Why are most movies today-remakes?
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robstyle
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Starting in the 90's and peaking about a decade ago the big studios started buying any and all available scripts they though or heard other studios were interested in, then they filled offices turning then into storage areas filled with them. These scripts still sit forgotten, good and bad. THAT is why we are in the state of crap were in.
Solo4114
Master Member
During the 90s and early 2000s, it seemed like what drove the industry was box office names. You needed a big star to sell your movie, but it could be damn near anything.
So, Harrison Ford sells movies? Sweet! We'll make What Lies Beneath and K-19: The Widowmaker. Except those weren't all that great (well, I liked What Lies Beneath because it was a change of pace for Ford).
I think around the rise of the comic book movies and with the success of Pirates of the Caribbean, and LOTR and the Harry Potter films, they figured out that branded properties are more reliable than "Tom Hanks in..." From there, it's a hop, skip, and jump into remake territory. Particularly when you already own the rights to teh underlying property, thereby removing the licensing obstacle, I'd figure.
So, Harrison Ford sells movies? Sweet! We'll make What Lies Beneath and K-19: The Widowmaker. Except those weren't all that great (well, I liked What Lies Beneath because it was a change of pace for Ford).
I think around the rise of the comic book movies and with the success of Pirates of the Caribbean, and LOTR and the Harry Potter films, they figured out that branded properties are more reliable than "Tom Hanks in..." From there, it's a hop, skip, and jump into remake territory. Particularly when you already own the rights to teh underlying property, thereby removing the licensing obstacle, I'd figure.
chris3789
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The two most recent remakes that bother me the most are The Amazing Spider-Man which was completely unnecessary and the Daniel Craig James Bonds.
I remember reading a script or treatment years ago that had a new James Bond come into the franchise and we learned that the name James Bond also went with the 007 title. This gave credibility for all of the previous films and how they've changed over the years. Anyway, the new Bond got into real difficulty and the only ones to help him were... all of the previous Bonds! I remember reading about Connery being approached as he was playing Golf. Then True Lies came out (that'll tell you how long ago this was) and the production shat themselves and shelved the project. Some years later Goldeneye came out with Brosnan and normal Bond boxes were checked.
Fast-forward to the Daniel Craig Casino Royale and they have "rebooted" Bond showing us Bond getting started, forgetting all about the previous adventures and to add insult to injury they keep Judi Dench as M!?! For goodness sake, if you're going to reboot, you CAN'T have any links with the original material.
That's my rant over. Don't get me started on how Batman + Iron Man = Robocop!
Chris.
I remember reading a script or treatment years ago that had a new James Bond come into the franchise and we learned that the name James Bond also went with the 007 title. This gave credibility for all of the previous films and how they've changed over the years. Anyway, the new Bond got into real difficulty and the only ones to help him were... all of the previous Bonds! I remember reading about Connery being approached as he was playing Golf. Then True Lies came out (that'll tell you how long ago this was) and the production shat themselves and shelved the project. Some years later Goldeneye came out with Brosnan and normal Bond boxes were checked.
Fast-forward to the Daniel Craig Casino Royale and they have "rebooted" Bond showing us Bond getting started, forgetting all about the previous adventures and to add insult to injury they keep Judi Dench as M!?! For goodness sake, if you're going to reboot, you CAN'T have any links with the original material.
That's my rant over. Don't get me started on how Batman + Iron Man = Robocop!
Chris.
CB2001
Master Member
Primarily, it's because of money. Hollywood doesn't risk doing original movies as much anymore because there's no guarantee that they'd get their money back. However, remakes, adaptations and sequels are being made out the wazoo because they know that they can get some of their money back, whereas doing an original film, there's no guarantee that they'd get their money back.
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Dude... you liked the idea of the name going with the title... seems a little like that's what you are getting with the new movies keeping an essential character from another set of Bond movies. .)
chris3789
New Member
When Casino Royale came out, they were very specific in saying that this was going back to seeing Bond starting out. A reboot of the whole franchise. If they had gone with the new candidate being given the James Bond 007 position then I may have overlooked all of the other problems I had with it but as it is, Bond has been ruined for me. Just saying.
Chris.
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