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What are some concepts/themes that wouldn't work too well anymore in TV and Film?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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Thinking about the recent Charlie's Angels flop it occurred to me that when the original series came out it was somewhat radical or groundbreaking. Three attractive women being chosen to conduct special operations. Of course it helped that they were attractive but the show was fun.

This isn't a groundbreaking theme anymore. There are plenty of female cops, firefighters etc.

Another show Three's Company or the original British version being Man About the House. A single man living platonically with 2 women.

I'm not sure there would be anything noteworthy about that anymore to warrant a show.

Any other themes or topics that you don't think would work anymore?

[–] Master (1494) 5 years ago

Home Alone

Overboard

Birth of a Nation

[–] Master (1494) 5 years ago

Duckman would be ruined

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Vague memories of that one it used to be shown adhoc down here at really odd times. I remember it being pretty funny.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14495) 5 years ago

Heterosexual couples that are not interracial.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

lol I agree it has become very predictable and boring.

Same with taking a character that is normally white and even has a Swedish/Very white name and making them black. Ie Jimmy Olson in Supergirl.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14495) 5 years ago

You think that's bad, read up on who they had play Kristoff in the Broadway version of "Frozen." They cast everyone else as white, but decide to have one token black, and it's Kristoff. If they wanted to do color-blind casting, why didn't they just come out and say so?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

He's the snowman? It would make sense in their tiny minds.

Oh it wasn't color blind at all. It was very deliberate!

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14495) 5 years ago

Hehe, that's Olaf. They had a white guy in a simple white version of Kristoff's costume, operating a puppet of him on wires. I only know about this because I visit this guy named Corey, who makes custom paper dolls, and he recreated some of the costumes used in the Broadway production. He usually bases his paper dolls on actual costumes he's seen. I'll post links:

Here's the actor who played Olaf:
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34851449_1976789292394265_8539160420634591232_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ohc=o6R3Ajq-kVIAQkJPCb-GYQYPYP1bmkq47W2uXBh2YYoPLf1YTlljwUMQQ&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=4a1cdf68a85aaa3e30c2bb9e6c352e1e&oe=5E53ACE7

Here's a black Kristoff:
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/28337433_1844826928923836_1827048425811190913_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=6BcQB_K4i6UAQmijkBeF80ltqpeeMgMKGMylOs3iTqWB-McPLIMpOvgEg&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=11e527c0487fc8c2a515eb071996e2d8&oe=5E45B03F

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Wow. But they do that all the time too. The series Merlin set in England's Dark Ages had an Indian woman playing Maid Marion! I have seen Asian people in films set in historical Europe as well. They don't care as long as they get to preach.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14495) 5 years ago

I remember that show. I think she was black, but that's beside the point. To randomly insert actors of ethnic groups that didn't actually exist in that time period is stupid and anachronistic.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah black or half caste. She didn't look like a Maid Marion that is for sure and it is sad I agree.

I am surprised they still make paper dolls, are they just a promo thing or do kids still play with them?

[–] Furienna (3348) 3 years ago

That was Guinevere and not Maid Marion.
But anyway, it is hardly fair to talk about anachronisms in a fantasy show about wizards and dragons.
They had no intentions to be historically correct.
Besides, Roman Britain was more ethnically diverse than you might think.
Thus, it wouldn't be that impossible that some black families still were around in early Medieval times.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

haha, so true. in commercial as well.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I think Fight Cub would be impossible now. All those angry (mostly) white guys fighting each other, why can't women join?! That line about a generation of men raised by women, said in a disparaging manner? Oh no, you could not say that.

Male bonding etc. Nope. Can't think of a PC way of making that film and still being even 10% faithful to the novel.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Although I think it would be a huge hit I don't think they would make a Dirty Harry anymore, the idea of a cop cleaning up the city is in opposition of what the Left actually want. That TV "All Rise" for example has a judge assisting criminals.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

In most 80s action flicks when one of the key females would punch someone they'd hold their hand after like "ouch!" in a girly way; doesn't happen now.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14495) 5 years ago

It's even more interesting when the guy she sorta likes shows her how to really punch, and it saves her life later on in the film :).

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

In older movies you would often see the bad guy(s) wielding a switchblade knife. You don't ever see that anymore probably because switchblades are so rare nowadays.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

The kill bill movies would probably be seen as racist against asians.