Re: Well, then, what are the all-time top specfic TV shows?

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:30:24 -0700, Kurt Busiek <kurt@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 2009-03-24 20:20:16 -0700, Jaimie Vandenbergh
<jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:13:36 -0700, Kurt Busiek <kurt@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 2009-03-24 20:02:35 -0700, Jaimie Vandenbergh
<jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

I have no idea if any of them *are* remakes, I'm just setting
boundaries. Are they?

Depends. THE MALTESE FALCON is a remake in that they had the rights to
the previous movie; it's legally a remake. They went back to the novel
for the source material, but they got the rights due to the previous
movie version.

I think LORD OF THE RINGS was a similar situation.

They both sound more like legal ass-covering, I'm certain that's the
case for LOTR.

Or at least, they don't fit your boundaries.

THE MALTESE FALCON, however, does fit the movie industry's boundaries
for a remake -- the rights had to be attained from a previous filmed
version -- and I believe LOTR does, as well. They got the rights from
Saul Zaentz, right?

Right. And there are notes on t'Internet saying that there are
non-Tolkein bits of the Beagle/Zaentz animated LOTR mirrored in Peter
Jackson's, I see. I'll still merrily quibble that Jackson's is Tolkein
+ pastiche/hommage rather than being remake of Zaentz, but it is just
quibbling so not important.

I realize that doesn't fit your boundaries; I'm just noting that it
doesn't actually have to.

Sure - I didn't mean to come over all prescriptive. Proscriptive?
Whichever. Carry on!

Cheers - Jaimie
--
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
-- Dorothy Parker
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