A simple plea
Dear prospective director/producer/re-booter of movie franchises:
Is it nostalgia? The seduction of CGI? The well-meaning intention of sharing a fun but fleeting experience from 30 years ago?
Whatever it is, all we can say is that nothing good will come from it. Unless you’ve got your head stuck in the ground since the eighties, the track record critically hasn’t been that good. (If Indiana Jones 4 and three Star Wars prequels don’t come up as flags for you then we don’t know what will) Money? Oh you’ll make lots of it.
And we’re not limiting it to old franchises either. Superman and Spiderman need a break and we’re just about there with Batman. Hopefully The Hulk has thrown a tank in anger for the last time as well.
Please remember tha
t we didn’t get stuck in suspended animation. We got older too just like you. Ghostbusters, Alien, TRON, The Thing, Predator. All good films which should be left alone. There are exceptions of course but for the most part, it’s an exercise in futility.
But you say that these are really aimed at us devoted fans from the old times… The ones that branded these films as modern classics….Frankly, a lot of us have kids and mortgages and are increasingly getting dubious about spending 20 bucks at the movies to watch lame facsimiles of the originals.
Here’s a suggestion. Save the 100 million and give it to charity. There was a huge earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Lots of people lost their lives and property. Donate it. That’s a far better alternative than seeing an older Bill Murray and/or Dan Aykroyd try and squeeze a laugh out of a younger audience who couldn’t care less.
Sincerely yours,
The people who grew up in the eighties
PS -
That logo seems very apropos don’t you agree?