HOLLYWOOD,
LET’S TALK ABOUT REBOOTS...
However, that didn’t mean I had to be
To The Future II and the more observant
happy with all of the choices they made.
of you will have noted that that’s NOW.
With each photo leaked from the set my
We have hardly any of the things they
heart sank more and more. “ROBOCOP
predicted in that movie. Hoverboards and
ISN’T BLACK, HE’S SILVER. YOU’RE
the Nike boots are about the only things
RUINING MY CHILDHOOD. WAAAAHHHH!” on the horizon. Where’s Jaws 19, flying
cars and video games where you don’t
At a certain point, I had to remember they have to use your hands? (Sit down, Kinect,
weren’t making the old movie again shot- nobody is talking to you!) So, as painful
for-shot, I don’t own Robocop and he’s
as it may be to think of a reboot for that
not real anyway so who are they hurting? beloved franchise, would it really be so
Nobody! I went to see the movie on
bad? It’s not as if it would erase the other
opening day and I loved it. Not as much
three movies like an old polaroid of your
as I loved the ‘80s classic, but I liked how siblings.
they handled the character and I even
loved the black paint job; it made sense
So while it may look like Hollywood has
for the movie. It was then that I decided
run out of ideas on the surface, all we
to stop getting up in arms about remakes are really seeing is supply and demand
and reboots.
in action. They know what’s popular,
what still lives in the memory and they
Back To The Future is arguably one of the
know that even if they make a mess of a
greatest trilogies of all time, and I can
beloved classic, people will still part with
imagine the uproar if a remake were ever
hard-earned cash to see it. Until we stop
announced. If we’re honest with ourselves, showing an interest in sequels, reboots
though, it wouldn’t be that much of a
and reimaginings they’ll keep cashing in
bad thing. Marty traveled to 2015 in Back
on our nostalgia.
By Ash Harrison
One of the most frequently
asked questions in movie circles
is: “Has Hollywood run out
of original ideas?” It’s a valid
question, with the box office
flooded with sequels, reboots,
reimaginings and shameless
cash-ins of popular books.
T
he counter argument to that thought
is: 'Does it really matter?' I personally
feel there’s plenty of room in the
world for the familiar, though this hasn’t
always been my stance. As recently as
two years ago, a Lethal Weapon reboot
was mooted and I let out a Darth Vaderesque “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” As far as I
was concerned, those movies still holdup to modern scrutiny. So I absolutely
understand when people say things don’t
need a remake, but who’s to say that an
update can’t be better than the original?
Hello, Scarface!
Robocop was one that had me on edge
the entire time it was in production. I’m a
huge fan of the original but it hasn’t aged
well, so a remake made sense and the
timing was perfect – with the popularity
of Iron Man it was evident that people
would pay to see men in metal suits.
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