XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 8/31/2014 7:07 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Azathoth   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:21:07 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   >>> In article , Azathoth   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:27:48 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There was a previous rumour quite a while back about a new Greatest   
   >>>>> American Hero series, but I'm not sure if it was the same guys or if   
   >>>>> the previous one got dropped ... hopefully this one will get dropped   
   >>>>> before it is made too.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why "hopefully"? You don't have to watch it if you don't like remakes   
   >>>> of things.   
   >>>   
   >>> The idiots making them don't have to re-use the original's name for what   
   >>> is in reality a very different product. In fact the idiots making them   
   >>> should stop being lazy, talentless hack and actually come up with their   
   >>> own ideas, instead of just butchering someone else's hard wok from the   
   >>> past.   
   >>   
   >> Again, why do you care what they call it or how original it is? Nobody's   
   >> holding a gun to your head and forcing you to watch it.   
   >   
   > A. Re-using the same name for a very different product is   
   >     moronically stupid. NAMES HAVE MEANING.   
   >   
   > B. It destroys whatever is left of the original franchise,   
   >     including any even remote hope of a getting properly   
   >     fitting addition.   
      
   The Greatest American Hero is not a franchise.   
      
   >   
   > C. It's sheer laziness and over-egoed stupidity to   
   >     butcher someone else's hard work.   
   >   
      
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