“All Hollywood is capable of doing nowadays is remakes and comic books, that’s it. “
And it’s going to be crap.
Sure, it will have better production values.
But re-making Roots is ludicrous.
I agree. Can't beat the original! There are a million other stories in History Hollywood has yet to cover. I would love to see a mini-series on Charles Martel.
Gotta “Keep Hate Alive” as Jesse Jackson so often reminds us.
And it’s going to be crap.
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IMHO the original was not much better. I know a lot of people really love it, and Alex Haley could certainly write, and told some good stories in the novel. However, I’ve read something on a thread recently somewhere that he did not really find Kunta Kinte, but made it up. It’s ok, since it is a novel, but some look at the movie as if it were a documentary. I do not believe it is in any way that accurate.