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trinityvixenWent to see a movie last night with the lovely and indulgent ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shell524. (She indulged me by eating her dinner at the theater--which was still probably better than any of the options around.) We got there just in time to miss the ads but see all the trailers. This is pretty much perfect.
There were four trailers--The A-Team, Clash of the Titans, Death at a Funeral, and The Losers.
Look at that list closely. Besides The Losers, those movies are all remakes--either of a TV series (The A-Team) or other movies (Clash of the Titans, Death at a Funeral). And The Losers? It may be fabulous. It may be the best action movie ever. It certainly gets the edge for having a) diversity and b) a woman in it for longer than two seconds. But the trailer looks like a re-done trailer for the more ethnically diverse A-Team. Same basic plot outline--team wrongly accused of crime they did not commit! They want justice!--same basic structure of the players--charismatic lead! Mouthy cute guy! The Bad-Ass!
It was sort of amazing to realize they were, basically, all remakes. Those are the only previews we saw.shell524 pointed out that Hollywood has been creatively bankrupt for a while now. But to have such confirmation distilled into such an immediate, concrete example was still somewhat shocking.
shell524. (She indulged me by eating her dinner at the theater--which was still probably better than any of the options around.) We got there just in time to miss the ads but see all the trailers. This is pretty much perfect.There were four trailers--The A-Team, Clash of the Titans, Death at a Funeral, and The Losers.
Look at that list closely. Besides The Losers, those movies are all remakes--either of a TV series (The A-Team) or other movies (Clash of the Titans, Death at a Funeral). And The Losers? It may be fabulous. It may be the best action movie ever. It certainly gets the edge for having a) diversity and b) a woman in it for longer than two seconds. But the trailer looks like a re-done trailer for the more ethnically diverse A-Team. Same basic plot outline--team wrongly accused of crime they did not commit! They want justice!--same basic structure of the players--charismatic lead! Mouthy cute guy! The Bad-Ass!
It was sort of amazing to realize they were, basically, all remakes. Those are the only previews we saw.
shell524 pointed out that Hollywood has been creatively bankrupt for a while now. But to have such confirmation distilled into such an immediate, concrete example was still somewhat shocking.
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