Houston Howard, Transmedia Author/Speaker: What J.J. Abrams did was Star Wars (with the Force Awakens), he essentially rebooted Star Wars without rebooting Star Wars.
Film Courage: Houston what are your thoughts on Hollywood reboots? What are we doing wrong? What are we doing right?
Houston: I think reboots in general, I’m not a huge fan of them. In large respect people talk about they ruined my childhood and things like that. We have nostalgia about the things that we loved before but at the same time reboots reintroduce the story to a new generation that wouldn’t necessarily go back and watch an older film and we have to understand that reality of it. I loved Ghostbusters when I was a kid but I tried to show Ghostbusters to my little girl and it just wasn’t jiving with her. It’s different filmmaking, different storytelling styles, in different eras, right? Even with Star Wars (the original Star Wars) she just thinks it’s like a weird old movie because the filmmaking is so different now and so she likes the new Star Wars movies more than the old Star Wars movies. I think artistically the old Star Wars movies were better but with reboots I think there a generation of kids that will actually go back and watch the old 21 Jump Street series…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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BIO:
Houston Howard is a professor, producer, author, speaker and thought leader in the entertainment and branding communities because of his unique and proprietary transmedia approach to story. Houston has written several books about transmedia including Make Your Story Really Stinkin’ Big and You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Story. He had advised companies such as Mattel, Disney Imagineering, ABC, CBS, Reliance Media Works, West Coast Customs, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Harper Collins Publishing, as well as designing a number of transmedia-focused projects for Fox, the CW, TNT, Slinky and the writers of Toy Story, Houston has an impressive amount of of experience designing projects that are primed for the 21st Century. He is Chief Storyteller and Co-Founder of One 3 Creative.
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