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It's just getting beyond ridiculous. The entire entertainment industry has completely lost any shred of integrity, dignity, and creativity it might once have had.
While in the movies yesterday to watch Shrek III yesterday, I saw a trailer for a movie version of Hairspray. Not a remake (bad enough), of course, but a movie version of the Broadway musical version of the original John Waters movie masterpiece. I mean really - this is just beyond the pale. Just go watch the friggin' ORIGINAL MOVIE, fercryinoutloud. It's almost as bad as The Producers (which, I'm sure, is what made the execs greenlighting the new Hairspray decide they could milk that cow a little harder). Except, of course, The Producers already was a movie farce about producing a musical, so remaking a movie version of the Broadway musical version of a movie about producing a Broadway musical just sort of adds another bit of depth to the absurdity. At least, you can rationalize it that way.
But between sequels that shouldn't have been made, bad remakes of movies that weren't great to begin with, reality shows that have far less than nothing to do with 'reality', bands that should have retired already (or stayed retired), and the complete lack of standalone novels that aren't part of some larger series, I've totally lost faith in most forms of "entertainment".
Then, of course, as the icing on the cake, we have our pretentious friends at Rolling Stone magazine who sit in snotty, self-serving condemnation of it all... except when they have Pirates of the Caribbean III on the cover or they can do a hip style supplement and sell lots of expensive advertising.
I'm well aware that entertainment is a business first, and I don't have any problem with it. I just won't spend my money on things with zero integrity.
While in the movies yesterday to watch Shrek III yesterday, I saw a trailer for a movie version of Hairspray. Not a remake (bad enough), of course, but a movie version of the Broadway musical version of the original John Waters movie masterpiece. I mean really - this is just beyond the pale. Just go watch the friggin' ORIGINAL MOVIE, fercryinoutloud. It's almost as bad as The Producers (which, I'm sure, is what made the execs greenlighting the new Hairspray decide they could milk that cow a little harder). Except, of course, The Producers already was a movie farce about producing a musical, so remaking a movie version of the Broadway musical version of a movie about producing a Broadway musical just sort of adds another bit of depth to the absurdity. At least, you can rationalize it that way.
But between sequels that shouldn't have been made, bad remakes of movies that weren't great to begin with, reality shows that have far less than nothing to do with 'reality', bands that should have retired already (or stayed retired), and the complete lack of standalone novels that aren't part of some larger series, I've totally lost faith in most forms of "entertainment".
Then, of course, as the icing on the cake, we have our pretentious friends at Rolling Stone magazine who sit in snotty, self-serving condemnation of it all... except when they have Pirates of the Caribbean III on the cover or they can do a hip style supplement and sell lots of expensive advertising.
I'm well aware that entertainment is a business first, and I don't have any problem with it. I just won't spend my money on things with zero integrity.
j/k!!
However, it's not all bad - Peter Jackson pulled off a real coup with 'King Kong', and even Ocean's 11 was a good film, as was the remake of 'Dawn Of The Dead'... it is possible for good film-makers to do justice to movie heritage, but as usual, it's far easier to desecrate it! All I can say is we should show our support for those who seek to preserve standards rather than those who destroy them, by putting our money where our mouths are - and if the rest of the paying public disagree, we shall reserve the right to RANT! 