I feel like I'm channeling Sarah Jessica Parker from Hocus Pocus: Amok! Amok! Amok!
The Hollywood remake craze really has gotten out of hand. Do we really need another version of Godzilla? Or another Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles movie?
It gets worse when you think about all the equals coming out of Hollywood, some of them are sequels to films that weren't even recently made. I can understand Star Wars chapter VII. (That is technically a sequel to a film made in 1983.) The franchise has been updated on an ongoing basis with the re-release of the original film with additional footage and the three prequels. But a Goonies sequel?
Think about that one. Goonies was released in 1985. How do you produce a sequel when there has been no activity related to the film for 30 years?
Why would there be any interest?
It's more absurd when you start discussing remakes of remakes. Besides the latest Godzilla remake, you can now add Battlestar Gaactica to that list.
Battlestar Galactica first appeared on television in 1978 and lasted for 17 episodes (24 shows total do to the number of two-part episodes.) It was remade in 2003 by the SyFy channel. The remake was more sucessful and ran four seasons.
It is now being remade as a feature film.
Remakes do make some sense. It's similar to the branding effect of making a James Bond film. The name recognition alone helps with marketing the film. Those that saw (and enjoyed) the previous film should automatically have some interest in the sequel and name recognition helps when marketing remakes.
I just wish they would actually come up with something original.
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