C3PX said:
I couldn't agree more about the disposable mentality. But I do think that in some cases, some stories are just too good to let go. And that is where you see two different mentalities behind various sequels and remakes.

Some remakes really strive to take a loved story and give it a new spin. And others just seek to remake an old film because they see the opportunity to potentially to rake in cash because of it.

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Thus far, the current century seems to have been wholly devoted to remakes, sequels, reboots, spin-off, and adaptions or readaptions of well known books and comics. At this point, I think we are all pretty sick of it and are frantically reaching for the window hoping for a breath of freash air.

Well spoken C3PX. I absolutely detest the disposable mentality, whether it applies to movies or just consumerism in general. But this thread is interesting. As just an intellectual excercise, it is interesting to explore these 'what if's' in the alternate reality of imagination.