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my favorite video content every year

 

Copyright law in this country is a joke.

 

besides the Matilda musical I don't even know what they would need with his catalog, most of which has had adaptations within the past decade or so

 

It's 2021, doesn't matter how many adaptations exist, they'll do it again

 

Adaptions are not the problem; throughout history we have always reimagined and adapted stories, it's disgusting that only massive corporations are allowed to now.

 

The Green Knight is a perfect example of what can be made when these foundational stories are free from corporate control. In an alternate universe where some corporation owned King Arthur, they would never greenlight a movie like that.

For those who don't know, U.S. copyright protections are extraordinary long, ether 70 years after the creators' death of 95 years after first being published. It was 28 years for most of this country's history but Disney and other large corporations put pressure on Congress to extend it in order to keep a hold of their characters. It was named after one of the laziest Congressmen of all time, Sonny Bono, who would be able to enrich his heirs because he had been a musician.

Mickey Mouse is only a couple years away from going into the public domain, so they will probably start lobbying again.

Imagine, hypothetically, if Superman was in the public domain. Sure, a lot of trash would be made, but you would have a lot more flexibility and creativity with the character than if it is tightly controlled by Warner Bros.

 

of course Wizard Of Oz is a reboot!

 

The huge DVD box set came with a ton of the surviving prior adaptations and it blew my mind when I first saw them.

 

What

 

Nothing surprises me anymore, but the idea of Chris Pratt doing Mario voice is... not great

 

Yea but who's Wario?

 

charlie day is luigi!!!!

 

anya taylor joy as peach low key impeccable casting

 

But who is playing shy guy

 

Chris Pratt as Mario is abhorrent anti-Italian discrimination

 

I love how they throw Band of Brothers in there. No one has talked about that show in 15 years.