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Proof Hollywood has run out of ideas

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Ok, it's one thing to be remaking Spider-Man 1 a decade after its release. Or to be coming out with the 50th Final Destination movie.

But I think the idea of a movie based upon a download-only video game called Elf Bowling pretty much proves there are no more fresh ideas in Hollywood.

Of course I found a copy of this for $4.95 on a remainder pile at a discount department store and I couldn't resist. :evil:

http://www.amazon.ca/Elf-Bowling-Movie-Rex-Piano/dp/B000SK5ZE8

Alex
 
Out Of My Vulcan Mind said:
I don't think a low budget direct to DVD animated movie made by a no-name indie company in 2007 says much about Hollywood at all.
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Probably the only reason why hollywood didn't make it was they were beaten to the punch.

I sometimes wonder about some of the movies that come out - yes there some that have the core of good movie but go wrong while others what were the studios thinking? Or did they need a loss for tax reasons?
 
Proof that Hollywood has run out of ideas...?

Well, this looks like a job for...

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It's not that Hollywood has run out of ideas, it's more accurate that Hollywood has never had any original ideas in the first place.

My work here is done...

;)
 
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Check this out. I was browsing this list for films to see this year and was disgusted by all the franchises, remakes, and knock offs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_in_film

What's with everyone making films about the 9th Legion? Why two medieval Plague pictures and the crappy Robin Hood? I didn't think Spiderman needed a reboot, what gives there? I definately think things are stale and I see again why I don't watch much American film or TV.

CNN: Help Haiti!
CNN Commercial: Visit Jamaica!

Can anything else be wrong with this picture? Is anyone else tired of the documentaries that have to have actors acting things out? And all the 300 esque documentaries that read more like spoofs and science fiction. I just saw another 2012 Maya show on History and I swear it belonged on Sci Fi. How about that new show Spartacus on Starz? coughGladiatorRome300cough.

Done rant. I think ;0)
 
I'm a classic films buff, and I have to say that film remakes have been around since the beginning. Cecil B. DeMille made The Ten Commandments twice. Once in 1923 and again in 1956. Ben Hur was made twice before the 1959 remake with Charlton Heston. The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade 22 years apart, The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941. White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music! The Three Musketeers was remade in 1973 from the 1948 original, and that's just a handful of remakes. Hollywood has done them from the beginning and will always do them. This is nothing new.
 
Axiom said:
I'm a classic films buff, and I have to say that film remakes have been around since the beginning. Cecil B. DeMille made The Ten Commandments twice. Once in 1923 and again in 1956. Ben Hur was made twice before the 1959 remake with Charlton Heston. The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade 22 years apart, The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941. White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music! The Three Musketeers was remade in 1973 from the 1948 original, and that's just a handful of remakes. Hollywood has done them from the beginning and will always do them. This is nothing new.
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Don't forget that Scarface was also a remake.
 
Emh said:
Axiom said:
I'm a classic films buff, and I have to say that film remakes have been around since the beginning. Cecil B. DeMille made The Ten Commandments twice. Once in 1923 and again in 1956. Ben Hur was made twice before the 1959 remake with Charlton Heston. The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade 22 years apart, The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941. White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music! The Three Musketeers was remade in 1973 from the 1948 original, and that's just a handful of remakes. Hollywood has done them from the beginning and will always do them. This is nothing new.
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Don't forget that Scarface was also a remake.
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Yep, there's another one. Scarface was made in 1932, and then again in 1983 (I think). Most people probably don't realize there was a previous Scarface movie.
 
Axiom said:
I'm a classic films buff, and I have to say that film remakes have been around since the beginning. Cecil B. DeMille made The Ten Commandments twice. Once in 1923 and again in 1956. Ben Hur was made twice before the 1959 remake with Charlton Heston. The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade 22 years apart, The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941. White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music! The Three Musketeers was remade in 1973 from the 1948 original, and that's just a handful of remakes. Hollywood has done them from the beginning and will always do them. This is nothing new.
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Very true, I guess the big difference here is that we're more aware of it. In 1959 you might have been aware of an earlier version of Ben Hur, but unless it was rereleased the chances are you wouldn't have seen it since it came out. You probably wouldn't have seen it more than once, wouldn't have rewatched it on TV and definitely wouldn't own the director's cut DVD. These days I think it appears more of a problem/annoyance because we have usually seen the original version, a lot, and in many cases consider it a classic.
 
