Comments on: Old becomes the New

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:59 +0000

I think even bigger than video games I would say Music. Some of the oldest but yet greatest music has been re done to sound new. The oldest songs have been the greatest hits lately.

By: Vote for this article at blogengage.com

Vote for this article at blogengage.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:08:50 +0000

The Old Becomes the New…

An article that says about old stuff pretty much is what makes the new stuff – like games for example….

By: Hand Crank Drill

Hand Crank Drill — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:36:28 +0000

No kidding! That’s something, ain’t it…

By: Bob Moulton

Bob Moulton — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:35:31 +0000

Point taken. This summer has also seen a new Star Trek movie and a remake of ‘The Taking of Pelham 123′.

Not to get all philosophical, but this trend would seem to be a testament to the fact that the universe is limited.

Music: There are, after all, just 12 tones in an octave and only so many ways to put them together in a song. The medium of air can carry vibrations over a wide, tho limited range of octaves. The human ear can hear only a small segment of those vibrations — roughly 20Hz-20kHz andthe human voice reproduces sounds in an even smaller range. (Many vocalists seem to have a range of just one octave or less, given the few notes they use.) There are also only so many words in a given language’s vocabulary, and the choices are further limited by subject matter, meter and rhyming. Also by the desired connotations and associations the writer desires.

Film: I seem to remember from high school (public school?) English literature that there are only 7 basic plots for drama. Shakespeare used them all, but somehow, that wasn’t the end of things. The inventiveness of film, plays and books therefore, must come from the way the plots are blended, from characterization and writing style. Contrast, for instance, the styles of Agatha Christie and Robert Parker in handling the mystery story. And again, there are only so many possible combinations of words that can be used to convey meaning.

By: Snat

Snat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:46:55 +0000

Wildcat, completely agree with you with your comment.

Just release the old for a new market is pretty much what is going on.

By: Wild Cat

Wild Cat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:40:49 +0000

Well things like games and fashion, they are old and new at the same time, you might think of them as old because you have experienced the original, but they really are aimed at the younger generation, the kids who do not know the older versions, but at the same time the original version would not appeal to them anymore because the times have changed….. so they jazz it up and publish it again…. and make another nice bundle without having to put too much effort into it…

Nothing wrong with that, I actually think that it is very clever

Movies and music is something else though, the original is 99% of the times the best and any new re-make will just ruin it…. sequences, I am not that sure about, some are ok, some are a huge disappointment, I haven’t seen the newest Rocky movie, but I read conflicting reviews of it, not sure I want o watch it to be honest (and I love Rocky – especially the first one, I saw each of them a few times and will watch them again if they are on)

ok guess I went on for long enough so I will just quit now…

By: blackstar

blackstar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:08:46 +0000

I get what you mean. Hard to explain but I always seem to prefer familarity opposed to originalty, but thats mostly in video games.

In music, I always prefer originality as long as it still keeps the artist/band signature style.

In the case of Final Fantasy games for example, they can change the battle system for different additions to the series, but it must also keep its amazing storytelling

By: Snat

Snat — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:40:01 +0000

Nice article. It is human nature to attach themselves to things that they know.

Also, in business a tried and tested method normally means less investment is needed and if it fails, then they don’t lose as much but often they do not get as much if it wasn’t a new idea.

Everything does it. Think Family Guy for a few mins. About half the jokes in Family Guy has already been done in South Park (Check “Cartoon Wars Part I & II” – South Park & “Simpsons Done it” – South Park for examples of this).

Also (and not surprisingly) but some people want the same and no change. Take games for example. Some games (such as RPG Games) don’t change in their format on how the actual game works but rather the story changes.

Get what I mean ?