The Time Machine – Allen G. Bagby

Old Movie Remakes: Is Hollywood Running out of Ideas?

By Allen G. Bagby Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in Books, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), Movies, On Writing, Politics and Philosophy, Society, Video No Comments Tagged with Blake Snyder, blood and soul, book, books, Charelton Heston, creavite writing, George Lucas, Heroic fantasy, Hollywood, James Scott Bell, Jurassic Park, Larry Brooks, Movies, novel, novelist, planet of the apes, Remakes, Save the Cat, Singing in the Rain, Star Wars, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Story, Story Engineering, The Time Machine, write, writer, writing

I ask for tough questions on my Facebook. I said I would answer them by doing Facebook LIVE from my Author’s Page. The first question was:

“What is your take on so many old movies being remade? Is it because Hollywood can’t come up with anything new on their own?”

My YouTube answer is here:

Otherwise, keep reading.

I don’t mind remakes of old Si-Fi or Fantasy movies. Because back in the day their reach exceeded their grasp.… Read more