Hollywood's fetish for remakes has gone way too far, and they're not showing any signs of stopping anytime soon.

The most common justification for remakes is the younger audience. Bloody teens. So many franchises which still had life left in them, being replaced by inferior versions. All because most teens are likely too stupid to show appreciation and respect for movies of the past. They're too lazy to look up movies on the Internet, which could allow them to find series, old and new alike, of potential interest to them.

There's also the ridiculous fact of many newcomers to a series not being able to follow the story, not having seen any of the previous entries, thus requiring a reboot, or a remake. Idiots. When I'm introduced to a new franchise via say, the third movie (or game), and assuming I couldn't start from the beginning for whatever reason, instead of asking for whole stories to be ignored or retconned, I just look up said series on the net, I try to find the previous movies/games. But hey, many people can't be bothered to do that, as it requires a semblance of effort.

I admit this thread was posted largely with the new Freddy Krueger in mind. It just annoys me a great deal that this version made it in MK9 instead of the true Freddy. His moves and fatalities are great, but when I look at his face, it's almost like a completely unoriginal new character taking his place, rather than Freddy himself. And I'm afraid that if Michael Myers made a guest appearance in a MK game (or any games for that matter), we'd get the one from the remake. Goddamn Hollywood and their lack of creativity.