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People recycle old ideas instead of having new ones. IMO this is a weak argument - you could say the same thing about startups. When it comes to creative work
by Splines 16y ago
People recycle old ideas instead of having new ones.
IMO this is a weak argument - you could say the same thing about startups. When it comes to creative work, it's all about the execution.
Just because a story is being retold doesn't automatically make it bad. Similarly, just because a story has been told before doesn't mean you can't tell it again.
- commieneko 16y agoRobert Heinlein once wrote (On the Writing of Speculative Fiction) that, gimmicks aside, there were only 3 stories that were about people: Boy meets girl. The little tailor. The man who learned better.
- burgerbrain 16y agoWhich is Die Hard?
- commieneko 16y agoThe man who learned better.
- burgerbrain 16y agoHow so? Seems to me it's just "the man who kicked lots of ass". He certainly didn't learn better, since John McClane proceeded to find himself in similar situations 3 more times :P
- zeemonkee 16y agoOnly if you are referring to John McClane. "The man who learned better" could be Alan Rickman and all the other villains whose ass he kicked.
- commieneko 16y agoWatch the movie again and think really hard...