That's it! I've seen enough. Enough unimaginative offerings from Hollywood studios who seem to be determined to re-make , re-boot , revive and/or re-imagine
material already presented in one form or another.
What happened to creative writing? Were are the imaginative concepts played out on the silver screen? Why does seemingly EVERYTHING made today have to be something from a past TV show, movie or cartoon that has already been made?
Popeye, The Munsters, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs( two of them!)Spider-man ,a million versions of Star Wars, Judge Dredd, The Lone Ranger, Robo-cop, Total Recall, Frankenstein so on, etc.
What the hell is wrong with this industry! Are there no original screenwriter's offering scripts to studios, or are these pointy headed exec's unwilling to take a chance on an original idea?
If they are paranoid about taking a risk on a fresh idea , then I'll happily remind them that 'Star Wars' was one of those scripts, and George Lucas was one of those screenwriters, and we all know the outcome of that.
I think of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and how creative and innovative it was with Stanley Kubrick at it's helm.
I think of 'Apocalypse Now' and Francis Ford Coppola, who's film redefined war movies.
There are many examples of true film-makers creating something original and studios willing to invest in them.
Steven Spielberg and 'E.T.' is another good example that comes to mind.
In recent film history the Wachowski brothers offered an original concept in the 'Matrix' and people loved it. In the process the camera technique 'bullet time' was established and is in common practice today.
Also 'District 9' , the brain-child of Neill Blomcamp , who created something fresh and fantastic! Peter Jackson literally handed the reigns over to him and he made a sci-fi masterpiece.
What's wrong with something fresh! The last unique thing I saw in a movie theater was 'Inception' and the public received it warmly. Me and my friends were talking about it for a week afterwards regarding the sub-conscience mind and it's relation to dreams- it was a very interesting topic .
Yeah , yeah I know some things need to be re-booted like the 'Fantastic Four' for example, and there are some TV shows which HAVEN'T been done yet that would be cool to see made into a movie like 'Voltron: Defender of the Universe', but other than that...where's the new stuff?!- the next big film phenomenon everybody will be talking about?
I will grant that some movies in the "pre-CGI" era might be good to look at for a re-boot or re-imagining like 'Jason and the Argonauts', but do we really need another 'Excalibur' or 'Frankenstein'-? ; it's been done to death!
Now CB characters which haven't been made into films are a well from which to draw material that can - and is- being used as a basis for screenplays, which is good.
Moreover , Hollywood has often adapted novels, short stories, fables and other literary sources , both old and contemporary into screenplays which is fine and dandy if it hasn't been done already and/or the original didn't totally suck deserving a re-make.
Look , all I'm saying is ,"ENOUGH WITH THE RE-BOOT/RE-MAKE STUFF!" Give us something creative and original, and stop boring us with this crap.
I know what these Hollywood exec.s are thinking: " Let's do something safe-something the public is familiar with."
Don't insult our intelligence jerks!
There are many young screenwriter's who just need a chance to show the world what they can do! Give it to them, and you may be surprised what might come of it.