Since films were starting to be released over years from the start a long time ago. New movie ideas formed in people's heads. They always were trying something new from genre to genre. Some ideas completely failed. Others took on a life of their own and totally surpassed anyones expectations. With new techniques and technology advancing, movie goers were getting the benefit of quality. Eventually, there seemed to be a point where the ideas stopped flowing. Companies desperate to make a buck and to possibly save their company just starting using old ideas, and decided to rehash them. One particular movie that has been refilmed more than twice is Wuthering Heights. I can't remember how many versions of the story I have seen. But why? I don't know. Now in the last 20 years I have seen all kinds of films being remade in another director/producers image. The movie fans unaffectionately started calling them "REBOOTS". The name seems to have stuck. Now, here we are in the here and now, many fans find themselves in heated debates and even here in CBM we find ourselves trying to wonder, why?
Growing up and watching the films over ones lifetime, they begin to see enough of them to build a foundation of "Categorized Movies". From this foundation, any other movies after the mental cement has dried and hardened, that the theatre goer sees will subconsciously reference the index of the "C.M". It is difficult for a writer to come up with new ideas over a lifespan if the foundation is large and vast.
With ideas running short and companies needing to release films, they decide the fase way to make money to is to "Reboot" an old classic film. One of the problems that fans of that movie have is that, it's a classic for what it was then. They have no care for the same movie just updated with different actors.
I don't know how many moviegoers out there actually think about this before going to see the "Re-quels". It is unbelievable how popular some of these films are. Vincent Price's "Last Man on Earth". Charlten Heston's "Omega Man" & Will Smith's "I am Legend". All 3 are taken from Richard Matheson's book "I am Legend".
So, now you, the movie going CBM fan end up going to a movie and seeing something rehashed and cut to bits and toally ripped to shreds. This is what ends up happening.
If quality and storytelling can be unique, i personally don't think I would have a problem with them. But just rushing something into theatres isn't helping the situation any.
I now will leave you with this question, Reboot or original film, Where do you stand?
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