October 25, 2018

Remix: To combine or edit existing material to make something new.

The idea of remixing is not new to me at all. I really enjoyed taking a different perspective of some of the senses in Star Wars and how they reflect other less known movie scenes.

My first reaction to “remixing” was that the works that are remixed should be discredited. Stealing someone else’s work should be  taken as a very serious offence. However, the more I thought about it my opinion changed. Almost all of the great works of art, literature, and film borrow and remix from others. For example the attack on the Death Star, in Star Wars, is almost an exact copy of the movie Dam Busters from 1955. Works like Star Wars are great, because we love them, they appeal to human emotion. It shouldn’t matter if they are remixes, they still appeal.

Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands of all time. I knew that most of their was copied from other artists.  I don’t think that it is wrong to borrow lonesome work and put your own spin onto it. If anything it adds a new way for humans to experience emotion.

Haroun has many elements of remix. It reads and ends like many other children stories. They good guy has a problem and goes on an adventure. He meets supporting companions along the way and learns about his quest. Then he vanquishes the bad guy, gets the girl and goes home. It focuses on the idea of good vs. evil. I found that I was a little disappointed to find that, in fact, the end would be happy after all.

Ice Ice Baby remixes Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, that latter is one of my favorite songs.

Star Wars Scenes Comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M