Week 5

The revisions that I plan on adding to my piece would be a trailer of an original shown next to a remake. Add a bit more to my reasoning behind why people are against it. I also plan to caption the content that I will include with my piece in order to make it look better. I would also like to get more into my introduction before I turn it in also.

Week 4

The found both articles with Purdue Cal's Primo but the first one the link was broken and I had to search it with Google Scholar.

The first article entitled "Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?" was written by Roger Ebert. It is about how easy it is for Hollywood to green light a new sequel but how hard it is to get a new film green lit. Ebert also goes on to talk about that there are 26 sequels coming out this year and that most of the better directors are going to do TV because there really aren't any adult movies any more. He adds more by quoting director Steven Soderbergh that sent him an email "The quality of theatrically released films has been dropping so precipitously in recent years that the Academy Awards are no longer a fair gauge of audiovisual entertainment. Several decades ago audiences could expect a film such as The Social Network every week; now we are lucky to have one or two a year. Add to this the fact serious dramas have more or less migrated to television, and it's clear that the Oscars have become progressively less relevant. Last year arguably the best male performance of the year (Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack) was not eligible for the Oscars." 


In my opinion I agree. There have been fewer and fewer really good movies and an increase in movies that are just made to rake in money.


Ebert, R. (2011. May 18).  Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?   The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0518/Pirates-and-26-other-sequels-this-year-Are-Hollywood-execs-ruining-movies

Week 3 discussion

In the recent years Hollywood has had a big draw back on original intellectual properties. They consistently rehash old ideas and try to pass them off as new ones.

My paper will discuss Hollywood's been there do it again attitude and show the figures behind the titles of the films.

"Hollywood: Bright Lights, Dull Ideas"

Key Question "What affect does Hollywood reusing ideas have on movie goers?"

Sub-Questions "How many remakes or sequels are in the top ten highest grossing films?" "Has Hollywood made any new big intellectual properties?"