Adaptation

I'm curious about how many films haven't been made because someone adapted a book instead. Or a TV show. Or some toys. Some of these films, I guess I take no issue with them. Not on their own. But they exist within the family of unoriginal ideas, of which sequels and remakes are also obese, loud-mouthed members.

Maybe that's unfair. There have been more than a couple good sequels and remakes and adaptations too. Reboots, the mot du jour, manage to cover every base, giving some franchises a much needed do-over. And I'm all for that. I'm all for things not sucking and Joel Schumacher's work being swept into the corner and ignored.

But jesus we need some fresh ideas. All these examples, even when they turn out well, are drawing from places we've been before and there's too much of it. There's always going to be a segment for this, and I'm all for it. They allow our nostalgia to be dusted off from time to time, and if they're handled well, they add something new to the storytelling.

There is of course the risk that what you make will fall below expectations and make the fanboys and girls freak out en masse, levelling the full brunt and power of the internet at you. Or you could just not read the blogs and boards. I bet Zach Snyder is at least a little nervous.