Participants for Speed Panel
The 24th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA)
"What Might Be Going To Have Been:
Dark Myths and Legends"
March 19-23, 2003
Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hilton
ICFA 2003 Speed Panel
Something to think about:
What's With All of the Remakes?
Moderator:
Craig Jacobsen
Confirmed Panelists:
Brett Cox
Veronica Hollinger
Rob Latham
Gary Wolfe
TBA
The Question
In an era where original (not previously filmed) SF films (The Matrix, Men
in Black, The Truman Show, Galaxy Quest, Frequency, Contact, etc.) earn
moderate to substantial financial and/or critical success, what economic,
artistic or societal circumstances drive the ongoing trend to remake 60s
and 70s SF films (Rollerball, Planet of the Apes, The Time Machine,
Solaris, Drew Barrymore is developing Barbarella, Logan's Run is under
consideration at Warner Brothers, Arnold Schwarznegger or Kurt Russel may
star in a remake of Omega Man, Joel Silver is developing Westworld, again,
with Arnold, etc.)?
The Format
The idea of the panel is to encourage as much interaction with the audience
as possible, and therefore the panel will work something like this: the
moderator will present a brief introduction to the question, at which point
each panelist, who has had a year to ponder the question, will get five
minutes to present a succinct response. After each panelist has spoken,
we'll run through the panel once more for a two-minute followup in case
anyone wants to respond to what another panelist has said. After that,
we'll open things up to the audience who, through this announcement of the
question, will also have had time to consider their responses. Audience and
panel responses should be pithy in order to encourage maximum exchange of
ideas. If things lag, the moderator will have intriguing followup mystery
questions prepared. Please attend and be a part of this fast-paced
intellectual interchange.
Conference Information and Updates at the IAFA website:
http://www.iafa.org
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