Over the past century many stories have been told through Television. There have been some great ones that have captivated audiences for years through its style, performances and its writting, creating a masterpiece that withstands the tests of time, becoming timeless.
As much as I love media, It bothers me when nothing is done in Film or television, using the same plot points and elements to create the exact same thing! Now, I know there is only so many ideas that can be done, original ideas are becoming harder to come up with these days. So now what we're seeing is people recreating other projects to tell a different story about the same characters, the question i have is how to determine if the originals are better then the remakes?
Some remakes I have seen recently have actually been better then the originals, but I cant say that for all of them either because the remake was just terrible or I hadn't seen the original and cant make a proper judgement call. Some remakes I feel that were actually better then the original would be Oceans 11, The Fly, The Thing, Batman Begins, Dawn of the Dead, The Karate Kid and The Ring. Now these are just a few that came to mind but that they all tried something different with leaving in a certian amount of the original concept which takes you through a different journey, some with twists and turns you never would have seen coming.
Now some remakes that I feel didn't do the originals justice would be Friday the 13th, Nightmare On Elm Street, Planet Of The Apes, Psycho, Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now these movies just went for over the top, upping the ante on body count...except Psycho which was the exact same movie, no changes at all!
The point Im trying to make is we need to come up with some new original concepts instead reusing and rebooting everything. Certian plot elements need to stop being used over again: Heroes who never get hurt and seem invinciple, an average joe stumbles upon a big secret and has to save everyone, the guy who goes in for one last heist and everything goes wrong, even using constant action and violence without any reasoning to it .
Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves seem to be the most recognizable horror villians that have been redone over the years and their stories have changed so many times to create new intriguing stories, some are good and some are bad renditions but thats trial and error for you.
I've heard Batman is getting rebooted again after The Dark Knight
Rises, I assume to go with the rebooted Superman to make The Justice
League, which to be honest I'm ok with because I love hearing their
stories. A mashup like The Avengers could have went horribly wrong if done a certian way, but since it was actually well directed, written, performed, It makes me optimistic to see a new Batman and Superman with the Justice League.
But enough of this random ass rant, maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe their is no new ideas out there that are original, but maybe there is. Maybe originals are always better then the remakes, maybe with some remakes thats not always the case. Should we continue to use the same story elements or is originality something we need to find more of? What do you think?
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