x_HANK_HILL_x t1_itzc3wb wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:36 PM

Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL Thomas Edison produced the first Frankenstein movie - a 1910 silent film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 book. by 1900grs

They're not remakes, they're just different adaptions of the same story.

Optimixto t1_itzeoaw wrote on October 27, 2022 at 12:57 PM

What's the difference?

New_Fix6213 t1_itzgiw0 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:12 PM

I suppose the way to look at it would be, if The Wizard of Oz was to be remade the new film would have to go by the '39 movie specifically, songs and all.

Whereas if you're making another adaptation, you're going by the book so it will be a lot different and not a musical.

I think I explained that well.

Pkmatrix0079 t1_itzlhim wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:49 PM

Some were re-adaptations of books, but there were also a lot of straight-up remakes at the time too. Remakes have been a common feature of Hollywood productions pretty much from the start.