Remakes, reboots, and sequels like The Lion King, Top Gun, and Iron Man dominate at the box office… even though critics and audiences prefer original content. This paradox has a simple explanation: the power of nostalgia. Lou looks at the psychology behind our affection for old ideas.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Nostalgia Past, Present, and Future
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~crsi/S...

Nostalgia: Content, Triggers, Functions
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1439...

Klein on Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes and Reboots
https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/klei...

Leitch on There’s No Nostalgia like Hollywood Nostalgia
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/7/4/10...

Ho on How Hollywood manipulates you by using your childhood memories
https://qz.com/1108122/how-hollywood-...


CREDITS
Writer: Louis Foglia
Editor: Page Ellerson
Researcher: Dushyant Naresh
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown

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