You won’t metaphorically hear a louder collective groan on the Internet these days than when news comes of another film or television remake.
Whether it’s “Carrie” on the film side or such TV projects as “Murder, She Wrote” — or the remake-that-isn’t-a-remake-but-might-as-well-be, “How I Met Your Dad,” these projects justifiably inspire cynicism about their motives and skepticism about their value.
Yes, it often seems like the primary inspiration for every reboot is money — welcome to the entertainment business. No, it doesn’t seem likely that they will improve upon the original, or even come close. Most craven at all is when the projects take the title but almost nothing else, thus sullying the memory of the original without any seeming creative justification.
But amid all the pillorying, which I myself have joined in on, let me just make a few points in support of the remake impulse.
Remakes...
Whether it’s “Carrie” on the film side or such TV projects as “Murder, She Wrote” — or the remake-that-isn’t-a-remake-but-might-as-well-be, “How I Met Your Dad,” these projects justifiably inspire cynicism about their motives and skepticism about their value.
Yes, it often seems like the primary inspiration for every reboot is money — welcome to the entertainment business. No, it doesn’t seem likely that they will improve upon the original, or even come close. Most craven at all is when the projects take the title but almost nothing else, thus sullying the memory of the original without any seeming creative justification.
But amid all the pillorying, which I myself have joined in on, let me just make a few points in support of the remake impulse.
Remakes...
- 11/18/2013
- by Jon Weisman
- Variety - Film News
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