Miscellaneous Movie Musings

innerSpaceman · 12-01-2006, 07:58 PM

Am I the only one who is grokking Alex?

The imaginary devaluement of films that have been remade is completely imaginary, and a knee-jerk reaction without any validity ... in theory.

In practice, however, I think people have been burned by too many vapid remakes, and thus have learned to fear and loathe the concept of remake.

I can't deny feeling this way myself. I am one who feels that sequels devalue the original. I can't help that emotional reaction, but I realize how baseless it is.

But we needn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Yes, most remakes and covers are lame. So are most movies and most songs, period. There are plenty of good covers and good remakes. The movie tracilicious mistakenly mentioned a while back, Heaven Can Wait, is - imo - a very good remake of a far earlier film called, if I remember correctly, Waiting for Mr. Jordan.

You just can never tell, and it's proably best not to prejudge. But I can hardly blame anyone for getting the willies when they learn that a fave film is going to be shoddily remade.

12-01-2006, 07:58 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Am I the only one who is grokking Alex? The imaginary devaluement of films that have been remade is completely imaginary, and a knee-jerk reaction without any validity ... in theory. In practice, however, I think people have been burned by too many vapid remakes, and thus have learned to fear and loathe the concept of remake. I can't deny feeling this way myself. I am one who feels that sequels devalue the original. I can't help that emotional reaction, but I realize how baseless it is. But we needn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Yes, most remakes and covers are lame. So are most movies and most songs, period. There are plenty of good covers and good remakes. The movie tracilicious mistakenly mentioned a while back, Heaven Can Wait, is - imo - a very good remake of a far earlier film called, if I remember correctly, Waiting for Mr. Jordan. You just can never tell, and it's proably best not to prejudge. But I can hardly blame anyone for getting the willies when they learn that a fave film is going to be shoddily remade.
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