On a post about the new Narnia movie being delayed, someone said “now Christmas won’t be ruined”. Why? Was the movie going to automatically play on your TV screen on Christmas against your will, unprompted? To be fair, maybe they had family who were going to watch it and that might make it hard to avoid, but people have this attitude all the time. They complain about remakes “ruining” the original. Well, if you know that changes to the story are going to be that much of a problem for you, why are you watching it?
It is actually much easier to not watch a movie than to watch it. Watching a movie takes effort, especially in the theater. Even watching at home takes some degree of effort, you sought it out on whatever platform you watch it on and pressed play. Take some responsibility for your choices. Movies come out every week that you’re not watching and they have little to no impact on your life. Most movies only impact your life if you choose for them to. I bet most people don’t even know the Winnie the Pooh horror movie exists. It only impacts your life if you choose to watch it. But when some people saw that there was a Winnie the Pooh horror movie, they flipped out about it ruining the characters. It only affects you if you watch it.
Yeah, I don’t really care about sequels “ruining the original work”. How could they? I can just ignore the subsequent garbage, right? Rocky V doesn’t make the OG Rocky any less great, and I assume every popular product will be rehashed until it’s no longer profitable so I don’t expect greatness from following works just because the original was.
The fact that uncritical minds will keep on paying money and wasting their time with evident garbage is somewhat concerning but it is just a symptom of larger societal issues. And I don’t mind having shitty fast food sometimes (okay, maybe quite often) whilst some people would rather die so I guess we all consume garbage when our taste or intellectual capacities are limited… but, ofc, one is more concerning than the other.
Yeah, I see where you’re coming from.
I mean, bitching about things is a pastime of its own; a cherished part of moviegoing. But that kind of bitching is annoying as hell. Complain all you want, but maybe tone down the hyperbole.
I also agree that saying a remake is going to ruin the original is pointless, or at least that you can just not watch it, and thus avoid the ruination entirely. But, even if it might ruin something that came before it, you don’t know that until it comes out.
But I also get that remakes tend to suck, and the experience of disappointment can sour a person on even trying to watch one. I also get that all remakes are lazy cash grabs, even in the rare instances they end up good. The circumstances where a remake have a point are as rare as when bitching that a remake ruins an original (or a previous remake) ends up true.
Man, movies are fertile ground for pet peeves!
Was the movie going to automatically play on your TV screen on Christmas against your will, unprompted?
Knowing modern streaming platforms … maybe.
