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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-06-26 05:29 pm

[ SECRET POST #2002 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2002 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 066 secrets from Secret Submission Post #286.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - text comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

SA

(Anonymous) 2012-06-27 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
My point is, and I apologize if it got lost in my rather snarky comment, that even rehashes of the same plot, with the same characters, etc. in same medium are still different because they have been (usually) rehashed by a different person or people who bring their own flavor to project. Generally, when people say they won't read or watch remakes, what they are really saying is "I already know the plot. What's the point?" But, while you may heve seen a sunset before and know what one is supposed to look like, you've never seen this version of a sunset because you are looking at it a day older and maybe a day wiser and, hey, the sky is awfully pink and doesn't that cloud look a little like bunny?

I know when people say they don't watch remakes what they are intending to get across is Hollywood is lazy and just trying to cash in on the masses. And, yeah, that's true. But, writing off remakes just because they are remakes is shallow.
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Re: SA

[personal profile] meadowphoenix 2012-06-27 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
As you said, remakes are not ever exactly like the original. But you're assuming that the differences are visible, obvious, and important enough to overcome the similarities and the fatigue that inspires. For many people, they are not. The nuances simply don't change much. It feels like the same movie, with younger people and better equipment.

Hollywood has a long and detailed history of making remakes that are too close to the first and moreover contribute almost nothing to the nuances of the original or the remake itself. It isn't in the least shallow to write off remakes when the industry in general refuses to do anything inspired with them.