Should Kotter be Welcomed Back?

Earlier this week it was announced that rapped/actor/producer Ice Cube will portray the lead character in “Welcome Back Kotter” the movie. My problem with this? Nothing to do will Cube and everything to do with another remake. Hollywood refuses to accept the fact that people would like to see something original and great, but we will at least take original and good. At this point in time the only way to see a somewhat original movie is at the Sundance Festival.

Take a look around and you realize most movies today fall into certain categories. A few of those are movies adapted from books, video games, tv shoes, or the always orginal remake of an old movie that has been remade at least twice before such “The Shaggy Dog”. I went to IMDB and actually tried without success to lower my eyebrows from there highly raised position after seeing the movie seems to have been remade more than 8 times counting made for tv movies.

I cannot recall the last movie I considered original and I really cannot recall the last movie I actually enjoyed. Taking a great book and brining it to the big screen I have actually don’t have a problem with that. Taking old tv shows which wouldn’t play out now. I do. That also goes for an old movie remade today. Such as the remake of The Stepford Wives. The movie wasn’t all that bad honestly but if you are going to make a movie how about deciding whether the women are roborts or brainwashed. That movie was more confusing than I care to remember.

Movies, especially big blockbuster’s are made to get our money and make the studios richer. We all know that. The studios and everyone else in Hollywood are the only ones who seem to be clueless. You want our money then give us a reason to go the movies instead of waiting for the movie to come out on cable.