Well, the Department of Condemnation is hardly breaking new ground here, but we would like to make what we're sure is a common public sentiment official. The DOC hereby condemns the utter lack of originality and the plumbing of the depths of television of days gone by to make, and we hesitate to use this word, "new" films. There's no news like the old news, apparently.
We just learned that they are making a "Welcome Back, Kotter" film, due out next year. Seriously? Really? This is the best they can come up with? What's next for the silver screen? Manimal? How about a West End version of Cop Rock? You know who never got a real chance to shine? The Tortellis, the not-Frasier Cheers spinoff. Maybe their time has come.
If you have any thoughts as to what shows would make the worst films, add them to the comments. Be careful though, a lazy Hollywood exec may be trolling the web for just such a list, so watch your local theatre with particular caution in 2009.
Comments (1)
Posted by Charlie June 16, 2007 19:34
Unfortunately the problem stems less from creative vision, and more from corporate ownership. With the studios now answering exclusively to the bottom line, they are under directives from corporate ownership to establish franchises out of known properties... thus we get summers like this one with few if any
"original" ideas.
Fortunately, this will be changing in the next 5 years. Online distribution will be taking away the stranglehold the studios have on what content is mass distributed/marketed. The studios, like the record companies before them, must move into more niche markets and products if they want to stay relevant.