Even as the remake of The Crow gears up for release, there’s no denying that Brandon Lee still casts a massive…..
We are reposting this opinion piece on the true issue with creating a new version of the cult classic, in light of the The Crow remake finally opening in theaters this week.
We are reposting this opinion piece on the true issue with creating a new version of the cult classic, in light of the The Crow remake finally opening in theaters this week.
No matter how it turns out, a movie remake is not genuinely “spitting in the face of the original” or attempting to obliterate it, unlike what you may have heard online. Ask Disney, for example, who produced divisive remakes of films like Aladdin and The Lion King that brought in billions of dollars, only to return to basing almost all of their merchandising on the original films. Furthermore, a remake cannot ever “ruin” the original, which will always stand the test of time due to its inherent qualities.
Comparably, if more people could accept that different actors will most likely play a character again if they became iconic and popular enough, there would be a great deal less concern from a lot of people. Dracula can only be played by Bela Lugosi…until someone else did. James Bond can only be played by Sean Connery—that is, until someone else did. Of course, we then continue to argue endlessly over who makes a better Bond, Batman, or other well-known character, but that can be as much of the fun as the never-ending guessing game about who will play them next.
