04-19-2018, 07:51 AM
Name recognition. Familiarity. Money.
If I'm a producer with a big pile of money to spend, I want the safe bet to get a return on my money. That's why I'm going to do a sequel which on average makes 80% of the first movie did. As for reboots, the stories and characters are already tried and true. Why should I come up with all new characters for a detective series when I can just slap the Hawaii 5-0 imprimatur on it?
Although it's humorous to think this is a new phenomenon. It's not really. Most of Shakespeare's works were reworkings of traditional legends and myths that would be familiar to his audience.
If I'm a producer with a big pile of money to spend, I want the safe bet to get a return on my money. That's why I'm going to do a sequel which on average makes 80% of the first movie did. As for reboots, the stories and characters are already tried and true. Why should I come up with all new characters for a detective series when I can just slap the Hawaii 5-0 imprimatur on it?
Although it's humorous to think this is a new phenomenon. It's not really. Most of Shakespeare's works were reworkings of traditional legends and myths that would be familiar to his audience.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm