When will Hollywood stop remaking films?

[L.Kizzle]

Just on the first page here alone, there are threads on the films King King, Jungle Book, Godzilla.

I mean, how many times can you do a movie over and over and over again?

[Nilocon165]

Hollywood is in a creative bankruptcy.

[~primetime~]

Never, they will never stop

30 years from now there will be an Avengers reboot.

[plowking]

Jungle Book was amazing, but for the most part, I agree.

Then again, we're at a point where a lot of the best ideas have been done. Then people come up with new shit, and people complain about plotholes in sci-fi movies, even when it has been explained how it occurred in the movie, but it wasn't realistic or plausible enough for people.

[L.Kizzle]

Jungle Book was amazing, but for the most part, I agree.

Then again, we're at a point where a lot of the best ideas have been done. Then people come up with new shit, and people complain about plotholes in sci-fi movies, even when it has been explained how it occurred in the movie, but it wasn't realistic or plausible enough for people.
No, I don't think so. But of course if you keep using the same directors over and over, you're gonna get similar films.

Let some young blood get in the door Hollywood. It's enough room for others.

[Doomsday Dallas]

I would rather them remake a film than to have several $hitty sequels.


Although... I think Die Hard 4 is a little underrated. not much, but some.

[DonDadda59]

Hollywood is in a creative bankruptcy.

This is true. But it also makes financial sense for studios. Franchises like Godzilla, King Kong, Batman, etc have been around since the early 1900s in one form or another. They have built-in fan bases, they're brands known and loved worldwide. Takes the risk out of it.

But there's definitely a laziness factor there. It's not like you have to invent the wheel every time. Take a great modern sci-fi flick like Looper- it's a time travel story about a guy who goes back in time to kill a young boy because of what he does in the future and another guy trying to protect that same kid. Sounds like the same exact basic plot from the Terminator. But it's a really creative, original story.

[L.Kizzle]

I would rather them remake a film than to have several $hitty sequels.


Although... I think Die Hard 4 is a little underrated. not much, but some.
Sometime sequels go on for to long also. There should never be a Part 5 to any film. :biggums:

[bdreason]

Society becomes more risk adverse by the day. Recycled media is just another example of playing it safe.

[senelcoolidge]

There's material hollywood hasn't tapped into, but they just want the sure thing...it's all about the money. I wish people would stop handing them money though so they could put out much better material.

[L.Kizzle]

How come Holywood dosn't remake the films we all want to see?

Where is a Dolemite or a Wayne's World remake?

[ALBballer]

There's material hollywood hasn't tapped into, but they just want the sure thing...it's all about the money. I wish people would stop handing them money though so they could put out much better material.

Pretty much this. It seems like most blockbuster today are remakes and action hero movies, and it makes financial sense because if you are going to expend a substantial amount of money you play it safe with remakes and action hero films because the plot is already there and there is a built in fan base.

[iamgine]

There will always be some originals and some remake.

What's the problem?

[Doomsday Dallas]

There will always be some originals and some remake.

What's the problem?


I know... it's not like there is a lack of original ideas in movies.

There's just a $hit load of things being remade.


I guess... they just want all the money spent on these projects used
on something new & fresh instead of the same stuff we've already seen.

[SpaceJam]

Too much money in it

I don't have a problem with remakes or sequel when they are on par or even better then the original

But when you just constantly make trashy remakes year after year smh

[bladefd]

It is hard to be completely original. Each and every idea is built on something from before. For all new movies releasing, some inspiration for it came from another movie. The first few decades were truly the original ideas but ehh those were the 20s/30s/40s when the industry was brand new..

I mean you can do alternative universe movies and mix things up a bit, but I dunno about new ideas. Could also start turning more books into movies. That could be one way out of the creativity trap or lack thereof tbat Hollywood is stuck down. They need to stop focusing so much on surity cash cows and start being daring.. take the industry to a new level by bringing on board new ideas. If it is from more books/novels then so be it.

[Kblaze8855]

There are like 50 godzillas....King Kong was like...6 in when Peter Jackson got it. The "first" jungle book was the second one. People just dont know much about the one from the 40s.

Movies have been getting remade or franchised since the minute they were old enough for someone to look back on the last guys version and think they could do it better.

Why stop exactly? Its a built in audience. Original movies get made all the time....and then we dont go see them. Studios throw 100+ million at original ideas all the time trying to create new franchise.

Tomorrowland? That shit with Mila kunis about Jupiter? Pluto Nash? John Carter(itelf a remake in a way). Airbender? Pacific rim? District nine? Pixels? 7th son? battleship? Man from uncle? That shit with the owls? Something about guardians...you saw those commercials.

Studios greenlight new movies all the time trying to make the next ____ and then we dont go....so they make a new Thundercats/Voltron/something from the 80s and make 600 million.

Id do the same thing.

[Big_Dogg]

How come Holywood dosn't remake the films we all want to see?

Where is a Dolemite or a Wayne's World remake?

Who can you picture saying "Way down in the jungle deep......"? :lol

[iamgine]

Eye In The Sky with 94% rating from Rotten Tomatoes looks and feels exactly like an extended scene from the TV series Homeland, only not as good.

I suppose some of Game Of Thrones scenes can be extended and made into a movie as well.

[DeuceWallaces]

This isn't new and it will never change. If you watch a lot of TCM or study film you'll see remakes in the mid-30's that are then remade again in the 50's. There are plenty of original movie and stories every month, but they still have to make money like everyone else.

[embersyc]

Never, they will never stop

30 years from now there will be an Avengers reboot.

It won't take that long, MCU will be rebooted after Infinity War most likely.

[embersyc]

To answer OP question, when people stop rushing out to see the remakes, they'll stop getting made.