Why Are Live-Action Remakes So Annoying?

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Why Are Live-Action Remakes So Annoying?
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Until studios get out of their own way, it's hard to be excited about anything jumping from cartoons to live-action.

wipe away the stink of the 2010 movie. But to be blunt about that, using one adaptation to eliminate another from the minds of those who still care about that sort of thing feelsNot that every piece of media needs to come with a certificate showing it has a legal right to be created, but a lot of remakes just do not work at justifying their own existence. We basically get them because their names carry weight—are two action-fantasy properties whose fanbases inhale new additions like candy.

And for newcomers, bringing something to live-action allows them to watch something they heard was great without copping to the fact that they heard it was actually a cartoon. This transition often feels like a massive implied insult, made all the weirder by the number of remakes and adaptations that don’t really succeed at getting out of their predecessor’s shadow, even with the best efforts of all involved.

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