So is creativity dead in Hollywood?

[Zeb_Carter]

Found this link on FB 75 movie remakes and reboots currently in the works.

Then at the bottom of the page...86 movie sequels currently in production.

So don't look for anything new from Hollywood for quite sometime.

 

[lovecraft68]

Found this link on FB 75 movie remakes and reboots currently in the works.

Then at the bottom of the page...86 movie sequels currently in production.

So don't look for anything new from Hollywood for quite sometime.

Creativity is dead. It has also been dead in comics. For the past ten years Marvel and DC have done nothing but retelling and modernizing origins and cancelling series just to keep starting back at Number one.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

This 'creativity = new' is a modern Western conceit. The great Asian cultures considered imitation of a great master to be perfectly legitimate and to be admired.

 

[PennLady]

This has nothing to do with creativity and everything to do with making a profit. If studios thought that new, original ideas would bring in a profit, we'd be showered with new movies every weekend. But it seems that most of the movie-going public (esp. the male 15-34 demographic, which seems to drive everything) wants more of the same -- blow stuff up real good. So Hollywood obliges.

There's also nothing new under the sun about Hollywood remaking movies; they've done it from the beginning. The Maltese Falcon was the third go-round of that story. Robin Hood has incarnations going back to the silents (and Erroll Flynn's is still the best!). Nor are sequels a new thing -- check out The Thin Man movies. Same with adapting books; there have been numerous adaptations of Pride & Prejudice, and Jane Eyre. It would appear that through movie history, familiarity is a good thing to attract audiences. Plus, remakes in and of themselves aren't bad, if they can give us a new experience or perspective on the material.

It is a shame, because I know how nice it is to find those decent little movies that don't turn huge profits, that surprise you with how well done they are, or how different they are. One of my favorites is The Usual Suspects, and I read a quote by Christopher McQuarrie, the screenwriter, where he said he'd never even pitch that idea in today's climate, which is a crying shame. Others I like are Dark City and Amelie

I'd guess that in times like this, when people are extra-careful of how they spend their money, studios will do whatever they think will draw the crowds.

 

[CorruptedInnocence]

This has nothing to do with creativity and everything to do with making a profit. If studios thought that new, original ideas would bring in a profit, we'd be showered with new movies every weekend. But it seems that most of the movie-going public (esp. the male 15-34 demographic, which seems to drive everything) wants more of the same -- blow stuff up real good. So Hollywood obliges.

There's also nothing new under the sun about Hollywood remaking movies; they've done it from the beginning. The Maltese Falcon was the third go-round of that story. Robin Hood has incarnations going back to the silents (and Erroll Flynn's is still the best!). Nor are sequels a new thing -- check out The Thin Man movies. Same with adapting books; there have been numerous adaptations of Pride & Prejudice, and Jane Eyre. It would appear that through movie history, familiarity is a good thing to attract audiences. Plus, remakes in and of themselves aren't bad, if they can give us a new experience or perspective on the material.

It is a shame, because I know how nice it is to find those decent little movies that don't turn huge profits, that surprise you with how well done they are, or how different they are. One of my favorites is The Usual Suspects, and I read a quote by Christopher McQuarrie, the screenwriter, where he said he'd never even pitch that idea in today's climate, which is a crying shame. Others I like are Dark City and Amelie

I'd guess that in times like this, when people are extra-careful of how they spend their money, studios will do whatever they think will draw the crowds.

Penn im ashamed of you :C! Everyone knows Robinhood Men in Tights was the best. if purely just for the wtf lol. x3

 

[Naughty_Misty]

There were one or two titles on that list that I really would hate to to see get "re-booted". This must be a slightly an older list as there were a few of those movies listed as "in the works" that have either been released, or being released in the next month or two.

If they are going to re-make the movie Spawn I truly wish they would do it animated - like the series that was on HBO.

 

[PennLady]

Penn im ashamed of you :C! Everyone knows Robinhood Men in Tights was the best. if purely just for the wtf lol. x3

Oh, now, I wasn't thinking comedy. And for that, Men in Tights definitely beats out Costner's Prince of Thieves.

Patrick Stewart was a mean King Richard (so to speak).

 

[TE999]

Heh! The IMDB lists 89 Tarzan movies made between 1914 and 2008 ... talk about a franchise. You can get plenty creative with the right character.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

What, and no John Carter of Mars flix? Shameful!

My bad. It comes out next year. Wheeee . . . !

 

[lovecraft68]

What, and no John Carter of Mars flix? Shameful!

My bad. It comes out next year. Wheeee . . . !

Tarzan was the popular pick over John Carter, Just like Robert e Howards Conan out shadowed his Lovecraft copy cat work and his other barbarian, Kull The Conqueror

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Tarzan was the popular pick over John Carter, Just like Robert e Howards Conan out shadowed his Lovecraft copy cat work and his other barbarian, Kull The Conqueror

Perhaps, but Tarzan was a lot easier to film than John Carter. Animals Hollywood could rent. Fifteen foot tall aliens were a problem.

 

[CorruptedInnocence]

Lol, I'd love to see Anne Rice's storys redone, I think theres movies for 2 of them that are abit old, Would be nice to have a real vampire movie done right.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Heh! The IMDB lists 89 Tarzan movies made between 1914 and 2008 ... talk about a franchise. You can get plenty creative with the right character.

you can make sure money with the right character.