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Have I asked this before? Why IS it that shows we loved in the past cannot properly be converted to new films which respect the source material?
Why, instead, do we get Michael Bay films that blow it up and piss on people?
As I sit here watching an old episode of Inspector Gadget with a nephew, I see material ripe for a feature film with iconic costume design. And then I remember the previous attempt at a film about the old cartoons. It wasn’t all that great or memorable to me. [Though I did like the gadget woman.]
What legal mumbo-jumbo prevents movie makers from properly converting older concepts into new film? Or, why must every movie maker insist upon some measure of “artistic license” to warp what is already good and what fans liked? We fans of the old don’t need a lot of new looks and ways of doing things. If you must fix or change anything, just work on the bits that maybe don’t fit the present if it’s a story taking place in the present. Or, set the story in the past. Is that so hard? Even a certain science fiction film series has gotten away with saying it’s from a distant galaxy a long time ago though it looks futuristic.
And, if it’s a matter of the original artists saying they don’t want the film to be made, then respect that. If they don’t want a film, why is it okay to warp the original material enough to make a lousy one?
Anyone else care to share some thoughts on this matter? I’m all ears…and busy fingers.
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