Today, instead of a review, I've decided to share with everyone my thoughts on the current slate of movies studios are producing. For example, word was recently released that going into production will be film adaptations of T.J. Hooker, Baywatch, and The Destroyer novels, previously adapted as the TV movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.
Seriously, Hollywood? I'll admit, starting over with Batman was a great idea, because it was a good idea to begin with and better people were attached. But Baywatch? Seriously? It wasn't effed up enough the first time? Just because J. J. Abrams was able to successfully revive Star Trek doesn't mean you can just attach a writer (no matter how talented) to a project and it will come out golden.
As interesting as these projects might turn out, they'll probably fail because they were made for a specific time for an audience that no longer exists. Didn't you suits learn anything from the remakes of Starsky & Hutch and Dukes of Hazard? These films failed because all they did was treat fans of the original source material like they were idiots. What about S.W.A.T. and Miami Vice? These films failed because they took themselves too seriously.
Remaking a TV show is a risky proposition, and it's failed more often than succeeded. If you must make an adaptation, how about something that actually has some merit? There's still plenty of original comic book characters left that haven't been adapted. Green Lantern still hasn't gotten off the ground, and Green Arrow and The Flash have yet to make it past the script stage.
How about some classic books that haven't been adapted? I'm sure there are plenty of those. How about actually putting someone who respects the source material on adapting the Jack Ryan Novels?
My point is there's plenty out there that should be done before we go back to the 80's TV well for another black-hole of entertainment. Look into it.
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