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by Jeff Gomez
(CBS/What's Trending) "Clicking through the Twitter feeds coming out of day two at San Diego Comic-Con, it's remarkable how many remakes, sequels, prequels, revivals or reboots of properties are being announced. A "Scanners" TV series is in the making, "Fright Night," a modestly successful 80s flick, will be remade and Steven Spielberg is trumpeting "Jurassic Park 4." If you're a cynic -- and there are a few of you lurking right here in the convention center -- this is Hollywood at its worst, a bankruptcy of ideas, the scraping of barrel bottoms. But, my sense of it is that there's room for hope.
"Deep mythologies are at the core of everything we do," said Jon Jashni of Legendary Pictures early in their presentation this afternoon. Legendary brought us the latest trilogy of "Batman" movies, and is gearing up a full-blown blockbuster version of my beloved "Godzilla." He touches on a powerful point: Stories have recurred throughout history and across cultural boundaries because they resonate with the fears, desires and aspirations of the human souls. Telling a story well is a rarity, and so they get repeated and transmitted over and over again, moving from tale to legend to myth. Why should today be any different than what has always been?..."
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