Stop unnecessary movie remakes
Target:
to encourage producers to use books and comic books as movie material
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Too often do the movies out in theatres consist of the same garbage ideas or some horrible remake. Its either a story about badly dubbed speech onto a cute cuddly animal "talking" or it is a remake of a movie we all grew up on as kids. Remakes seem to happen at least 5 times a year, and I say this is way too much. One remake is too much. I have not watched a single remake that was worth watching except Battlestar Gallactica, and that was a TV series. I am reffering to the movies out there such as the remake of the classic "the Producers".
The concept of the remake has failed to deliver on far too many occasions, and with that in mind, I would like to propose that we stop making remakes and invest in turning novels and comicbooks into movies a lot more than we already are. There are thousands of wonderful books out there that would make magnificent movies.
An old book I found just a few months ago would make an awesome movie. It was titled "the star fox" by Poul Anderson. It told the tale of a retired starship captain who took up a life of piracy to save the lives of several thousand captured colonists from an alien race.
If producers picked up comic books and movies and began investing in some of the little known material, there are some really amazing gems out there. The only thing is, people need to stop referring back to the classics that have already been done, and pick up some new ideas, that simply have not. Another suggestion I can make would be a webcomic by the name of "jack". Simply put, it is about the cruelty and joy of life and death. I cant even begin to summarize the rest of the comic because it was simply that expansive.
There are comedies that can be made out of simple ideas, such as spoofing the all famous MMORPG genre. There is currently a short online series called "The guild" that spoofs this genre, and it happens to be very popular.
The mere fact that many producers are completely ignoring the interest in these stories proves that either they don't care what the customer wants... and therefore dont care about not only the money that can be made, but also the impression that the customers have on the studio that is making the production. Or are not thinking hard enough about the possibilities out there and therefore, are completely failing to do their job.
In summary, this petition is a request that the producers of the US Film production industry begin turning more novels and comic books into movies instead or remaking existing movies into films that fail to deliver.
The concept of the remake has failed to deliver on far too many occasions, and with that in mind, I would like to propose that we stop making remakes and invest in turning novels and comicbooks into movies a lot more than we already are. There are thousands of wonderful books out there that would make magnificent movies.
An old book I found just a few months ago would make an awesome movie. It was titled "the star fox" by Poul Anderson. It told the tale of a retired starship captain who took up a life of piracy to save the lives of several thousand captured colonists from an alien race.
If producers picked up comic books and movies and began investing in some of the little known material, there are some really amazing gems out there. The only thing is, people need to stop referring back to the classics that have already been done, and pick up some new ideas, that simply have not. Another suggestion I can make would be a webcomic by the name of "jack". Simply put, it is about the cruelty and joy of life and death. I cant even begin to summarize the rest of the comic because it was simply that expansive.
There are comedies that can be made out of simple ideas, such as spoofing the all famous MMORPG genre. There is currently a short online series called "The guild" that spoofs this genre, and it happens to be very popular.
The mere fact that many producers are completely ignoring the interest in these stories proves that either they don't care what the customer wants... and therefore dont care about not only the money that can be made, but also the impression that the customers have on the studio that is making the production. Or are not thinking hard enough about the possibilities out there and therefore, are completely failing to do their job.
In summary, this petition is a request that the producers of the US Film production industry begin turning more novels and comic books into movies instead or remaking existing movies into films that fail to deliver.
Too often do the movies out in theatres consist of the same garbage ideas or some horrible remake. Its either a story about badly dubbed speech onto a cute cuddly animal "talking" or it is a remake of a movie we all grew up on as kids. Remakes seem to happen at least 5 times a year, and I say this is way too much. One remake is too much. I have not watched a single remake that was worth watching except Battlestar Gallactica, and that was a TV series. I am reffering to the movies out there such as the remake of the classic "the Producers".
The concept of the remake has failed to deliver on far too many occasions, and with that in mind, I would like to propose that we stop making remakes and invest in turning novels and comicbooks into movies a lot more than we already are. There are thousands of wonderful books out there that would make magnificent movies.
An old book I found just a few months ago would make an awesome movie. It was titled "the star fox" by Poul Anderson. It told the tale of a retired starship captain who took up a life of piracy to save the lives of several thousand captured colonists from an alien race.
If producers picked up comic books and movies and began investing in some of the little known material, there are some really amazing gems out there. The only thing is, people need to stop referring back to the classics that have already been done, and pick up some new ideas, that simply have not. Another suggestion I can make would be a webcomic by the name of "jack". Simply put, it is about the cruelty and joy of life and death. I cant even begin to summarize the rest of the comic because it was simply that expansive.
There are comedies that can be made out of simple ideas, such as spoofing the all famous MMORPG genre. There is currently a short online series called "The guild" that spoofs this genre, and it happens to be very popular.
The mere fact that many producers are completely ignoring the interest in these stories proves that either they don't care what the customer wants... and therefore dont care about not only the money that can be made, but also the impression that the customers have on the studio that is making the production. Or are not thinking hard enough about the possibilities out there and therefore, are completely failing to do their job.
In summary, this petition is a request that the producers of the US Film production industry begin turning more novels and comic books into movies instead or remaking existing movies into films that fail to deliver.
The concept of the remake has failed to deliver on far too many occasions, and with that in mind, I would like to propose that we stop making remakes and invest in turning novels and comicbooks into movies a lot more than we already are. There are thousands of wonderful books out there that would make magnificent movies.
