I had a shower thought last night that it would be cool if Dune or some of those older classics had a modern ramake applied across the books to revamp them and update them with what we know now in terms of technology, our ability to imagine and make the style of writing more palatable to younger/new audiences.
I had a couple of friends try read the dune books and said they really struggled with the style of writing and English.
Is this a dumb thought lol
Authors have updated their works e.g. Frankenstein rewrite in 1831, Dickens also updated at least A Tale of Two Cities possibly some others.
There was a thing in the 1980s or so, when Ted Turner bought up a bunch of classic black and white movies, and started colourizing them. People got really up in arms. George Lucas, and Woody Allen testified in front of some sort committee, and I believe a law was passed prohibiting the alteration of films without the consent of the original creators.
Personally, if it’s done by the author, or with their consent, I see no problem. But if not, then it should be left alone. With one exception: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58398068