The original post: /r/television by /u/flyawaywithmeee on 2026-05-06 19:10:30+00:00.
I just saw the trailer and the closest thing I can think of to this feeling was finding out about the live action remake of the Avatar series. Now I loooved Avatar as a kid, and like a lot of people I was also disappointed by the old live action movie. But I wasn’t really excited to see a live action remake show, in fact I just binged the original again because why mess with a good thing?
I don’t know how to explain it, I’m sure the new Avatar is great and the cast and crew did a fantastic job, just as I’m sure there’s a lot of work behind this new Harry Potter series to make it come out great, but we already have the books and the movies held up incredibly well, it just seems unnecessary. Like I wouldn’t touch Home Alone, it’s great as it is, and I can go back to it whenever, so when people say “it’s for kids today” I think, hmm unless there’s been such huge leaps in cgi that just HAVE to be shown, if the story still stands, I’m pretty sure the original work will resonate with new generations just the same.
And yes I get it, it’s for money at the end of the day, but apart from that, what do you guys think of remakes?