Remakes in Hollywood history not withstanding-is nothing sacred? They are talking about remaking Ferris Beuller. Gag me with a spoon.
 
This will obviously be an interactive film where Ferris Twitters to the audience rather than speaks to camera!
 
Axiom said:
I'm a classic films buff, and I have to say that film remakes have been around since the beginning. Cecil B. DeMille made The Ten Commandments twice. Once in 1923 and again in 1956. Ben Hur was made twice before the 1959 remake with Charlton Heston. The Man Who Knew Too Much was remade 22 years apart, The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941. White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music! The Three Musketeers was remade in 1973 from the 1948 original, and that's just a handful of remakes. Hollywood has done them from the beginning and will always do them. This is nothing new.
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QFT, 1000%!

Same thing I've been saying for a couple of years now, in a couple posts.

Mistral said:
Remakes in Hollywood history not withstanding-is nothing sacred? They are talking about remaking Ferris Beuller. Gag me with a spoon.
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It's been 30-something years since the original version...
 
Axiom said:
The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941.
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Three times, actually. There's also the 1936 film Satan Met a Lady, adapted from Hammett's book. Not to mention the loose comedy-sequel to the film, The Black Bird, a 1975 production.

White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music!
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I don't know if I'd go as far to call White Christmas a remake. It uses a lot of songs that were not original to the film, but the plot of Holiday Inn bears little resemblence to that of White Christmas, besides the usual conventions of such films. Would you also consider Singin' in the Rain to be a remake, since nearly all of its songs were culled from previous MGM musicals and a few other sources?

And not to appear to picky, because you're absolutely right.
 
I don't usually mind remakes that much. I mean, there are a lot of piss-poor ones out there, and a lot of them tend to fall flat or miss what made the original a great film. Having said that, occasionally they'll get it spot on, and you'll get something great like The Thing, or The Fly.

However, I am of the opinion that there are some films that just shouldn't be remade because there is no possible way they could improve on the original.
 
Harvey said:
Axiom said:
The Maltese Falcon was made twice, once in 1931 and again in 1941.
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Three times, actually. There's also the 1936 film Satan Met a Lady, adapted from Hammett's book. Not to mention the loose comedy-sequel to the film, The Black Bird, a 1975 production.

White Christmas is just Holiday Inn with a few extra twists and Danny Kaye instead of Fred Astaire. They even used the same music!
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I don't know if I'd go as far to call White Christmas a remake. It uses a lot of songs that were not original to the film, but the plot of Holiday Inn bears little resemblence to that of White Christmas, besides the usual conventions of such films. Would you also consider Singin' in the Rain to be a remake, since nearly all of its songs were culled from previous MGM musicals and a few other sources?

And not to appear to picky, because you're absolutely right.
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I'm a big fan of White Christmas and watch it every year, but only saw Holiday Inn for the first time last year. I thought the plot would be similar but they diverge after the first act. White Christmas is a better film.
 
They already did remake Ferris Bueller once. But I guess everybody in the world has forgotten that but me.
 
The problem doesn't just lay with Hollywood though. Hollywood is a provider they give people more of what they want. if the public didn't like remakes and franchises then hollywood wouldn't make them.

But people do, those films make money, so hollywood keeps them coming. It the same as on tv. Cop shows and lawyer shows and doctor shows draw in viewers so that's what the networks keep churning out. They do try with other types of shows, but people don't watch them and they get canceled. There are only so many "profitable hours" in a tv networks week, so they have to put on the shows that attract the most viewers to they get the most money. It is show business after all. I just wish the general public would begin to watch different things so we would be able to get cooler shows and films, but it doesn't seem to be likely. In fact it seems to be getting worse.

Our only hope is for more original shows and films (like Avatar) keep bringing in the big bucks, because only then will Hollywood begin taking more risks with original products.
 
They're making a movie version of Monopoly.

Monopoly.

I think that wins the prize. Or wooden spoon, depending on how you look at it.
 
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