BBC Focus 02.2020

62 %

Yes,the

originals

arealways

better

15 %

Meh.I don’t

mind.Each

totheirown

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LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR PUBLICATION

In last month’s Reality Check (p36 we asked why the past looks

so rosy, and if too much nostalgia could blind us to new

experiences. But we also wondered whether everyone was fed up

with the stream of reboots and spin-os of much-loved films. So

we headed over to Twitter to ask our followers:

ARE YOU FED UP OF THE REMAKES,

P R E Q U E L S A N D S P I N - O F F S T H A T S E E M

TO DOMINATE OUR SCREENS?

17 %

Yes, but I

watch them

anyway

6 %
No, give
me more
nostalgia!
GET T Y IMAGES, ANDREW COT TERILL

“WE SPOT THE MOON FROM

EARTH ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW

BEAUTIFUL IT MIGHT BE SEEING

OUR PLANET FROM THERE?”

DR ELISA RAFFAELLA FERRÈ , p