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shadowkatPosting during lunch break - too cold to walk, and foot's been bugging me off and on, so giving it a rest - since I need to walk about 20 minutes to get to the ferry tomorrow. Going to the Poconos again for Thanksgiving, or rather slightly south east of the Poconos. Visiting the Aunts. So will be thankfully offline and away from the internet for the duration - should you miss me, that is. Considering I've been in a right funky posting mood of late, I somehow doubt it. Work, life, the universe and everything...won't bore with details.
Read all about the reboots/sequels/remakes of movies and tv shows in the paper and online this week. To date:
Tron 2 - The Legacy. Can't imagine many people will see this sequel to the 1980s cult hit. At least I think it was 1980s. Interestingly enough - I saw it and enjoyed it at the time. (Sci-fi geek - I've pretty much seen all the sci-fi movies that weren't gross and gory and monster flicks. ie. the cult ones.)
The Tourist - a remake of the critically acclaimed but poorly received French film Arthur Zimmerman (I think - can't remember the title exactly.)
Let Me In (it's still out there somewhere) - a remake of the Swedish film, Let the Right One In.
The Buffy Reboot by Whit Anderson - which everyone who is still a big fan of Buffy and follows these things and is on my flist or associated with it, has commented on. Including every entertainment news feed out there, and everyone peripherially involved who could possibly have an opinon on it. Whedon's was hilarious - although 85% of the people who read it took it seriously. Proof that self-deprecating snark really does go over people's heads. Particularly when it has a grain of truth inside it. (Which if you aren't careful makes you sound more whiny than snarky. Whedon, in my opinion, was treading a very fine line between the two. That's the problem with off-the-cuff remarks - which I'm guessing his was, it can get misinterpreted. And unlike me, he can't just delete or retract it. Fame? Not all it's cracked up to be.)
I don't get the whole urge to remake, reboot crap. Sequels? Sure. But why re-do it? Is it this urge to make your own mark on it? To show people how you view the thing? Lots of things have been rebooted and remade of late: La Femme Nikita has been remade and rebooted at least four times (Alias, Nikita, Dollhouse, Covert Affairs.) X-Files? Seen lots and lots of versions of this one. They used to remake Hithcock films - I know, Why???? Do you really want to be compared to Hitchock? Shakespeare - I get, he's been dead over 200 years, and well was theater, people redo plays all the bloody time. But film is harder - because we get to look at the original for comparison.
Back to work.
Read all about the reboots/sequels/remakes of movies and tv shows in the paper and online this week. To date:
Tron 2 - The Legacy. Can't imagine many people will see this sequel to the 1980s cult hit. At least I think it was 1980s. Interestingly enough - I saw it and enjoyed it at the time. (Sci-fi geek - I've pretty much seen all the sci-fi movies that weren't gross and gory and monster flicks. ie. the cult ones.)
The Tourist - a remake of the critically acclaimed but poorly received French film Arthur Zimmerman (I think - can't remember the title exactly.)
Let Me In (it's still out there somewhere) - a remake of the Swedish film, Let the Right One In.
The Buffy Reboot by Whit Anderson - which everyone who is still a big fan of Buffy and follows these things and is on my flist or associated with it, has commented on. Including every entertainment news feed out there, and everyone peripherially involved who could possibly have an opinon on it. Whedon's was hilarious - although 85% of the people who read it took it seriously. Proof that self-deprecating snark really does go over people's heads. Particularly when it has a grain of truth inside it. (Which if you aren't careful makes you sound more whiny than snarky. Whedon, in my opinion, was treading a very fine line between the two. That's the problem with off-the-cuff remarks - which I'm guessing his was, it can get misinterpreted. And unlike me, he can't just delete or retract it. Fame? Not all it's cracked up to be.)
I don't get the whole urge to remake, reboot crap. Sequels? Sure. But why re-do it? Is it this urge to make your own mark on it? To show people how you view the thing? Lots of things have been rebooted and remade of late: La Femme Nikita has been remade and rebooted at least four times (Alias, Nikita, Dollhouse, Covert Affairs.) X-Files? Seen lots and lots of versions of this one. They used to remake Hithcock films - I know, Why???? Do you really want to be compared to Hitchock? Shakespeare - I get, he's been dead over 200 years, and well was theater, people redo plays all the bloody time. But film is harder - because we get to look at the original for comparison.
Back to work.
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Date: 2010-11-25 05:22 am (UTC)If the film is going to be successful, that is for certain what will need to happen.
I do wonder why sometimes that people don't look at film-- and having other writers or directors try to "put their own mark on it"-- in the same way that most musicians look at other musicians performing their work. Sometimes the other versions are poor, but sometimes they are stunning. Johnny Cash doing a Nine Inch Nails tune? Sounds ridiculous, but I think it was better than the original. Cowboy Junkies doing Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane"? Likewise amazing. Reed even stated that it was probably the best version of the tune he ever heard.
And of course in the classical music genre, there is always discussion of the aspect brought to the performance by the specific orchestra, soloists or conductors.
I think Buffy has become an icon sooner than Joss expected her to, and while undoubtably disconcerting to him, it's kind of a compliment. And if the movie is crappy, what are the fans going to say? "Well, of course, what did you expect? It wasn't Joss's movie!"
BTW, I was slightly amused by your comment that Buffy was the "least interesting character". To each their own, but Buffy was always, and still is, my favorite character of the series. Even the Season 8 shenanigans aren't going to change that. If I don't like it after Issue #40, I'll just write my own version. Already kind of (mostly) did that for Angel Season 6.