Nah, kids just live in the moment. Adults try and get artsy with their movie enjoyment ("How was the cinematography compared to his last production?", "Will this be a classic?").
Every medium will always have, and has always had, remakes, re-imaginings, etc, etc, ad-nauseaum. Movies are no exception...………..
^^^^^^^This.^^^^^
As far as I am concerned there are a few revolutionary changes to a multi media genre format that absolutely alters everything you'll felt about that came before and then after them. Its a constant update that's never really changed, and its unfortunately inevitably that everybody else then jumps on the bandwagon and follows that new trend because nothing else works quite as well without it afterwards, certainly in something as technically innovative as the movies.
But its always a tough act to follow because its that original emotional impact, that sudden wow factor that constantly stays with the fans ,often for decades. Its what makes us who we are because we want to stay true to that memory,and we will always redefine our critical expectations to anything afterward because of it. And, sadly, nothing else usually quite measures up in the same way again , except on odd, pretty rare occasions when the creative forces that generated it, really DO understand what made it so popular with the rest of us.
And its not just limited to film. Console/PC players are very picky about sequels to beloved games, writers will often have a huge hit with single novel and then often disappear from public consciousness. Look how the music industry churns through bands and singers . TV shows rise suddenly from absolutely nothing but a hit pilot to staggering heights of popularity and then sink just as quickly into cancellation and oblivion when the winning formula gets changed too far away from the original concept ,the character stars leave or they run out of ideas.
I think the issue for many of us here is that we have lived through the bulk of the really iconic examples and the important technical innovations and changes and so they've stayed with us through the years because they have had the biggest impact on our generations.
Its mostly the reason I like posting on the RPF, because its comfortable to hang out and keep company with people who pretty much feel the same way I do about alot of my favorite movies. Not all our opinions will match, but thats well and good too, because at least there have been some great discussions, and I'll admit I've some times had my mind changed by a post here , or somebody will have picked up something I've missed in the film.It all adds up, though of late there have been some heavy subtractions, this forum doesn't feel like exactly the same place anymore.
I don't think we've really become more cynical, not really in the truest sense of the word. I choose to believe alot of us now have much, much higher expectations based on the past that are rarely met again in the present , and its that disappointment, that failure, that often provokes such an outcry.That and the fact its no longer just moaning about it in the pub to a few your mates, you now can make a reasonable living it seems by doing it to a global audience on any social media platform that pays by the hit. Being a hard cynic now means money and popularity (of a sort).
It sometimes feels like a strange age to be living in to me, but I guess for the new generations, who really have such a stagggering mass of content now to choose from, and agian from so many different media sources, then there is no need to waste your energy being cynical about anything really, because so much new content is being generated now, its easier just to chuck it aside and move onto something else, rather than to feel any loyalty to a franchise some have followed for decades because it actually really matters to them.
