question of the day: Is the Internet to blame for the glut of remakes, reboots, and sequels? (John Carpenter says so)

But blaming the Net for this is sort of odd. Yes, there are other entertaining draws on our attention these days. But it seems to me that blamng the Net and social networking is peculiar. If anything, the new peer-to-peer communications options should make marketing new original stories that don’t have ready-made audiences even easier, because it’s far easier to get the word out about them (if they’re good, of course). Sure, it’s tough to bust through the morass of information and get heard, but it’s not impossible.

What do you think? Is the Internet to blame for the glut of remakes, reboots, and sequels? Could the Internet be better harnessed to spread the word of nonfranchise films (and TV)?

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