Television has been part of humanity for about nine decades. It was invented in 1927 and it became widely popular after World War II, in the 1950’s. Black and white television was the starting form, and now we have the colored form. Since its invention in the 1920’s television has evolved and become increasingly popular. It went from mechanical television to electrical television, to colored television, to digital, smart and now 3D television and more. There was a time when people did not have proper bathrooms, yet they still had a television. Why is television more important than one’s basic needs? The question remains why is television more popular over time? For instance, other inventions like the land phone, or the desktop computer all …show more content…
What makes something a reboot? The dictionary definition of reboot is something, especially a series of films or television programs, that has been restarted or revived. The definition points to reboot as something that has already been aired, the question remains, if a story is already told in a book and then aired later, would it still be called a reboot? Or would it simply be an adaptation? Is there a thin line between a reboot and an adaptation? David Silverman, author of The Journal of American Culture states that, “Proctor acknowledges in his essays that The Walking Dead is more of an adaptation than a remake, [...] Proctor argues that the first adaptation of the comic book The Walking Dead is a remake of all previous (and unrelated) zombie efforts in what he describes as a Zombie Renaissance”. Proctor argues that remakes are from that of previous tv shows, but also of books. There are other “remakes” that are movies that are made into tv shows. Friday night lights and Teen Wolf are two television programs that are based on original films (Silverman). Reboots are not just of previous tv shows, it is still considered a remake even if it was a previous book or movie that is made into a tv show. If the story is somehow delivered to the audience before, regardless of how it reached the audience it is still a reboot one’s it is made into a tv show
Many novels are transcribed from their original texts to films. Some of the movies are similar to the original plots, others do not follow the authors work. Alice Hoffman’s novel Practical Magic is altered when it is made into a movie; and Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible which was also made into a movie, was extremely similar to his original writing. There are multiple variables that account for how a movie is made some of them include; the amount of income, how much can be changed, and the author’s approval. The two recreations previously mentioned, have two completely different outcomes, the results all depend on the amount of creative licensing the movie company has.
The original was renowned for its superior script writing, so it would be assumed that it would be obvious to take notes from the movie, yet it seems that the reboot had failed to do so to formulate a new identity. In its attempt to validate the new script, it failed to distribute the same emotions and vibe of a character trying to discover who he was. This had been quickly noticed by fans or the originals and its sequels and drew much ire for seeming to have an oppositely polarized wording when compared to the
There are multiple reasons why films are remade. As the most common answer many people would say, would be to make the film
Movies based on books try to captivate the audience while staying true to the story.
Garvin, Karen S. “Television Technology.” The Thirties in America. Volume 3. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2011. 945-946. Print.
The ‘Golden Age of Television’ is what many refer to as the period between the 1950s and 60s when the television began to establish itself as a prevalent medium in the United States. In 1947, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), and the Du Mont Network were the four main television networks that ran stations with regular programming taking place. (Television, 2003) While regular television programming was a new innovation, the television itself had been commercially available for over twenty years prior to the 50s. It was conceived by many worldly innovators and went through several testing stages before it was finally completed in the late twenties. The three main innovators were Niplow - who first developed a rotating disk with small holes arranged in a spiral pattern in 1884, Zworykin - who developed the Iconoscope which could scan pictures and break them into electronic signals (a primitive form of the Cathode Ray Tube) in 1923, and lastly Fansworth - who demonstrated for the first time that it was possible to transmit an electrical image in 1927. (Rollo, 2011) However, one of the many reasons why this medium was successful in the 50s was due to the fact that it became more accessible to the public. Television sets were more affordable to middle class citizens which created further interest in the new technology. Through an historical account of the medium, the spread of television across America throughout this particular decade will be examined.
The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
This remake of the novel was inspired by the fact that three
Before analyzing the history of Rock n’ Roll television, the history of how watching television came to become a popular must come into question. To summarize briefly, the invention of television was in development since the 1870s, however the first demonstration of live transmitted images in motion was in 1925 lead by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (Radio Shows Far Away Objects in Motion). The image was of Baird’s business partner Oliver Hutchinson (Television), showing a mere five frames per second, it was an impressive sight for the time. With perfection of the invention, electronic televisions had been developed by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin with the help of the RCA radio...
She states, “Though King’s novel crosscuts between its characters as children in 1958 and as adults in 1985, the new movie takes advantage of current nostalgia trends by transporting the kids to 1989 and nixing material about the grown-up Losers entirely.” Busis points out that the remake is not the same as the original, this lets the audience know that they will not be bored watching the remake if they have already
Many people around the world are reading their favorite books, savoring each page of them. Books that become popular enough get transformed into movies for the fans to enjoy. Some movies are really close to being spot on. If that's the case, there would be little to no differences between the book and the movie. However, many movies have many differences from the book. The book, Maze Runner, is an example of a book that's been transformed into a film. While this specific book and movie have many similarities, there are some minor differences between the two.
Imagine if your work was to be published, but the publishers required you to change even the most minute detail to fit their need. This work would be unrecognizable, not at all what you wanted to convey with your story. This is essentially what happens with every movie adaptation of a popular novel, and readers are always enraged. One such case is The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, which was unnecessarily changed. The lack of many important details in the movie adaptation of The Book Thief shows how obvious it is that movies must stay true to the book for full effect.
Of the many changes made between the book and the movie, most were made to keep the audience interested in the story. Most people who watch TV don’t have a long attention span. Executives at NBC didn’t want to spend millions to produce a movie and then have nobody watch it. The screenwriters had to throw in some clever plot twists to keep people interested. Another reason the movie was different from the book was the material in the book was a little too racy for network TV. Take the ending, for example, nobody wants to see a grown man hang himself. This was a reason the producers had to change some material in the movie.
Television is everywhere these days, not just in our living rooms but in bathrooms, kitchens, doctor's offices, grocery stores, airplanes, and classrooms. We have access to TV virtually anywhere and as American's we are taking advantaged of it. Adults aren't the only ones watching TV; children today are watching more TV than ever before. TV has even become known as "America's baby-sitter." (Krieg). Meaning that parents are now using the television as a way of entertaining their children while they attempt to accomplish other things such as cooking and cleaning.
On television, the sequel and reboot trend includes a