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   > In short, the originals and the remakes represent two vastly different   
   > world views. When Hollywood decided to remake Battlestar, they had to   
   > "modernize" it. That is, they had to replace the worldview of the   
   > original writers, who still clung to many outmoded ideas like family   
   > and patriotism and faith and honor and intelligence, with a more modern   
   > worldview based on cynicism and decadence and mockery.   
   >   
   > How typical of modern Hollywood! They look back at the work that their   
   > predecessors did in the past -- especially in the 40's and 50's -- and   
   > they see that there is something about it that is so much better than   
   > what they do today. Not all of it, of course. There was plenty of junk   
   > made back then. But there was a lot produced then that was clearly so   
   > much better than anything being produced in Hollywood today. And people   
   > know it: That's why there's nostalgia for some of those old movies and   
   > TV shows. But they don't know how to begin to recapture that quality in   
   > an original production, so they try to do a remake. But of course, they   
   > have to make it "modern". And so they proceed to gut everything that   
   > made the original good and replace it with the same trash they produce   
   > every day.   
   >   
   > People liked the old Hollywood productions because it upheld the ideals   
   > they believe in. People despair of the new Hollywood because it attacks   
   > these same ideals. How often have you heard critics praise a Hollywood   
   > production with a phrase like "it challenges the audience's   
   > middle-class assumptions"? Translation: It deliberately insults the   
   > audience. Modern Hollywood delights in telling Americans not only that   
   > they are failures. And not because you fail to live up to your ideals,   
   > but rather because those ideals are worthless, stupid, and out-of-date.   
   >   
      
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