return2ozma@lemmy.world to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 days agoThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter serieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square144linkfedilinkarrow-up1609arrow-down122
arrow-up1587arrow-down1external-linkThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter serieswww.theverge.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to LGBTQ+@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 days agomessage-square144linkfedilink
minus-squarezebidiah@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agobut that excuse doesnt hold water either, why spend money on a remake when you can make money on a quick and easy and CHEAP remaster/re-release without any effort or inevitable backlash around casting choices
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoRemasters rarely make money. The Blu-ray remaster of Star Trek (can’t remember which series) lost money. No one would buy a re-release of a decade old Harry Potter film.
minus-squareegg82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was 2001, 25 years ago. Deathly Hallows was 2011, 15 years ago.
but that excuse doesnt hold water either, why spend money on a remake when you can make money on a quick and easy and CHEAP remaster/re-release without any effort or inevitable backlash around casting choices
Remasters rarely make money.
The Blu-ray remaster of Star Trek (can’t remember which series) lost money.
No one would buy a re-release of a decade old Harry Potter film.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was 2001, 25 years ago. Deathly Hallows was 2011, 15 years ago.