Attack of the Remakes

Okay,
Now remember the late seventies and the eighties? This was a pretty unique time for cinema because so many ideas were pushed through to film and good of bad they were produced into what have become cult classics today. Films like the Karate Kid, Footloose, Back to the Future, The Thing, They Live, Red Dawn, the list goes on and on, these films were not great films but they are films we remember and love for what they are, reflections or memories of our past.
Well today's trend is taking the past and putting a modern spin on it, or revamping old films because apparently the well of new ideas is rather dry. Some of these remakes have already been seen such as Jackie Chan's Karate Kid or the new Nightmare on Elm St. I would like to say that these films have been wildly successful and have created a new genre of film, but sadly they are box office bombs and whatever genre they create it will be a bad one.
These films are classics but it doesn't mean they were good movies in the first place. Films like Red Dawn, Conan, They Live were moderately successful because they were "new" ideas and "fresh" breaths to the box office. Now these films are being reproduced and to this movie goer the outlook is grim.

My thoughts on it is why would I want to see this movie when I've already seen it. Take Clash of the Titans. I didn't see the new 2010 3d remake because I had already seen the original in 2d with real bad special affects and even worst claymations. Same thing goes for Nightmare on Elm st. Why would I want to sit through a new movie when the only staggering success to come out of the original was Johnny Depp. So beware movie fans, you're in for one bad flash back after another as in the next two years over fifty five movies are set to be remade.
Some of those include:
Red Dawn
Conan
Fright Night
They Live
Near Dark
Footloose
Short Cirtcut
Straw Dogs
Porkeys
Meatballs
Akira
The Birds
The Last Starfighter
Death Wish
Evil Dead
and Knight Rider

How sad, it's like we have to vomit up the eighties because they weren't depressing enough the first time. It's a dark time for Hollywood fans, will a successful film industry survive?

Just my thoughts
J.