Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Does Hollywood ruin books? - Numberphile" video.

  1. It's also interesting how remakes nearly always show regression to the mean. You would think that remake that just fixes mistakes in the original movie or book should be better than the original. Similar to how newer version of a given software is slightly better than the previous version. However, in real world, the financing party wants to play it safe and prefers regression to the mean even if the end product actually ends up worse that way. With regression to the mean you get average books and movies. I think if you made remakes with first figuring out what makes this book or movie different from your average book or movie and only make that difference greater you should end up with a better product. Obviously you should also fix obvious mistakes such as poor lighting, continuity problems, errors in story logic etc.
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