Even early movies were remakes of other media like books and plays into the newfangled moving pictures format. Many in the next couple of decades were serials and sequels of successful movies, because familiarity is like free advertising.
We are continuing the same trends that have always existed.
We are continuing the same trends that have always existed.
Well said. Heck, for most Western countries, theater begins with the Greeks and even they were doing that with their gods and heros. The Bible has four different books about Jesus and sometimes even the same story is slightly different between the authors. The stories of English legends like King Arthur and Robbin Hood have been told and retold so many times that we can figure out when certain characters or traits that are common today were introduced.
Always has been.
Even early movies were remakes of other media like books and plays into the newfangled moving pictures format. Many in the next couple of decades were serials and sequels of successful movies, because familiarity is like free advertising.
We are continuing the same trends that have always existed.
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Well said. Heck, for most Western countries, theater begins with the Greeks and even they were doing that with their gods and heros. The Bible has four different books about Jesus and sometimes even the same story is slightly different between the authors. The stories of English legends like King Arthur and Robbin Hood have been told and retold so many times that we can figure out when certain characters or traits that are common today were introduced.