An old book I found just a few months ago would make an awesome movie. It was titled "the star fox" by Poul Anderson. It told the tale of a retired starship captain who took up a life of piracy to save the lives of several thousand captured colonists from an alien race.
If producers picked up comic books and movies and began investing in some of the little known material, there are some really amazing gems out there. The only thing is, people need to stop referring back to the classics that have already been done, and pick up some new ideas, that simply have not. Another suggestion I can make would be a webcomic by the name of "jack". Simply put, it is about the cruelty and joy of life and death. I cant even begin to summarize the rest of the comic because it was simply that expansive.
There are comedies that can be made out of simple ideas, such as spoofing the all famous MMORPG genre. There is currently a short online series called "The guild" that spoofs this genre, and it happens to be very popular.
The mere fact that many producers are completely ignoring the interest in these stories proves that either they don't care what the customer wants... and therefore dont care about not only the money that can be made, but also the impression that the customers have on the studio that is making the production. Or are not thinking hard enough about the possibilities out there and therefore, are completely failing to do their job.
In summary, this petition is a request that the producers of the US Film production industry begin turning more novels and comic books into movies instead or remaking existing movies into films that fail to deliver.
We signed the "Stop unnecessary movie remakes" petition!
# 22:
4:32 pm PST, Jan 25,
Nick Lindberg, California
No more crappy remakes. There are probably 50 guys w/ in a 10 mile radius of Hollywood itself that have original new cool ideas give them a break for crying out load!
No more crappy remakes. There are probably 50 guys w/ in a 10 mile radius of Hollywood itself that have original new cool ideas give them a break for crying out load!
# 21:
2:02 pm PST, Dec 18,
Lisha Brown, Virginia
# 20:
9:21 pm PDT, Oct 27,
Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 19:
11:38 am PDT, Oct 25,
Anis Kureshi, Pakistan
# 18:
4:41 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Heather Gordon, New Zealand
# 17:
7:30 am PDT, Oct 4,
Nigel Ferguson, United Kingdom
Has hollywood run out of ideas spoiling decent films going back to the 70s and 80s,they will be remaking all classic films and when they have run out off ideas they will probably remaking 1920s and 1930s next who knows?
Has hollywood run out of ideas spoiling decent films going back to the 70s and 80s,they will be remaking all classic films and when they have run out off ideas they will probably remaking 1920s and 1930s next who knows?
# 16:
5:55 am PDT, Oct 1,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 15:
9:37 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Shane Anderson, New Zealand
# 14:
4:23 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Suman Aitharaju, New Zealand
I am not gonna watch a remake... its a waste of my time....
I am not gonna watch a remake... its a waste of my time....
# 13:
2:22 am PDT, Sep 25,
R Taylor, New Zealand
# 12:
10:28 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Name not displayed, New Zealand
# 11:
10:14 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Beau Auelua, New Zealand
What's with the idea of remaking Bill and Ted? That's epic lunacy at it's worst. But hey what do i know, i'm only the consumer, right? And Park's 'Vengeance' remakes will most probably end up like every other Asian to American remake. Some things should be just left be. However, i could be in for a treat
What's with the idea of remaking Bill and Ted? That's epic lunacy at it's worst. But hey what do i know, i'm only the consumer, right? And Park's 'Vengeance' remakes will most probably end up like every other Asian to American remake. Some things should be just left be. However, i could be in for a treat
# 10:
9:15 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 9:
8:18 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin
# 8:
7:58 am PDT, Sep 17,
Cedric Hill, Maryland
Making too many remakes of old movies is just an indication hollywood's desperation in making money. They've run out of ideas so they try to do remake after remake and often charge more money for us to see them. I think it's time for new directors, producers, and film writers to climb into the driver's seat and bring us original material or content worth our hard earned money.
Making too many remakes of old movies is just an indication hollywood's desperation in making money. They've run out of ideas so they try to do remake after remake and often charge more money for us to see them. I think it's time for new directors, producers, and film writers to climb into the driver's seat and bring us original material or content worth our hard earned money.
# 7:
6:33 am PDT, Sep 17,
Bill C, Germany
# 5:
1:31 am PDT, Sep 17,
Anja Gundermann, Germany
# 4:
11:03 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Pam Boland, Georgia
# 3:
2:57 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Jesse Roberge, Ohio
# 2:
12:24 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Dude Man, Ohio
# 1:
10:43 am PDT, Sep 16,
Patrick Nichols, Ohio
I feel there are so many other options out there rather than simply remaking a film that already works well. Books and comic books often make excellent films if producers would only give more of them a chance instead of insisting on pumping everything up with steroids to try to sell it better. Many books will even sell themselves if they are produced into movies correctly. This will also have the added effect of increasing interest in books of all forms, including comic books and graphic novels. Just look what happened to "The Watchmen" when it was produced into a movie. People who had never heard of the book before, suddenly ran out to grab a copy of it.
I feel there are so many other options out there rather than simply remaking a film that already works well. Books and comic books often make excellent films if producers would only give more of them a chance instead of insisting on pumping everything up with steroids to try to sell it better. Many books will even sell themselves if they are produced into movies correctly. This will also have the added effect of increasing interest in books of all forms, including comic books and graphic novels. Just look what happened to "The Watchmen" when it was produced into a movie. People who had never heard of the book before, suddenly ran out to grab a copy of it.
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