Posted on 01/16/2011 1:49:43 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
There are many who bemoan Hollywood's tendency to cannibalize itself with endless sequels, prequels, and reboots. I am not one of them.
Film is a child of theater. Part of the pleasure in attending a new production of a play you have seen before is considering the take of a fresh group of artists on the same old material. We wouldn't fault a theater troupe for yet another production of Romeo & Juliet. So why fault filmmakers for remaking an old film? Quality is certainly affected by source material, but not determined by it.
What annoys me isn't the preponderance of rehashed properties in Hollywood, but the poor execution of so many of them. For every Batman Begins, it seems there are a dozen Superman Returns.
It's only been four years since Spider-Man 3 hit theaters, and less than 10 years since the original. Yet we're already about to see a reboot. Unfortunately, the more we learn of the forthcoming Spider-Man film, the less likely it seems to become that rare derivative which will transcend its predecessor.
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Need more ass-kicker movies.
Not the ones directed by Christopher Nolan, but the films directed by Tim Burton.
The first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies are also pretty good, from what I recall.
I’m as surprised as anyone that there’s a Spidey reboot immediately after Spiderman 3. Some Sony exec probably hated all those subtle multiple American flags on almost every scene in Spiderman 2 and 3. Garfield, the new Spidey has such a thick British accent that one has to question how he’s supposed to rid of it, and how he actually got the role.
But anyway, it was too bad that Spider-Man 3 was such an atrociously bad movie... how many times did Green Goblin Jr. have to "die?" And why keep the Venom character in this movie? He could have been saved for a future movie.
I see it now....a Spider Man who is touch with his feelings...who lets the inner child out to play.....the angst riven hero who asks, “Don’t bad guys have rights too?”
The new and improved Spider Person!
As I understand it, Marvel wanted to end it's association with Sony, but they couldn't do that and keep the continuity of the first three films. By doing a reboot they can have full control.
The Venom and Carnage characters are both Symbiotes, opportunistic parasites that take over other people. The Carnage character is particularly disturbing, as his comic backstory has him killing his grandmother, torturing dogs and a bunch of other stuff. After the Watchmen, many comics became dark, dark, dark. I think Raimi preferred the simpler, less nihilistic premises of the earlier comics, while Sony wanted to try and grab younger audiences with the newer characters.
Supposedly in the reboot, they're taking Peter Parker back to high school. In the comics, Parker was uber-nerd. Flash Thompson wasn't a thug, he was the school jock, but still tormented Parker, who after he became Spidey, only pretended to be afraid of him.
Hollwood needs to change it’s name to Scrapwood.
I’ll ask an acquaintance of mine here in Hollywood who works for the investment company associated with Marvel in Century City. I learn more from him in 15 minutes than subscribing to the Hollywood Reporter for 6 months.
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