Imagine if the ONLY films deemed in need of a remake were already the most influential and acclaimed ones so every few years there was a new Jaws or a new 2001 A Space Odyssey, etc made for the sake of people who refuse to get why those movies were important to begin with
I still respect film snobs a thousand times more than “gamers” because if The Godfather got remade starring Robert Downey Jr and all greenscreen CGI backgrounds, you would not be seeing nearly as much of “well the original is pretty dated, it’s not perfect!”
A lot of people can’t comprehend why film studios are willing to go through with remakes of movies like Lilo & Stitch and Ocean’s Eleven, while Citizen Kane and Apocalypse Now are absolutely off the table.
I didn't miss it, not once. And considering we have a presidential election coming up that this site will almost certainly make a living nightmare, I think it's best if I step away.