I want to see cigarette-smoking versions of Renaissance paintings. There's something about a non-smoking Mona Lisa that just fails to capture my interest.
It'd be a pointless expense. It wasn't meant to be in colour, and would look worse for it.
I think I finally get it. You're seeing things in terms of choice, opportunity and profit: if people could potentially be interested in buying something, then it should be made.Cool, go commission one and you'll have it to hang in your living room. Or, if you're proficient with photoshop or painting, you can create your own. I'll still be free to admire the original.
Now that is an aspect I was thinking about as well, Brilliant Assessment! I mean as a doctor who fan, it is important to get new fans into the genre, because new fans equal a continuation of the show and merchandise..
I think I finally get it. You're seeing things in terms of choice, opportunity and profit: if people could potentially be interested in buying something, then it should be made.
I see things in terms of creativity and artistic integrity: it has already been made once, and modifying it to suit the fickle tastes of a hypothetical audience is absurd. Adding vampires to Hamlet because young people would be more interested in the play if only it had vampires in it would be insulting to Shakespeare and to young people.
I really don't think that art, even the most lowbrow and commercial form of art, can be treated like ice cream and I do believe that there are strict limits to what an audience can demand.
since when is adding colour to something on the same level as vampires being added to hamlet?? that is just such an over reaction to the idea..sheeesh!
I wonder how many Trekkers went out and shot up a convenience store when they announced the Remastered DVDs...
just plain silly...
you'd think I was talking about tie-dyed Daleks, and red and blue cybermen!
since when is adding colour to something on the same level as vampires being added to hamlet?? that is just such an over reaction to the idea..sheeesh!
I wonder how many Trekkers went out and shot up a convenience store when they announced the Remastered DVDs...
just plain silly...
you'd think I was talking about tie-dyed Daleks, and red and blue cybermen!
I have a question: are you upset by the answer, and that people don't like your idea or because of the passion?
How is it different? In both cases, you're altering the original work to make it more palatable for a hypothetical new audience. Adding color, changing the music, adding vampires, it's all the same thing: it comes from the concept that the only thing that matters in art is what the audience is willing to buy.since when is adding colour to something on the same level as vampires being added to hamlet??
How is it different? In both cases, you're altering the original work to make it more palatable for a hypothetical new audience. Adding color, changing the music, adding vampires, it's all the same thing: it comes from the concept that the only thing that matters in art is what the audience is willing to buy.since when is adding colour to something on the same level as vampires being added to hamlet??
Aha, so you're saying we should paint old statues, then?Are we asking for dance sequences, a change in special effects, and or digital modifications? nope.. just the normal colour we see everyday in real life, and the colour that was present during the original filming..one could say that the older black and white shows are incomplete, because they lack colour..due to the limits of that day...
Aha, so you're saying we should paint old statues, then?Are we asking for dance sequences, a change in special effects, and or digital modifications? nope.. just the normal colour we see everyday in real life, and the colour that was present during the original filming..one could say that the older black and white shows are incomplete, because they lack colour..due to the limits of that day...![]()
no but what would be wrong with a copy that was painted??
Classical greek statues were painted, classical roman statues, for example, were not. But yeah, it's an interesting question, isn't it? Should we re-paint them? What would be the most authentic way to pay homage to the artist's original intent? This obviously goes way beyond the purpose of this thread, but yeah, it's an interesting debate.Classical statues were originally painted, I think he is having a joke with you.
There's already a ghost in the play. I did not pick Hamlet at random.BTW Count me in for Vampires in Hamlet.
Yes, once you are used to seeing them spotlessly white on display it seems like sacrilege to paint them, yet that is how they originally were.Classical greek statues were painted, classical roman statues, for example, were not. But yeah, it's an interesting question, isn't it? Should we re-paint them? What would be the most authentic way to pay homage to the artist's original intent? This obviously goes way beyond the purpose of this thread, but yeah, it's an interesting debate.Classical statues were originally painted, I think he is having a joke with you.
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