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br> Re: Pia de Solenni's Adult Humor : /p>

The reason Hollywood and/or the film industry's remakes flop these days is that all the creativity is discarded in search of "the money shot": the one clip or series of clips that can sell or hype the movie. Today's moviemakers seem uninterested in crafting a story, even a remake needs one. They're seemingly hoping to merely generate some coin on the coattails of something they can't create, or are afraid to risk creating.

If there's one constant coming out of the overt commercial-filmmaking industry, it's that a good idea immediately launches a series of lackluster sequels, or the industry goes the way of the remake.

p>Now and then, the industry gets all hopped up over a Brokeback Mountain or a Crash . But those are "heavy trips" films, which few want to see. Movies used to be fun, or at least inane, but nowadays it's just a cut-out bin industry. Kinda like the Democrat Party. br> -- P. Aaron Jones br> Huntington Woods, Michigan /p>

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