• Kairos
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    10 days ago

    Are we unable to make new things anymore? It seems everything now is a spinoff or a remake or based on something from some other medium.

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      10 days ago

      It really always has been. I mean The Office itself is a remake already. Everything builds on other works, some more directly than others. I genuinely don’t think it correlates much with quality overall.

    • Gamma@beehaw.org
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      10 days ago

      IP has been the safest bet for a while now, yes it sucks. And it’s not always successful!

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      10 days ago

      Remakes are almost always a commercial success. New things are more at risk to fail, and thus cost money