Will It Never End???

Let me start today by stating that for the most part I have a deep problem with remakes. This is mostly because it seems like EVERYTHING that is so called "new" in theaters now a days is a remake or an adaptation or something of the sort. Me seeing a movie in theaters and seeing the previews usually ends up with me having a thought process that leads me to the same conclusion every time:

THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL IDEAS ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just look at the movies that are in theaters on a day to day basis. I would bet that at least half of them are a remake of an older film (and more and more the term "older" seems to become more brood, something could just be 10 years old and it seems like it can be worthy of a remake), is an adaptation of some television show, or is based off of a book, although the tv show and book adaptions I am a bit more forgiving with. However, the further this goes, the more "based on a true story" is starting to bug me. But even the movies that are not in one or more of these categories, you can see references to other films. There are similar story lines so often that it just blows my mind.

But these ones I can mostly forgive. The person that wrote these film could just not have realized at that very moment and somehow no one else mentioned or noticed this until it was far too late if at all.

But as I was exploring around IMDb just now, I realized something. This is something that I probably have realized 100 times before but was just reinforced again. The question is will it ever end? Will we ever reach a point that filmmakers will all say in unison that they just can't touch some sort of material.

Anyways, I decided to look up the movie Saw (2004) [which may I say could easily be another tangent of mine going off of the ridiculousness of sequels now a day]. But from Saw I looked up the actor Cary Elwes, whom I have always loved because of his portrayal of Wesley in The Princess Bride (1987), and saw that in his upcoming films is Yellow Submarine with the date of release being a bunch of question marks. The Beatles Yellow Submarine has been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl although I haven't seen it in years; I even have a Yellow Submarine coffee mug. I couldn't believe that they would remake the original animated film from 1968 so I had to look into it. Please, you tell me if there is any significant difference in the descriptions:

1968 

The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.

????

A 3-D adaptation of the classic Beatles animated feature in which the British pop band traveled to a magical place called Pepperland in their yellow submarine to drive away the evil Blue Meanies.

I really do not see any difference except for the use of 3D in the adaptation! Which I do have so say that the use of 3D is one thing that I'm sick of. Its a fad that needs to pass just like it did in the 80s, even though the technology is 100x better now.

I'm not saying that Yellow Submarine is some great film that should not be touched, not by a long shot. All I am saying is that if we are going this far whats next? Before we know it will we be making a direct remake of The Wizard of Oz???? God I hope not, that is one that I think should not be touched in that way.

Now at the beginning of this I did say that it was for the most part that I have a deep issue with remakes. But let me just say, that I am a complete and total hypocrite when it comes to this. While it deeply bugs me and I may bitch and moan, many of these films I so see and I do like! I also so like being able to compare it to the original. This is especially true when it comes to movies that are off of books that I have read. I love being able to enjoy a movie all the while complain about how much better the book is!

So all I'm saying is that don't judge me. I know that I am a hypocrite and that there is something very wrong with this.