Editorial: Studios Must Stop The Live-Action Remakes!

[harry580]

Plus, I've also heard that apparently some countries (including China, I believe) never got the original versions of certain famous films (or at least they didn't get them theatrically at the time), so remakes have the potential to generate extra buzz in those cases.

if that's the case, why didn't disney made them executively to some countries like china

 

[FanzotheBanjo]

So, I found out that the likely factor we're seeing live action remakes of animated films done by Disney, is because they have an IP prolonging loophole on where they don't have to pay their creators of original movies for reusing their songs, scripts, idea, et cetera.
Because this was confirmed by two comments on GeorgeM's video from 3 weeks ago, I wasn't surprised considering that the company had done years and years of heavy lobbying, just to keep their properties from going into the public domain.

 

[Pooky]

Because this was confirmed by two comments on GeorgeM's video from 3 weeks ago

First of all, welcome.

Secondly, I wouldn't take YouTube comments (99% of the time) as a reliable source of confirmation, but yes this does appear to be true, although I would say it's a factor rather than the reason.

 

[awinger24]

Part of me thinks that these live action remakes are being done so they can try to devalue animation as nothing but genre for kids. And whatever they try to change in the remakes feel like they want to sanitize and correct whatever they declare is problematic for today’s times. It feels like censorship of history. Disney won’t erase their animated legacy but I feel like when today’s kids grow up with these remakes, the originals could be at risk of being forgotten. Future executives could possibly flag these original movies for any kind of censorship. Imagine if any of the original movies made under Walt all the way up to the movies be made before Iger’s tenure end up getting banned, altered or shelved by sensitivity readers. Companies have a right to shelve and pull whatever they want if they don’t fit the values of one executive. These remakes will eventually stop once new leaders change course.

It breaks my heart thinking how some Gen Z or Gen Alpha will be refused to watch the original movies but their parents will allow only the remake. It’s not the company but the individual parent with a narrow appreciation for what came before.

I love what Walt Disney has done for animation and I wish that all 2D animated films get plenty of respect once the old guard eventually step down.

 

[FanzotheBanjo]

First of all, welcome.

Secondly, I wouldn't take YouTube comments (99% of the time) as a reliable source of confirmation, but yes this does appear to be true, although I would say it's a factor rather than the reason.

I've corrected myself, but yeah, live action remakes are a strange kind of an IP loophole to me.

 

[awinger24]

The live action remakes amongst a long laundry list of MCU content pumped out between 2018 to 2023 (even up until now) were probably a large factor to why VFX artists were rushed and overworked and why they fought to be unionized.

The seven dwarves in CGI look so uncanny it gives The Polar Express a run for its money. Right alongside Pinocchio 2022 and MCU Modok, I just think that if the artists were given more time, these remakes didn’t need to have these weird looking characters. Comparing them to their animated counterparts which are more colorful and lively, I can see why these remakes have their criticisms.

 

[harry580]

The live action remakes amongst a long laundry list of MCU content pumped out between 2018 to 2023 (even up until now) were probably a large factor to why VFX artists were rushed and overworked and why they fought to be unionized.

The seven dwarves in CGI look so uncanny it gives The Polar Express a run for its money. Right alongside Pinocchio 2022 and MCU Modok, I just think that if the artists were given more time, these remakes didn’t need to have these weird looking characters. Comparing them to their animated counterparts which are more colorful and lively, I can see why these remakes have their criticisms.

I have to agreed, this is why the cgi in mcu has gotten worse. most of the money has been given to the live action remakes

with that, lets tell disney to stop live action remakes (and use the money into better cgi for mcu and future movies like Lucasfilm & 20th century studios)

sorry for bumping this thread, but this is something I need to say

 

[RoyalRubble]

Posting here since it's kind of on-topic (and potentially good news), and I can't find another topic about it - the live-action Aristocats movie has been shelved.

 

[The Overlord]

Posting here since it's kind of on-topic (and potentially good news), and I can't find another topic about it - the live-action Aristocats movie has been shelved.

I think with the failure of Snow White and the success of the Lilo and Stitch remake, Disney will be more choosy with what it adapts to live action. Which is a shame, because I think reworking a failure like Black Cauldreon is more interesting than trying to find more hits from the 90s and 2000s to remix.

 

[awinger24]

It’s more to do that after Sean Bailey left his position, David Greenbaum came and that reshuffled their live action division. They also brought in an executive from Paramount to find new franchises and new originals/IPs to develop.