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Some might call it clever, I call it lame

My take is that it is just "clever" business - movie makers are trying to get two bites out of the cherry - by picking a remake like say, Bewitched, and contemporising it, they are trying make a product which will have currency in EVERY age group. Ys and Xers will see it like young people do, because Nicole and Will are in it, and a bunch of Baby Boomers who can't resist a bit of a walk down memeory lane will go along as well.

I would be much happier to see a new movie with new ideas with better creative cridentials than "will appeal to young people and old ones too".

It is a parallel strategy to the auto industries Retro craze. e.g. The new Ford Mustang or the coming Chev Camaro. Young people will buy them because they are new. Old people will buy them because they are living in the past.

Cheers,
John K


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