What’s a common “fact” that’s spread around that’s actually not true and pisses you off that too many people believe it?

    • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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      Okay it was an adaptation, but it wasn’t a remake or a sequel. I understand the definition of original to be not remake or sequel. If adaptations don’t count, that significantly shrinks the number of original movies that have ever been made. Why is it not enough the movie isn’t part of an established film franchise, it also must not be an adaptation? The authour of the novel had an original idea and it was made into a film. The film is contributing to new, non-franchise, films being made popular. No, ideas must go straight to being film or they don’t count?

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        Because original film has a specific meaning, that it isn’t adapted from an underlying work.

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          But for the purposes of these conversations, people are complaining about sequels and remakes being too prominent. I don’t see why an adaptation of a book that has never been adapted into film before should be part of that complaint

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            Okay, but you can’t just redefine established terminology to make it fit your argument. Besides, people complain about adaptations from other media just as much as about remakes and sequels.

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              People complain about original movies too, what’s your point? People are hypocrites. They ask why nothing original is being made and them Disney announced Hexed and it immediately got backlash. People are accusing it of being a ripoff of Owl House but there’s no good evidence of that. People complain no matter what.

              Maybe I’ve misunderstood and people usually aren’t just complaining about franchise films but also about adaptations. To which I’m even MORE annoyed with their complaint about no original movies being made. The original Mean Girls was an adaptation. So that movie shouldn’t have been made? Why shouldn’t Hollywood look to books for material? Why this arbitrary demand that the movie can’t be based on anything? All stories are derivative. The original Star Wars was original, not a remake or adaptation, but it was inspired by Flash Gordon. It’s basically impossible to make a story with no connection to any preexisting story

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              Different categories apply depending on the context. Adaptations are a different category than remakes or sequels and in this context make sense to classify as original. It’s not based on any preexisting movie

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      Some of our most beloved classical movies are adaptations. What’s your point?

      Name one anime that wasn’t a manga first.

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          That person didn’t list it as anything. Pay attention to who you’re replying to. For the purpose of the discussion about whether Hollywood is making any original movies, people mean as opposed to remakes and sequels