Stop misusing the word "Remake"

May 10, 2020 10:08 am

It's absurd when a 2020 Drama links to a Drama produced 2 years earlier and calls the earlier work a "remake". It's even more absurd when a Drama produced in 2019 links to one made in 2002 and calls IT a "remake." I reported the latter error yesterday, since I doubt Taiwanese film makers jumped forward in time 17 years to watch a Drama then jumped back in time again to produce a "remake". Then I saw the same thing again involving a PRC remake of the Korean Drama Somehow 18. PLEASE observe some basic temporal common sense and don't use "remake" to describe any work that predates another related to it.

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DramaHeroine VIP

May 10, 2020 04:36 pm

I've run across this a few times as well, and it's definitely annoying. I'm not sure what can really be done about it though other then going in and fixing it ourselves when we come across it.

Kougami

May 11, 2020 12:53 pm

burhaaadmi:
It's absurd when a 2020 Drama links to a Drama produced 2 years earlier and calls the earlier work a "remake". It's even more absurd when a Drama produced in 2019 links to one made in 2002 and calls IT a "remake." I reported the latter error yesterday, since I doubt Taiwanese film makers jumped forward in time 17 years to watch a Drama then jumped back in time again to produce a "remake". Then I saw the same thing again involving a PRC remake of the Korean Drama Somehow 18. PLEASE observe some basic temporal common sense and don't use "remake" to describe any work that predates another related to it.

I think this can be edited on the drama page unded the 'Related titles'. So if you see something, edit it yourself & submit for approval.

DramaHeroine VIP

May 11, 2020 03:01 pm

Vishalingle:
I think this can be edited on the drama page unded the 'Related titles'. So if you see something, edit it yourself & submit for approval.

It can. I've done it a few times. I actually did on a couple dramas yesterday, lol.