re: #25 JasonA

That video just reminded me that I saw the new Clash of the Titans last week and how it sucked.

Apparently a remake of Blade Runner is underway. Blade Runner.

I don’t understand why Hollywood studios are so terrified of taking chances with new ideas. Worst case scenario: it flops, nobody sees it, and nobody cares. Best case scenario: it becomes a huge hit by an unknown director featuring a mostly unknown cast. In other words, another milestone.

If you haven’t seen it, check out a movie called “Monsters” - especially if you’re a sci-fi fan. It’s a really good film, and it was made for less than $500,000 - which would barely cover the catering for a typical Hollywood film.

The film was devised, storyboarded and directed by Gareth Edwards, who also worked as the visual effects artist.[5] Allan Niblo and James Richardson of Vertigo Films work as producers on the production.[6] The filming equipment cost approximately $15,000, with the budget coming in at under $500,000.[7] The film was able to be made on such a low budget due to the use of prosumer cameras to capture digital video rather than the more expensive 35mm film.[8] Any settings featured in the film were real locations often used without permission asked in advance, and the extras were just people who happened to be there at the time.[8]

A studio could put out THREE HUNDRED similarly ambitious $500,000 films for the price of one Mars Needs Moms (world-wide profit loss: -$130,231,843). I mean, it’s almost like we could have something resembling a culture that wasn’t completely embarrassing.

Instead, they’d rather fart out another remake of the reboot of a remake, spend all the money on big-name actors, egomaniac directors, and ridiculous SFX; apparently leaving the scriptwriting up to the executive producer’s 13 year old nephew. Everybody mocks it whether they’ve see it or not, and everyone involved looks like a putz forever.