These reboots are getting quicker and quicker.

I saw the new Ghostbusters and quite enjoyed it. I saw the new Star Trek and I was utterly indifferent to it. I saw 30 minutes of Absolutely Fabulous The Movie.

What the dick?!

Because, as if Robocop, Ghostbusters et al haven't shown enough, a large chunk of Filmmakers have run out of ideas and/or could never think of their own.

The best games of 2016 are Doom, Uncharted 4 and Dark Souls 3, let's not forget.

And the yearly updates of Fifa/WWE games clearly sell well enough to make them worthwhile.

The best games of 2016 are Doom, Uncharted 4 and Dark Souls 3, let's not forget.

This, this can't continue can it? This horrendous lack of anything from Hollywood? I'm sick and bored of superhero movies now, and I'm reduced to rocking back and forth clutching tight my copy of Broadcast News, hungry for something entertaining AND intelligent.

Surely, surely there's got to be some sort of backlash eventually? Because I really can't see myself going to the cinema much at all the next few years.

There is a Ben Hur remake out soon. They already remade Psycho. Wizard of Oz had a prequel and there is a TV series out I think next year (Directed by Tarsem Singh, and with Vincent D'Onofrio as The Great and Powerful Oz).

Just when you think the summer movie season can’t get any worse, along come the “Worst. Heroes. Ever.” And while the film’s official tagline is selling its stars a little bit short (surely last year’s incarnation of The Fantastic Four still holds that dubious distinction), the mundane, milquetoast, and often mind-bogglingly stupid “Suicide Squad” almost makes good on the threat of its marketing campaign.

Of course, the advertising copy isn’t referring to the quality of the film’s super-powered task force so much as it is to their moral fiber, but this motley crew of demented rejects — a real who’s who of who gives a shit — are bad in every sense of the word except for the one that might threaten to make them interesting.

Hollywood (and every other story-telling medium) has been remaking stories for years. Stories people tell each other are the same stories they've told each other for years, and always have been. The only reason we think it's a new thing is because we can't remember that far back.

All of them (the original films) were based on plays or books, was the point.

Hollywood (and every other story-telling medium) has been remaking stories for years. Stories people tell each other are the same stories they've told each other for years, and always have been. The only reason we think it's a new thing is because we can't remember that far back.

IMO with the rise of indy cinema and the ease at which non-massive companies can make a film compared to just a couple of decades ago this might be the most original period filmaking has ever been in.

Oh balls. I thought it was going to be good

Isn't there some saying that there are only six stories, or something, and everything is just a variation of that core?

Also, consider what we wouldn't have if unoriginal films weren't made. Recently-ish, we've had the Star Trek reboot, new Star Wars, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, motherfucking Deadpool, Cap 3, Kingsmen, Ant-man, Toy Story 3, X-men First Class, Thor, Kung Fu Panda 2, 22 Jump Street, Mad Max Fury Road, Bridge of Spies, fucking Singham Returns!

Sure, you might not agree that they're all good, but there's plenty of decent films that are remakes or sequels. And I'm sure there are plenty more I've missed.

(Cue someone listing all the films from that list that they don't like and missing the point)

On the other hand I can remember loads of big budget films from the eighties that were all distinct from one another visually and thematically.

I think everyone's saying that they only go and see big budget films and that the big budget films should be different big budget films while ignoring the vast number of non big budget independent films in their search for a new story.

Of course big budget films will follow a limited number of standard routes. They're big budget so need to command a return.

"The eighties" is ten years. So considering just the IMDB top five or so most popular movies of each year from 2006-2016, with just a quick look through to pick the most significant, I can see

[Series of at least reasonably good films, excepting Twilight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Cloverfield.]

In what world are these films not "distinct from one another visually and thematically"?

my IMDB's

Also, consider what we wouldn't have if unoriginal films weren't made. Recently-ish, we've had the Star Trek reboot, new Star Wars, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, motherfucking Deadpool, Cap 3, Kingsmen, Ant-man, Toy Story 3, X-men First Class, Thor, Kung Fu Panda 2, 22 Jump Street, Mad Max Fury Road, Bridge of Spies, fucking Singham Returns!

Sure, you might not agree that they're all good, but there's plenty of decent films that are remakes or sequels. And I'm sure there are plenty more I've missed.

(Cue someone listing all the films from that list that they don't like and missing the point)

"The eighties" is ten years. So considering just the IMDB top five or so most popular movies of each year from 2006-2016, with just a quick look through to pick the most significant, I can see

* Deadpool
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Cloverfield
* The Dark Knight
* Twilight
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Departed
* The Prestige
* Casino Royale
* No Country For Old Men
* Juno
* Star Trek
* Inglourious Basterds
* Avatar
* Zombieland
* Inception
* Shutter Island
* Black Swan
* Scott Pilgrim vs The World
* Bridesmaids
* Drive
* Django Unchained
* The Wolf Of Wall Street
* Interstellar
* Gone Girl
* Whiplash
* Straight Outta Compton

In what world are these films not "distinct from one another visually and thematically"?

They should do a follow on from ET called ETc.

Or set it back in the days of Julius Caesar and call it ET 2 - Brute

Can't see this generation of films inspiring a TV series like Stranger Things in twenty odd years time.