But as OP pointed out, the story is now the public reaction to the assassination.

And I can't stress this enough. In previous times, the media would not have been covering the public reaction. It's actually remarkable they're giving it the attention it deserves.

**This is due to the near unanimity of it;

That we are in an era where nearly all Americans do not trust institutions (haven't been here since Watergate);

And that the establishment (media, corporations, the political class) were caught off guard by the public's reaction.**

The right doesn't analyze any of this fully. They just realize the reality of public opinion is easy to game in order to seize power. And were ahead of everyone in realizing we're already here.

The liberals weren't aware things are where they are, and seek to understand it better, but only with the goal of fixing the unfixable. Maintaining capitalism.

The left i think expected things to get here but maybe didn't realize things already were here. And now are left scrambling to organize, unprepared to take advantage of public sentiment in order to move forward with any type of equitable future.

It's not a good place to be. It could be good in the long run, but it might be worse considering where the chess pieces are.

Also worth mentioning, there's a bit of debate among researchers about whether or not the Bison population at that point was "natural."

The Columbian exchange (1492-1600) caused smallpox outbreaks all throughout the Americas. And not just where conquistadors and settlers went. Indigenous Americans had trade routes from the Arctic to Chile. Their populations weren't isolated. And not just smallpox. Bubonic plague, chickenpox, cholera, the common cold, diphtheria, influenza, malaria, measles, scarlet fever, STIs, typhoid, typhus, tuberculosis and pertussis.

The leading estimate is that 90% of natives died during that time.

The North American plains bison only has two predators. Wolves, and people. So if you suddenly remove 90% of an organisms lead predator, guess what?

Also, people forget natives didn't have horses until the Spanish came. And previous to hunting bison via horseback, they hunted them the same way humans hunted large game in the ice age. Running a herd off a cliff.

This hunting method is one of the reasons researchers believe early humans drive so many megafauna to extinction. It's not a method conducive to repopulating the heard.

For sure.

It seems like what's missing in modern remakes is a willingness to try something new and in the present context. But I have a hunch it's less so film makers wanting to and more so studios wanting a guarantee on return.

Good art tends not to work that way. It's always going to involve risk.

A rare film where the remake was better