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A comment on W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring. Parent comment

Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring by ProjectArcturis on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:35PM (#37195523)
Hollywood recently came up with something called a "reboot". It's where they take a movie that was successful in the past, and remake it with modern actors.
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Re:W. H. Auden’s 1954 review of The Fellowship of the Ring by defrost on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:50PM (#37195601)
Like that The Magnificent Seven (1960) reboot of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) ?

I think that's been going on for a while now:

https://reelrundown.com/film-industry/The-First-10-Musical-S...

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