You had me at LOL: some notes for the You’ve Got Mail reboot
Substackers in love, dodgy romance scams and Jeff Bezos as the dashing lead … the film-makers behind the remake of the dial-up classic will be facing an embarrassment of pitches Assuming you have already heard about the You’ve Got Mail reboot, you are probably in one of two states.
Key points
- It’s about two people who use the futuristic new technology of email (email is no longer new) to communicate, despite being rival booksellers (nobody reads books any more), and eventually begin a relationship (nobody wants to be in a relationship any more).
- The film is almost 28 years old, and it shows every single day of its age.
Quite frankly, if there was ever a film in dire need of a reboot, then it’s You’ve Got Mail.
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