Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
OK, fine look, there's going to be a "Munsters" reboot and as noted earlier, I hate it. Now normally this is Scott's territory as Count Adaptula, but I'm going to step in here and suggest that:
Yes, my progeeks, I'm thinking that the trends indicate it is time for a Munsters rewrite. In fact, it tells us something about our current trends.
Well the news is in on the possible 'Munsters' Remake.
Basically it's a younger-Twilight where Eddie copes with werewolfism, mom is some kind of flesh-eater, and I'm pretty sure gramps won't be rocking out in his Dragula. It's the Munsters with most everything changed to protect the innocent.
Beyond my weird reaction of amusement and disgust, I wonder if we've got a trend here. We saw Teen Wolf go Twiangsty (which seems thematically inappropriate, but at least Michael J. Fox was a heartthrob in his younger days). So now Munsters gets Twilight and True Blood infusions – so is the next big thing repurposing older properties to take advantage of the whole Vampire/Werewolf/Romance/YA trend?
Ridiculous? Maybe, but consider that there's assorted properties to repurpose, the whole vampire market apparently has more lives than its inspirations, and remakes have an air of safety (even when it's slapping a name on something else). Plus you probably have much clearer property negotiations than with the latest hot YA/Vampire/Whatever series.
It makes sense. In it's own way.
Not that I'm happy with this – but it's a trend we progeeks may want to look for, if only to be ready for it's impact.
Adaptions of Transformers? A source of jokes. GI Joe? A film stunning in its mediocrity. If it's not equine and friendly and little, it seems most re-adaptions of cartoons aren't too good, and of course I snootily turn my nose up at them. Hell, we have one blogger here whose entire goal is to dissect adaptions, leaving me more time to be self-righteous if charming and personable.
Today I heard about J.J. Abrams and a Micronaut movies and I suddenly felt a visceral "yes!" echo in me head, and I understood just why people would be interested in these seemingly majority-terrible adaptions.