R.I.P. Creativity: the New V Series
Maybe I copied this idea from somewhere else–I don’t know–but this is the premier, collectors’ edition issue of Ethnic Avenue’s series R.I.P. Creativity: A Slow, Public Death. If you’re a nerd, put it in a cellophane sleeve and find a safe place for it in your mom’s house—you may be able to pocket a nice profit on eBay in a few years.
It’s hardly a secret anymore that creativity, by any objective measure, has gone completely to shit in recent years. If you haven’t taken the time to notice—between watching (the sometimes multiple) remakes of Transformers, the Hulk, King Kong, GI Joe, Knight Rider, Battlestar Gallactica, and countless others—you’re part of the problem. But, there’s so much biting going on these days, that no one single person could possibly catalog it. Even Wyclef Jean, the former emperor of stealing other people’s good ideas, is floating face-down in the sea of cheap imitations.
What do you mean you remember us from the 80s? We just landed.
The latest nail in the creative coffin is the remake of V, a science-fiction mini-series that, from my foggy recollection of the re-runs, was alright at best. Sometimes I wonder if some studio exec woke up Rip-Van-Winkle-style, after 25 years, with an issue of TV Guide from the 80s resting on his chest. Thinking it was some revelation from above; he merely took all of the descriptions to work and started making them again.
That’s the only reasonable explanation.
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Tags: Annoying, Creativity Is Dead, Entertainment, Nerds, Remakes, Sci-fi, TV, Unoriginal
I agree about 95% with you. Having seen the re-imagining (I know don’t kill me I didn’t make up the word) of Battlestar Galactica (BSG) I feel the need to correct you on a small point. When done correctly a title based on a previous series or movie can be a spring board into something worth watching. The new Star Trek movie comes to mind as well as the aforementioned BSG. Also, Transformers was never a live action movie, so I think we need to leave that one out too. ~M
No, I agree 95 percent with you. Re-imaginations of previous franchises can be pretty entertaining. The problem is that all that’s happening these days is re-imagining, instead of so good old-fashioned imagining.
The original V formed the basis for David Icke’s eschatology. Who knows what wonders the remake will inspire.
Maybe some dumb-ass will decide it’s a good idea to remake Icke’s “work” too.