Back in '82 we had better movies?

I have given this subject very little thought, but I’m convinced my opinion is important. I hate re-make movies.

At first I was disappointed in Hollywood. I wish I could say they keep digging deeper, but they don’t. The current re-makes are shamelessly recent. I used to feel shocked when I found out that a movie I hate were re-makes (and the original is “so much better”). Now, everyone knows about re-makes before the movie is even being made (and the original is only better because we were too young to realize how much it sucked).

Hollywood is just like the record industry; they give us what we want. I’m disappointed in the American consumer.

We used to be cool. We used to sell cool. Our music, movies, and clothes used to find their way into black markets in China (among other places), because they bought it (the products and the image).

How are we going to keep exporting our best seller (cool) if we can’t even demand it for ourselves? The American consumer is like Uncle Rico. We continually try to re-live the past. “Back in '82, I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile.” No, we couldn’t, and we certainly won’t be able to in the future. Give up the football dream and make a new movie.