Remakes

So today's post comes a lot out of anger for film remakes. In some cases, such The Longest Yard, they work, but in other cases, such as Psycho. In some cases, I like the reboot of films like Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise. However, day after day I am reading stories about how a new film, especially from the 80s is being remade. The newest film I heard talk of a remake is the 80s cult classic remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films. I am so disappointed of the news of this because these films were made famous for using unique effects and poor and cheesy acting from lead actor Bruce Campbell. TV series have also made attempts at remakes of TV shows that were classics of the past. Hawaii-Five-O has had success since its relaunch while Charlies Angels last a few shows. A show that is being remade now is The Munsters. Again I find myself extremely disappointed. That show was a classic. When will executives learn that certain films and shows should be left untouched. Has Hollywood run out of a good story? It would seem that way. Times are changing, so let the stories change with it, but please no more middle eastern and war based films because they have run their course in the last decade. Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, was actually in the process of writing an Osama bin Laden film where Navy Seals hunted down the terrorist king, but failed. However, since the capture and killing of bin Laden, she re-wrote the script to have the ending fit to match reality. In my opinion this is an original story, and was pleased to hear about it. It made me happier to know that she re-wrote the ending to match reality. This is where I hope the trend will begin. Let's get away from remaking classics and ruining them. Others may feel different, but its like the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's my rant for the day. So goodnight and good luck.