TCTTS said:ABATTBQ11 said:TCTTS said:ABATTBQ11 said:jeffk said:The Porkchop Express said:
Still waiting for the reboot of Family Matters or A Different World that's just all white people.
Can I interest you in a Step by Step or a Home Improvement or a Full House or…
You missed the point...
It's not about having a white cast, it's that this whole idea is nothing more than rainbow-washing a classic because the creators are too lazy to come up with new, original content for a diverse cast. It's like saying, "This show was really great, but it was too white. We're going to redo it with a bunch of diversity to make it more acceptable and fix it." That's bull****. If the show was great, then just ****ing leave it alone. Don't try to "reimagine" it and put a woke seal of approval on it. Make your own modern show with your own modern ideas for your modern cast and let them stand on their own instead of trying to ride someone else's coattails.
For the 400th time, hardly anyone is taking chances on original material nowadays. Which certainly sucks, but it's the world we live in. The fact of the matter is that, because it's a known entity, with brand recognition, a re-imagined X-Files gets the green light, while an new, original show about basically the same topic, with the same cast, almost assuredly does not. There is no "make your own modern show with your own modern ideas for your modern cast and let them stand on their own instead" option. Every project Hollywood makes is a literal gamble. And every Hollywood exec is trying desperately to keep their job. Factoring in those two things, nearly anyone in their shoes would make the safer bet on something familiar, with a built in audience, as opposed to doing something new and original that has a higher probability of failing. Again, I'm not endorsing not taking chances, but that's the simple and current reality of the business.
Either way, it's never not hilarious how mad stuff like this consistently makes some of you. Again, the old X-Files isn't going anywhere. You'll still be able to watch it, and pretend the new one doesn't exist. No will be forcing you to watch the "woke" version. So why on earth do you care so much? Why does stuff like this get you guys so bent out of shape? Why is it such a horrible thing that the world of the X-Files will now reach a more diverse audience? Why is it such a tragedy that this story is being repurposed for people other than you? You got eleven seasons and two movies out of the original version. Unfortunately, as good as it was at times, it's also one that is now incredibly dated and much more slowly paced that modern audiences expect. So why can't a new generation, and new demographics, get their version of roughly the same world, told with more modern sensibilities?
So we would just be happy with regurgitated crap?
Despite the sad state of regurgitated franchise fare, we're still living in an age of more consistently great television than we ever possibly could have dreamed of. To the point where I can't even keep up with it all. How can you possibly feel so slighted in an environment like this? And again, why is it so offensive that this new iteration might be geared toward someone other than yourself?
So you're saying we're in a golden age of television, but you're also saying the name of the game is retreads because original content is too risky? The golden age of television is just dressed up reruns of other ages of television?
It's offensive because color washing is color washing no matter which way you're doing it. It's one thing to make a character change for an actor who's a perfect fit in all but appearance, but it's something else to make a character change just because you don't want an x, y, z character.