What should get a remake / adaptation?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 10:47 pm
Just so you know, this isn't a completely useless thread. I just got a second position at the Examiner -- on top of being the America's Got Talent Examiner, I'm now going to be the Bad TV Examiner (yes, that's right, they're actually going to pay me to rant about sucky TV programs).
Absolute first thing I thought I should write about was the upcoming (and unquestionably s***) Smurfs movie that's soon to come out. But rather than just count all the ways the movie is liable to blow, I thought maybe I should write an article about the trend of remakes and movie adaptations based on cartoons we watched as kids.
That in turn made me think I should start off with an article that's actually positive to some degree. So what I'm thinking of doing right now is writing a list of programs that, if Hollywood is so absolutely intent on creating nothing but remakes and adaptations, they might want to consider remaking instead.
Right now, I can only think of two for the list: Gargoyles and the Sonic SatAM series. Or at least those are the only two I could think of that are A) old enough to be considered nostalgic, and B) that I could actually write an argument in support of such (as opposed to just relying on my fanboy instincts).
I can't really make a list article with just two names on it though, so. . . If you can think of any programs you watched when you were young that you think need to be remade / adapted for the big screen, deserve to be remade / adapted, or would greatly benefit whoever did the remaking / adapting of it, please don't hesitate to mention them.
Absolute first thing I thought I should write about was the upcoming (and unquestionably s***) Smurfs movie that's soon to come out. But rather than just count all the ways the movie is liable to blow, I thought maybe I should write an article about the trend of remakes and movie adaptations based on cartoons we watched as kids.
That in turn made me think I should start off with an article that's actually positive to some degree. So what I'm thinking of doing right now is writing a list of programs that, if Hollywood is so absolutely intent on creating nothing but remakes and adaptations, they might want to consider remaking instead.
Right now, I can only think of two for the list: Gargoyles and the Sonic SatAM series. Or at least those are the only two I could think of that are A) old enough to be considered nostalgic, and B) that I could actually write an argument in support of such (as opposed to just relying on my fanboy instincts).
I can't really make a list article with just two names on it though, so. . . If you can think of any programs you watched when you were young that you think need to be remade / adapted for the big screen, deserve to be remade / adapted, or would greatly benefit whoever did the remaking / adapting of it, please don't hesitate to mention them.
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