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Remake of Alien
LTK:
This can impossibly be better than the original. Pass.
JD:
It can?
Orbert:
--- Quote from: axerton on 28 May 2009, 08:11 ---I think the thing behind remakes is that a lot of people in the movie buisness have a start in theatre, where the same plays are put on over and over again by different theatre groups which means that actors can play their favourite chracters and directors can put their own spin on a story. Then they change mediums because there's no money in theatre and they take the attitude that doing something that people have done before you is perfectly normal. Speaking as someone who has done a bit of amature theatre I completely understand this and honestly get a little pissy with all the people complaining about remakes - you don't have to see it.
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That makes a lot of sense, and is the best explanation I have ever heard for why movie-making people keep doing it.
ackblom12:
I also find it irritating that people somehow think the original movie becomes less enjoyable due to the remake. I mean, I've seen plenty of remakes that I thought were not needed or were just outright terrible, but fucking hell people.
Alex C:
The problem here is that it also goes a long way towards explaining why I'm not really a huge fan of theater despite just how many productions take place in the twin cities in a given year.
But that said, yeah, I agree with Ackblom. I understand the concept of played out, but I think there's a real limit to how much you should hold that against the original concept or work. I don't really want to hear anyone say "I'm Rick James, bitch!" ever again, but that doesn't mean I'm still nursing a grudge against Dave Chapelle nor do I go out of my way to crap on whatever album Rolling Stone is furiously masturbating over this week.
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