Has the media lost their creativity?

[Tales]

This topic was made by a member from my own forum.

http://beyondword.forumotion.net/in...-the-west-lost-their-creativity-t321.htm#1778



He thinks that the media has lost its creative juices in movies.etc Discuss this

 

[sabrina]

Honestly, no, they haven't and let me explain why.



First of all, most of the time that they re-make old movies, it's because the classic was so awesome and now that they have new special affects and abilities that they want to re-make it using all those effects and see what it's like now. We advance so quickly in this area, so it's exciting to see how much we've improved.



Secondly, the reason they make so many books/comic books into movies is because it's profitable to do so. When you already have a large fan base behind something, if you make a movie for it, then the majority of that fan base, plus people who would normally go out to the movies is going to see that movie. When something is already popular, then there's no gamble. It's ALREADY popular so you know the movie is going to be a success. There's no wondering or gambling over whether or not people will like the movie and make money off of it because it's a guarantee with it's large fan base.



I never go out and see movies, for instance. But I still go out and see all the Harry Potter movies and Twilight movies. I'm not a movie person, but I love books and the internet, so when my favorite books make it to the big screen and I get to see them acted out, I ALWAYS go. Even though I normally do not see movies ever. They successfully make money off of me when they otherwise wouldn't have.



And people who only see movies and never read books, the author gets to benefit from often. Lots and lots of people started reading the Twilight books and the Harry Potter books after they first saw the movies because the movies made them excited about it. And they wouldn't have otherwise read them.



It just makes them so much money all around and that's the main goal of any kind of business (including entertainment) in a capitalist society, so therefore, they do what they can to make the most money and this happens to be it.



I know this makes a lot of people angry, but it doesn't make me angry at all. I don't feel like entertainment has plummeted or anything because I still get to have lots of fun through it.

 

[Tales]

Well that's the bright side of this subject but however, relying on old comic books or novels have a problem to them; adaptation decay. And I do not have to tell others that the movie versions tend to have left out sometimes important aspect of the story. This on the other hand can affect the popularity of the book especially among what Sabrina said, people who do not read the book.



People who have read the original will have their eyes sharpened to a spear point and can immediately tell you if the filmmakers have not adapted their beloved work properly.

 

[Tales]

Electric Therapy on Topic.



Ok

Here are some of the replies from my own forum.



Member A

Hmm our admin's got a point here... I watch both eastern and western movies.



The eastern movies dun seem to have this problem, they seem more creative in a sense. Some asian movies copy some western concepts but the story is not based on some old comic or book. They had to come up with it by themselves.

Member B

The West has really used up most of her ideas. I wonder why films always have recurring themes. Why every film seems to have the same CG effects even after every breakthrougH. Now I see the East not onl catching up on technical effects, but also on plot... Now I really enjoy watching Eastern films more than the Western ones!

Member C

But i don't have a good opinion of western cartoons, you see, and i don't have the taste for live action drama.



Ive only got the impression that western cartoons got bad after the 90's.

And yes *sigh*



Just by looking at the gaming industry alone, i can feel entertainment is going down.

Its all about the hardware that not everyone can afford.



Anime is having its big downfall this year as well.It begun failing since 2007.



...............And it wasn't that great even before that!



The problem i feel shows i watch nowadays is that they lack the pull factor.



I nowadays watch, finish, and is done with it for the time unless its finished its run.