The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th... by post-it on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:14PM (#36361190)

It's like calling a song lazy because it uses the same chords as another song. Gender/race-bent remakes are still entirely original works with new scripts and new shots. Even if they were to keep the script the same and make a shot-for-shot remake with new actors and a new crew, that's still 99% new work that's being done. I'd watch a shot-for-shot remake of something like Star Wars with a gender-swapped cast, that sounds like a lot of fun.

Ideas are worth very little, it's the execution that matters.

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Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th... by ethbr0 on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:28PM (#36361448)

I'll go on the record of being in favor of species-swapping Ewoks and Gungans, with Rancors and Gamorreans respectively.

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Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th... by burnished on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:13PM (#36364653)

Its lazy on the plane of 'what kind of show should we hire some one else to make'.

Good shout on bringing it up though

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Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th... by brightlancer on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:35AM (#36367873)

> Gender/race-bent remakes are still entirely original works with new scripts and new shots.

That's not what the word "original" means.

Sequels, adaptations, remakes, reboots, etc. are not "entirely original" because they're using existing stories or characters.

Whether you like those works or not, it's flat out _false_ to call them "entirely original".

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