrote to The Lizard Master <=-

 Ar> Recasting is about making a political statement, not about making art.

My point exactly.

 Ar> My stance about remakes is well known anyway. Most of the time they
 Ar> take a movie that was good and remake it because they think they can
 Ar> improve it. They fail more often than not.

Not just reboots but even sequals. One thing they teach you when doing 
comedy on the radio is: never ever try to out-do your original punch line
because you'll make both that and your new one fail. Wait for the next talk
up and then do a new joke.

 Ar> If you take a masterpiece (say, the original Robocop) and try to make a
 Ar> new version, it is very hard for you to make one that is _better_.

 Ar> And you can cast a black Robocop for the remake, but it does not change
 Ar> the fact that you are competing against a masterpiece and chances are
 Ar> you will fall short. Specially if you are bent on making politics
 Ar> instead of art.

I prefer Battlebots to Robocop <G>

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