What's with all these remakes, Hollywood?!

As most of you know, I'm not a huge fan of remakes. I find that it's Hollywood's way of saying they aren't as clever as they used to be and therefore they feel the need to dig something up from the past and re-do it, just in a shittier way. The one I was most pissed off about was when they remade "A Nightmare On Elm Street" & "Friday The 13th" . I don't get how you can remake those two without pissing someone off..As the title of this post implies, there's way too many remakes that have been/are being made; and there is still more to come due to laziness- In this post, I intend on telling you three [obviously, I can't go through every remake coming up; that would take too long] of the newest remakes, that Hollywood has plans on throwing our way.. 

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NUMBER 1; Gremlins.

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Wait.. Gremlins is getting remade? It seems so; according to Vulture; which is an online pop culture blog, it's not for sure- but it's certainly possible..

"Our sources tell us that, in keeping with Hollywood’s mandated pop culture recycling program, Warner Bros. Pictures is negotiating with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to reboot their 1984 horror comedy, "Gremlins". We’re also told negotiations of this sort have happened several times over the years, but making Spielberg’s deal always proved too daunting… our sources tell us that it might just actually come off this time."

 So if Spielberg says yes, which is certainly a possibility- I guess that means to expect a new Gremlins movie sometime soon.. I just hope they don't feed the idea to Spielberg after midnight, *witty joke 101*

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NUMBER 2; The Never-Ending Story.

 

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Sometimes I feel like these remakes are trying to kill me, or maybe it's just Hollywood; because this is my childhood that they're messing with! Set to be released in 2014, we still have a while to watch the original and convince ourselves that it's the only version allowed to be in existence.. seriously, don't fuck with Falkor. He's a freakin' luck dragon. However, apparently, just like Gremlins, the new developers are having technical difficulties getting the rights to the original characters and story. and with Leonardo DiCaprio onboard with this remake..

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NUMBER 3; American Psycho.

 

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This one has to be on the list because I'm a little indifferent about it.I really enjoy the version with Christian Bale as noted above.. However, I also feel that the movie doesn't give it enough justice [from the small amount I've read from the book- it's a million times more violent, guess I better actually read the whole book?] But for what it was; it was well done. Now, there's a remake on the way; and not very much is known about what to expect and who is going to be in it. All that is really known is it's going to be updated to modern day New York City, and leave the Wall Street backdrop behind.. Even though this is the main focus of the story-line. ugh.

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So there it is.. three remakes that I feel shouldn't be remade; or atleast, not anytime soon. Especially The Never-Ending Story, that shit was my childhood.. and it's timeless. [at least, I think so] What about you guys, the readers? Do you feel like these movies should be remade? Why or why not?

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