This is a general trend in media as a whole today - sequels, reboots, remakes/remasters, derivatives of other popular media are just as bad in television and video games. The only saving grace of "TV" is Netflix, Amazon and HBO who are more willing to take the risk on new IP.
The last AAA video game I purchased that wasn't based on an existing IP or derivative of a specific formula (see: Ubisoft) was Titanfall. The last movie I saw for myself (and not my daughter) that wasn't based on existing IP I can't even remember, it must have been Grindhouse (Planet Terror / Death Proof). Meanwhile, the last serialized "TV" content I've watched that wasn't a new season of an existing show or a spinoff was Transparent, before that there was Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, etc.
I would love for some fresh ideas in the available content out there, but it seems like executives are especially adverse to risk considering the budget it takes to make "current-gen" visuals in blockbusters or AAA video games - and I wonder if that is why serialized shows are where most of the "fresh" content is considering people expect lower production values out of a 20 episode season of 45 minute episodes.
Personally I find the modern remake/sequel/etc trend appalling. Are people really this adverse to trying new things? Are they not tired of the same formulas? I'm more in tune with gaming than movies but even there all I see is constant adaptations of stories from other media.
I've found more interesting indie games than ever before, there's a Golden Age in television going on, and while I enjoy a good popcorn Marvel movie there's plenty of original thinky stuff like Interstellar to whet my appetite.
Television is good, and the indie game scene is utterly fantastic these days. It just blows my mind how unwilling some of the biggest players in media creation are in terms of being creative.
> Are people really this adverse to trying new things? Are they not tired of the same formulas?
People aren't adverse to trying new things but the movie industry is pretty risk adverse. And as for people being tired of the reboots and remakes the answer is mixed but easy to see in box office returns. Rehashing old ground is fine so long as it's good or is fun to watch. Until these movies start failing en mass industry will keep making them.
The last AAA video game I purchased that wasn't based on an existing IP or derivative of a specific formula (see: Ubisoft) was Titanfall. The last movie I saw for myself (and not my daughter) that wasn't based on existing IP I can't even remember, it must have been Grindhouse (Planet Terror / Death Proof). Meanwhile, the last serialized "TV" content I've watched that wasn't a new season of an existing show or a spinoff was Transparent, before that there was Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, etc.
I would love for some fresh ideas in the available content out there, but it seems like executives are especially adverse to risk considering the budget it takes to make "current-gen" visuals in blockbusters or AAA video games - and I wonder if that is why serialized shows are where most of the "fresh" content is considering people expect lower production values out of a 20 episode season of 45 minute episodes.