A Plea for OC

Across all mediums, there seems to be a lack in original content.  While this is nothing new, it seems to be a knock against the creative process.  It seem obvious that rehashing content or evolving a story line is a safer move financially, I think the world can do without another Final Fantasy or Metal Gear Solid.

This comes from recently viewing Prometheus.  Although it was entertaining, it seems like it was pulling on fans of the series to purchase a ticket.  I really do not have a problem with this (Loving Game of Thrones), as I understand that the media I come to enjoy and love has a price tag on it.  What I do have a problem with, is the majority of content that is being produced.  

A brief look at this summers movie list, show many movies based on content already being produced (The Amazing Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises, etc.)  What I am trying to champion here is the push for things with a bit more creativity with content being put out.  The recent news of the CW show Arrow  is just another example of using previously generated media as a basis for a shows content.

As much as I love character of stories being re imagined in different ways and seeing people's different views being portrayed on screens and paper, nothing beats being entangled into a master storytellers environment for the first time.  I imagine many of you have fond memories of cracking your first book (or series)/movie/show and being completely taken by how well thought out the character were, while drinking in the writer prose/artists ink/descriptors vision.  To further the vision for financial gain seem to dirty the work rather than lift it beyond what people are expecting (see the Toby Maguire Spider-Man movies).

While I make a call for OC (Original Content), I have an understanding of how the entertainment business works.  I am hoping to see more daring and experimental content to be released the further we as a society start running out of things that already exist.

-TE