I can’t believe I’m the first person to notice this and actually articulate it in some way, but: a lot of remakes about, aren’t there? Now I’ve said it, it seems so obvious, doesn’t it? And yet, I am the only person who has detected this trend in TV and film. What have you all been doing? Am I the only one paying attention? Buck up! Get your head out of the sand!
For what it’s worth, remake culture doesn’t bother me that much: there are only really seven stories anyway, and making up a new character is hard, and writers are very stupid. (See: when given the infinity of decision to pull a complete new person out of the ether, they end up giving their character the job of “writer”. Good one mate.) Also, most people forget 60% of everything they see anyway so you can just make it again and show it to them and they won’t even notice. But Fatal Attraction – the new Paramount+ remake of Fatal Attraction (from Monday 1 May) – is a particularly interesting example of remakemania, and, listen, while we’re both here, we might as well talk about that.
