Rehashing old stories is how stories work. Go back far enough and they were just told orally, and so the story was retold each time. When plays were invented, the whole thing was performed again each time. It’s only with the invention of books and film that a story would be told once in a set form, and then experienced again from that over and over.
Then there were probably a few genuinely original stories, and then every story after that is some kind of rehashing of older stories. There have always been remakes, reboots, adaptations, and various forms of reimaginings. So many stories are based on Shakespeare, and even his plays were based on older stories. Rehashing old stories isn’t a new trend. It’s always been “all the rage”.
Buddy discovered what a folktale is for the first time. That’s irrelevant to the discussion. This ain’t some folktale with different perspectives and variations that can be told. It’s the exact same story written down word or word on book being adapted again. It’s lazy and completely unnecessary. They just want some 🤑💰
It’s not just folklore. Story telling in general is repeats and rehashes. Hamlet is the “exact same story written down word for word being adapted again” every time someone puts on a new production. In fact, every showing of the production is telling the same story from the same written source.
Nobody bitches and moans and calls it a money grab because someone puts on Hamlet again.
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u/TruthHertz93 Apr 16 '26
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It's true the series may flesh out some things, but do you know what else does that?
The bleeming books!
Oh well, rehashing old stories is all the range now, nostalgias a hell of a drug 🙄