It is hard to write an original story.
I'll go one step further. I don't think there are any new stories. There's a finite number of archetypical stories, maybe less than 20, and that simply won't change until the human condition is fundamentally different.
As it is, though, all humans eat, poop, dream, fuck, and die. Until we add something, or no longer have to do one of those, I don't think the stories will change.
On the other hand it seems like technology changes how certain plots can be resolved. For instance,
An Affair to Remember is simply ludicrous in a world of cell phones.
AbE:
It has been a thought of mine to convince a repertory company to do the multi-form versions of a single plot.
Oo! Oo! You could do stage versions of "Yojimbo", "A Fistful of Dollars," and "Last Man Standing" (the Bruce Willis/Christopher Walkhen 30's-era gangster flick). As well as "Star Wars" and "The Hidden Fortress."
This message has been edited by crashfrog, 10-11-2004 04:06 PM