http://semantink.com/wordpress/2009/12/17/hump-day-rant-remakes-and-the-american-audience/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://semantink.com/wordpress/2009/12/17/hump-day-rant-remakes-and-the-american-audience/#comment-745 political humor websites Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:03:53 +0000 http://semantink.com/wordpress/?p=2077#comment-745 Informative post! I Googled around for this... I stumbled upon your site! :) I have a Political Satire site of my own at <a href="http://www.whiterabbitcult.com" rel="nofollow">White Rabbit Cult</A>... Anyway would you care if I placed a return link from my blog site to your web site? Informative post! I Googled around for this… I stumbled upon your site! I have a Political Satire site of my own at White Rabbit Cult… Anyway would you care if I placed a return link from my blog site to your web site?

]]> http://semantink.com/wordpress/2009/12/17/hump-day-rant-remakes-and-the-american-audience/#comment-572 Sgt. Angle Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:25:48 +0000 http://semantink.com/wordpress/?p=2077#comment-572 To be fair, Peter Jackson DID direct a remake of King Kong, put his stamp on it and all and made it original enough (I think) to be considered more than a remake. However, because of the spectacle of it, the original is passed up for the flashy new effects of the new one, thus feeding your point that the remake is (sometimes) watchable simply for the fact that it's a remake, nothing more. To be fair, Peter Jackson DID direct a remake of King Kong, put his stamp on it and all and made it original enough (I think) to be considered more than a remake. However, because of the spectacle of it, the original is passed up for the flashy new effects of the new one, thus feeding your point that the remake is (sometimes) watchable simply for the fact that it’s a remake, nothing more.

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