Is originality really dead?

Is originality as dead as they say? Depending on what you take in to account, some people would say that yes, originality has been dead for years now.

I disagree, though. The people who say that complain because of sequels, prequels, remakes, and the like. The rationale is because Hollywood and the like are making those movies, that they have little to nothing else besides.

If the sequels, remakes, and that sort of thing were carbon copies of their predecessors, you’d find me on the “NO ORIGINALITY!!” bandwagon, same as everyone else. The fact that writers these days can take similar ideas and, in some cases the same characters, and reinvent them to be relevant to the modern day says something about creativity still being alive and well.

Take the Star Trek remake that came out last year, for example. While the majority of the characters were the same iconic characters, they all had their differences, too. The arrogance of James Kirk, the ranting of Leonard McCoy and so many other things, that was all there. When Karl Urban called Spock a “green-blooded hobgoblin”, my mind immediately went to the third Star Trek movie, where DeForest Kelley called Spock a “green-blooded son of a bitch”. The characters were taken out of their original lives and a fascinating new story was told.

The problem isn’t that originality itself is dead, the problem is that people can’t accept these sorts of things. No matter how much they love a film (i.e., Star Trek, The Dark Knight, etc), they still say that it was made because the people in charge couldn’t come up with a better idea. Maybe it’s just that they came up with a good new story to tell, instead, which echoes a sentiment from a recent video made by Nate from DeadpoolAndFriends, stating that while all the basic plots that can be made likely have, the real meat of a movie is in the story, in all the details. I’ll leave you to think on that, and I’ll see you all tomorrow! :)