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By HarryCanyon At 01:40 On 15 October 2018 94 Posts New Kid On The Block	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=minszrNtgHc Here is a video by one of the best youtube critics of movies/TV shows known as Ocpcommunications who is one of my friends on youtube and here is his thoughts on why it's impossible to recast purely cinematic made for cinema icons like Freddy Krueger, Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Rocky Balboa, Ellen Ripley, Robocop, John McClane, Sarah Conner etc. which are entirely different than casting live action versions of book/video game/comic characters like Batman, James Bond, Superman, Pennywise, Jud Crandall, Dracula, Shakespear's characters, Frankenstein, Dr Moreau, Lara Croft, Wonder Woman, Punisher and more. Quote

By jkatz At 05:38 On 15 October 2018 896 Posts Fresh Prince	Somebody should tell that to the movie studios that keep dumping out remakes, reboots, and prequels. Quote Disable Sigs The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there's a Mrs. New Vegas. Well, of course there is! You're her. And you're still just as perfect as the day we met.
By HarryCanyon At 09:55 On 18 October 2018 94 Posts New Kid On The Block	jkatz wrote : Somebody should tell that to the movie studios that keep dumping out remakes, reboots, and prequels. -end quote Do you agree with the video that it's impossible to recast purely original cinematic character creations like Ripley, Peter Venkman, Marty McFly, Freddy Krueger, John McClane, Rocky Balboa, Indiana Jones etc.? it's different than book characters like Pennywise, Jud Crandall, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood etc. which you can easily recast and same for comic characters like Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Wolverine etc. Quote Disable Sigs