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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Are remakes ever for a new generation? Aren't they just for the original people who liked it, and they hope a new gen will like the new content,, but they never do?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

They are for new markets, at the moment this means China

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, because it's well known that once a movie or series is released, it's promptly destroyed to make sure that no trace of it subsists. Which is why remakes are inevitable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

This is the entire concept behind the ~~Nintendo~~ Disney vault

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Hey, that's Warner new secret business strategy, don't go around leaking it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely not. This is how we got to “my James Bond is better than your James Bond”-style of thinking.

Every new gen wants their own thing. Every new gen thinks the last gen was lame. Business takes old gen shit and add new gen actor/actress/good looking person, adds old gen shit and then resells the new gen its own version. This is why every show is full of pretty people and nothing new.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Most of the characters in Severance are not pretty, and it was very original IMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There's this concept called Hollywood ugly. Even people who are not pretty or considered to play ugly characters on film are still above average in terms of looks compared to the whole of the population. Most actors in Severance while might not be considered movie star out of everyone's league gorgeous, are still pretty and attractive people. It's much more about how they are presented in camera that makes them seem more everyday like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah I guess John Turturro is a good example of Hollywood ugly :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Severance is excellent and exceptional. It’s also AppleTV+, where it’s more likely than not you’ll see actors that resemble people in real life (and when it’s not, it’s Ghosted and shit). And they generally don’t do remakes.

If anything, they’re the exception and not the rule.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Are remakes ever for a new generataion?

"Modern audience"