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Originally Posted by fmltube
Remakes are such bullshit. Modern movies have really sucked because writers cannot come up with an original storyline and instead revert back to remaking original classics and ruining them. Its fucking pathetic. Before long, the only "new" movies will be remakes of every film produced before 1990. Yet, the dumb ass public will flock to the theaters and swallow the shit down and some director will be haled as a genius for such an awesome flick that made so much money when the truth is, the originals are 95% better than the remakes. Hollywood is going down the drain much like that of adult content. Same shit, rehashed over and over.
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While I agree that almost all remakes end up sucking or just shouldn't have been made I don't think it is because of a lack of original or interesting ideas. It is a lack of vision by studio execs. The execs choose which pictures to make and for many of them the choice comes down to doing something original which means they will have to find out a good way to market it and get people in the theater, or take something that has already proven successful and do it again. So they take the easy route. It is a lot easier to remake a hit TV show into a movie and cast some well known people than it is to create something new and interesting so they see dollar signs and take the easy way out.