Subj : Was about : Pyramid of Fear (1985) now it's something else
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Aug 31 2021 17:02:32

  Re: Was about : Pyramid of Fear (1985) now it's something else
  By: Nightfox to Ennev on Tue Aug 31 2021 08:35 am

 >  En> That's what I have with reboot in general or where some series are goin
 >  En> like Star Trek etc. Why do we have to keep the name when it becomes
 >  En> something else? Do we lack so much imagination?
 > 
 > The Star Trek reboot movies use the characters of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and
 > others, doing missions on the starship Enterprise in the 23rd century.  That
 > Star Trek..
 > 

I don't consider myself much of a Trekkie, but Star Trek used to be about the
Enterprise crew facing _alien_ situations. The episodes came across as more 
brainy than action packed.

The films came across as more action packed than brainy. I think there is a
qualitative difference right there.

Dunno... Following the current thread, imagine I write a Holmes fanfic in which
Holmes solves his cases by torturing the suspects until they confess. Somebody
comes and, in an horrorified tone, screams "This is not Sherlock Holmes!"

I could argue that Holmes is about Sherlock solving crime mysteries, and since
my fanfic is a story about Sherlock solving a crime mystery, my fanfic is 100%
Holmes.

The argument wouldn't fly, and rightly so :-)


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