More proof originality is dead in Hollywood

[Turtletrekker]

When was originality ever alive in Hollywood...?

 

[Alidar Jarok]

When was originality alive anywhere? Ideally you want to tell an established story in a new way. But, at the same time, you shouldn't take inevitable similarities and condemn a movie for it. A good example is Avatar. Thematically, there are similarities to Dances With Wolves. Overall, there's far more different than similar. But people still go out of their way to paint them as the same movie.

But absolute originality is impossible. An entertaining story is more important.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ And like I said earlier, DWW is very similar to A Man Called Horse.

 

[bluedana]

^ Except that it's based on a graphic novel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_&_Aliens_(film)

I usually don't count adaptations from other media to be unoriginal. I count if Hollywood is just repeating itself.

Yes, as in the endless "reboots" of classic movies (Batman, Superman, etc.). That to me is different from making a movie in an established genre (or two, such as Cowboys and Aliens) and telling a good story.

 

[doubleohfive]

Well, the news today (ok, it broke last night) is that CBS has bought a script from Sony to remake Bewitched for the network.

I'd like to see what they do with the property. (It can't possibly be any worse than the Will Farrell/Nicole Kidman feature a few years ago)... but I'm sure there will be plenty of people who will decry this without seeing a single frame of film first.

Oh well.

 

[JarodRussell]

I demand proof that orginality was actually alive in Hollywood!!!!!! Its pretty much been a beg, borrow and steal place since its inception.

Inception anyone?

Inception was a prime example of how derivative Hollywood can be. I mean the whole "is it a dream, is it the real world, we can only tell by a totem" thing is so cliche it was done on Voyager.

Oh my GOD, Nolan is a VOYAGER FAN?!?!?!