movie reincarnation, 2nd and possibly 3rd commings?

frostbitten_panda

with all the renevations in technology, we keep seeing remakes of old movies. in the future with all sorts of our hd and 3d technology, it seems as if they might remake already-remade movies. of course new technology isnt the reason why remakes happen. it does, however, help with making a timeline. (they dont remake recent movies.) pretty much the only way for the youth in this country to learn of old movies is by remaking it, after all they RARELY show old movies or give them any hype, and hey! movie remakes do bring in good cash. so in 50 years, do you predict 3rd commings of certain movies? (planet of the apes, charlie and the chocolate factory, psycho, cape fear, ocean's eleven, or maybe even a star wars remake?) top 10 remakes

Apreche

In some cases where people have remade forgotten, lost or unpopular old films the remake is considered the real deal. This can also happen if the remake is just that much better than the original. Look at the top 10 list there you just gave. Scarface is technically a remake, but when you say Scarface people don't think of the original. The word remake doesn't come to mind. It's as if the same story can be told in film many times, but only the best telling stands out as the real one. There are plenty of movies of Hamlet, but only one is the real deal.

It seems that right now people wont remake remakes, but they will sequel them. They recently remade Shaft. You would see a Shaft 2 before you saw Shaft 1 again. If I'm not mitaken they made more than one Charlie's Angel's movie, which is a remake of a TV show.

Anyway, HD and 3D have nothing to do with remakes. Those will only bring about special editions, DVDs and digitally remastered widescreen versions of films. Remakes are caused by lack of creativity and lack of risk taking by Hollywood. This is why the Internet is kicking Hollywood's ass. Creativity without risk of huge financial losses.

thaneofcawdor

Can you really blame studios for being risk-averse? Look at what happened to MGM, as a case study in what innovation and risk taking can do for (to) you.

Expecting something new from a movie studio these days is like expecting Microsoft to start their own space program. Might happen, may even be profitable one day, but it has nothing to do with their core business.

The core business of a modern movie studio is the marketing and selling of intellectual property, not films, and certainly not art. I don't blame them for it. True innovation happens more frequently on the fringes of any industry, that's why 'independant' cinema is so important today from the studio perspective - it's an incubator for the top IP of tomorrow.

Good films still get made. They just don't get made by the big guys anymore. The big studios just buy and sell the best stuff, and make most of the money in the process.