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Hollywood, Please, STOP!
Oct. 27th, 2013 01:45 pmOh, God, Hollywood, please, stop with this insanity!
CBS is planning a reimagining of Charmed: link. Yes, not a reBOOT nor a reMAKE but a reIMAGINING. God knows what that means. I bet they will either try to make it all hip a la the flopped Charlie's Angels reboot or more PC correct than the old show. Because, you know, it's easier to take existing material and just change the characters' gender or whatever than to actually come up with something new and original.
And speaking of that, NBC is planning a reboot of Murder, She Wrote staring Octavia Spencer: link. But hear this, the character won't be a bestselling novelist but a hospital administrator who self-published one mystery novel and now tries to insert herself into various police investigations *head/desk* Murder, She Wrote, meet Diagnosis: Murder! Because when a remake is not enough, smoosh two old shows together, why don't you!
Not enough insanity? Fox is planning a Broadchurch remake - starring the UK version's David Tennant! Link. Because, you know, the British are a completely alien species that Americans just can't connect with on any level - or whatever the explanation for this piece of craziness is. They take the UK script and the UK actor and just transplant it to the US of A.
For cryin' out loud!
Sorry for grumbling like Debbie Downer but I seem to have landed my ass in a funk again. So many shows to watch, so many movies to watch - and I just can't find the energy or will. I start watching something and then drop it, I start reading stuff and drop it... I hate it when these funks happen to me because all I can do is wait them out *unhappy sigh*
CBS is planning a reimagining of Charmed: link. Yes, not a reBOOT nor a reMAKE but a reIMAGINING. God knows what that means. I bet they will either try to make it all hip a la the flopped Charlie's Angels reboot or more PC correct than the old show. Because, you know, it's easier to take existing material and just change the characters' gender or whatever than to actually come up with something new and original.
And speaking of that, NBC is planning a reboot of Murder, She Wrote staring Octavia Spencer: link. But hear this, the character won't be a bestselling novelist but a hospital administrator who self-published one mystery novel and now tries to insert herself into various police investigations *head/desk* Murder, She Wrote, meet Diagnosis: Murder! Because when a remake is not enough, smoosh two old shows together, why don't you!
Not enough insanity? Fox is planning a Broadchurch remake - starring the UK version's David Tennant! Link. Because, you know, the British are a completely alien species that Americans just can't connect with on any level - or whatever the explanation for this piece of craziness is. They take the UK script and the UK actor and just transplant it to the US of A.
For cryin' out loud!
Sorry for grumbling like Debbie Downer but I seem to have landed my ass in a funk again. So many shows to watch, so many movies to watch - and I just can't find the energy or will. I start watching something and then drop it, I start reading stuff and drop it... I hate it when these funks happen to me because all I can do is wait them out *unhappy sigh*
You know, I never realized that Tom Cruise's Oblivion was basically a copy of this movie in many, many ways. Not in all, sure, no aliens here, still... I don't know which movie I like better. Possibly Oblivion because it's more action driven. On the other hand, Moon has an amazing score, written by Clint Mansell - stunning!