Movie and film remakes: What happened to all the brilliant writers?
Fans of the theater, movies, plays, musicals and television shows have been watching amazing celebrities for years on one large screen or another enjoying the marvels that roll out from the writers, producers and stars from a multitude of original works. Today, the word “remake” has become quite popular in the entertainment field that many of the millions of viewers are having a hard time accepting.
In the day when a movie, film or musical was released with big name stars they were watched, enjoyed and either loved, liked or were thought to be tastefully done whether it was fitting to one’s own taste or not. Now all you hear over the air ways takes your breath away in wonder instead of awe. More and more classics and iconic action films are being remade in lieu of the writers creating something new that hasn’t been done before.
With all the new stars and celebrities that have made their way to the top it seems pitiful that they are being used as copycat models for past works. Those films and shows were hits, became famous and
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made a mark on fans and viewers everywhere. Why, with all the latest technology and new writers and producers on the market do they feel the public isn’t interested in something new and different? It seems strange that new works aren’t in the works and remakes are at the top of the list as new releases, which isn’t sitting well with many film buffs, movie goers and musical lovers. The American public is writing in saying things such as; where is the originality, why can’t they come up with new film ideas, it is wrong to destroy the classics by changing the plots and actors, we don’t want to see a movie we loved for years changed giving it a bad name, the original movies were perfect the way they were and it is disrespectful to remake these classics and that no matter how they try they will never be able to top the originals whether they use the same movie titles and plots with new actors.
So many fans and viewers are just saying, stop to the remakes, get some original ideas and get the industry to grow as it did in the past instead of destroying classic stories that could be enjoyed by the younger generation and remembered by the older generations without modernizing the greatest shows that have appeared in theaters, television and stage for
decades. There are so many titles that are up for grabs for remakes these days it is making viewers sick over the changes. They know very well before the film is even made it will not have the same reaction to fans of those storylines and many just won’t bother watching them at all knowing that a great movie is ruined in their minds just because a remake is in the works. Some of the classic movies, musicals and films that are causing an uproar and rightfully so are: Stephen King’s movie “IT”, Alfred Hitchcock’s film, “The Birds” and the infamous P.L. Travers’ story and film “Mary Poppins” that stared Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Other Disney classics are being re-worked such as: “Beauty and the Beast”, “Mulan” and “Dumbo”. Other classics that are on the chopping block, as viewers are seeing the changes to their favorite films with completely different celebrities and plot differences are just making a mockery of the great works produced in the past that are still major hits with fans and watched over and over again. These other classic films that are due to be remade throughout the next five years include: “Overboard”, “Jumanji”, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, “Porky’s”, “Honey I Shrunk The Kids”, “Police Academy”, “Three Men and a Baby”, “Poltergeist”, “A Star is Born”, “Pet Sematary”, “Dirty Dancing”, “Creature from the Black Lagoon”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “My Fair Lady” and “Romancing the Stone”. It is unfathomable that these titles are also on the list of remakes: “Scarface”, “Short Circuit”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Weird Science”, “Godzilla”, “Gremlins”, “Vacation”, “Van Helsing”, “Logan’s Run”, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, “The Thin Man”, “Perry Mason”, “The Invisible Man”, “Firestarter”, “Hellraiser” and “Flatliners” are just a few of the many films and movies that are in the works, on the table or chopping block and being produced as remakes. It is time to stop the insanity and begin again with new writers and producers to create new storylines, plots and film titles for the new and upcoming celebrities and leave the classics alone. They are perfect the way they are and don’t need any improvements or star replacements. Remaking these and many other classics will certainly cause a huge drop in ticket sales, people attending movie theaters and ratings since no one is interested in seeing a perfect film ruined by a remake and therefore giving a magnificent piece of work a bad name and leaving a sour taste in the mouths of most lovers of the art of entertainment. Stop the insanity and create something new and exciting for viewers without destroying the beloved classics that should live on just as they were originally produced. Are you looking forward to the remakes or just ill thinking about how these films that have entertained us for years will now go down in history as disasters instead of becoming the latest hits to hit the theaters today? © 2015 Beverly Mucha / All Rights Reserved
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