There is no such thing as an original thought -
Mark Twain. Hi it's Divya G! Hey welcome to my channel. I talk about books, design and
the media. What does the g stand for? The g stands for generic. Which is what every
brand and every product in this world is becoming. It seems like even social
media brands are no stranger to the forces of social conformity or as some like to call it
"incremental innovation". Remember when Snapchat was just Snapchat? Then Instagram became Snapchat
and then Instagram became TikTok and then now it's just [ __ ]. Instagram used to be the place
to discover creatives, you know, document your life and your travel and follow trends like that
time that our social media feeds were socially distancing for some reason. Capitalism breeds
innovation! Look at fleets! Look at hive social which is basically just Instagram before daddy
Zuck sucked the blood out of it like the rejected outcast audition tape cousin of the Cullens he is.
The only innovation in the social media sphere here is TikTok, and even that was just a bump
up from musically and TikTok just operates on people copying each other. TikTok is good man
It knows me. It knows me even better than I know myself
< how dare you steal that car I am absolutely disgusted
Nothing is original! Book covers! These are all the same you can't tell me that these are
not the same! Influences. Now, you expect me to tell the difference between these people?
It's with products like water. LOOK AT THIS! Why do we have 1200 brands of water? How have we as a society
managed to market that the larger the carbon footprint of your water the more the status
symbol that your Fiji water bottle shows? How have we managed to turn a life necessity
into an elitist class symbol? And don't even get me started on movies. I'm getting
started on movies. Have you ever noticed that Hollywood just makes the same film every year?
hey, boss I just had an amazing idea! Huh? okay can you put in an email?
What okay so what if we start with two people who could potentially be attracted to each other
um and you put them in a scenario where they're likely to hate each other um and and then you
you give them time to slowly slowly grow on each other and then you put a bit of quirkers and a bit
of quirky best friends maybe maybe that maybe the token black dude maybe token gay guy as well...
maybe a little bit more diversity this time because i think people
like that sort of thing. um and then and then they either that either push them closer together or
maybe they like make them fall apart sometimes it depends which one you want to go with um...
and then and and then just when you think that everything's you know going great going well then
you have a little bit of a problem that um that causes the love interest to kind of rethink the
entire relationship and it's probably just like an overhead conversation that's a bit of
a misunderstanding that could be resolved in one conversation but we're gonna drag it out for two
hours. That's nice. Um and then and then finally right at the end you have this big romantic grand
gesture um that that really means that the two lovers are really going to be happily ever after
or that's what you think so um what do you think about about that idea? Uh, the only thing is
have we done that one before? Or what if we put it in like a different context so want the
girl is like royalty and then the guy's not? Oh okay okay um what if is the other way around so
the guy is like really like upper class and then the girl's not? Um oh dear okay all right um
what if they're different races? Or what if they went to high school?
what if they're aliens? Oh uh that's a good one yeah yeah I don't think we've done that before.
Good job paul. Good job. Thank you thank you. All right, twin films are just one thing but then
batman is just batman which is just batman which is just batman which is just batman...
Disney! Lion King is just Lion King which is just Kimba. What happened to the original plot
of the movie? Nothing. No really lion king remake was just Disney showing off their
3d graphics. Like i know the ghost of Walt Disney is probably haunting his employees to
remake a movie every 10 years with the threat of thawing out of his cryogenic chamber but I
promise you it's okay to just leave some things alone... like Britney. #FreeBritney. Same Face
Syndrome! You're telling me that this isn't just Elsa cosplaying as Sully from Monster's Inc?
Tracey Beaker is just Tracey Beaker which is just Tracey Beaker which is just Tracey Beaker.
I'm in a nightmare. When is it going to end? Jaqueline Wilson no.
WHAT? They're remaking power puff
girls live action? Wow, can't wait to see three bland actors in wigs!
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy my remakes. I mean why wouldn't you? It's probably gonna work.
Probably gonna make moolah because the formula has been tried and tested and Divya G will probably be
first in line at the cinema you know because the nostalgia effect is that strong and I don't have a
life. You know people love it for a reason we love trying similar but slightly different things like
chocolate brownie from Tesco... chocolate brownie from Sainsbury's you know? Spice it up sometimes.
It's just like the things that make TikTok tick except, unlike TikToks which take three minutes
to make, these blockbuster movies and products are taking multi-million dollar industries.
They just keep trying to catch up but sometimes and a lot of the times they make things worse.
I just feel like there are so many perspectives that Hollywood just hasn't covered yet and it's
just a shame and I do not mean the perspective of a privileged millennial influencer in Paris.
That's just we don't need that why did it get nominated for a golden globe
I don't know. What do you think? What is the worst remake movie that you think was just completely
unnecessary? And do you like movie remakes? Do you want more I mean trust me I probably will be
watching the remake anyways so am I really what am I really complaining about? At the same time,
it's like does Hollywood have an original thought? You say capitalism breeds innovation and this is
what you produce? Okay. Subscribe if you want more commentary and give it a like give it a
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