I pity the fool who remakes 80s classics

People of the 80s rejoice, Fox Pictures remake of The A-Team has been pushed back from a 2009 release to 2010. The director John Singleton has left the project and so has the only actor to be linked to playing any of the four characters. I personally am hoping that this project goes the way of the dodo and becomes extinct.
The actor linked to play B.A. Baracus (Mr T), was none other that Tyrese Gibson! No I'm not saying that hes a bad actor, its just that I don't think that there is anyone capable of filling those big gold chains, let alone the guy who so far has had secondary roles in 2 Fast, 2 Furious and Transformers.

There has been an influx of news relating to retro remakes of 1980s film and television of late, especially those concering artificial intelligence. The man who directing Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is now shooting Terminator Salvation, a re-boot of the cyborg franchise. Knight Rider has made a comeback to American TV screens this month, without David Hasslehoff. And rumours are strong that a script for a new Robocop movie are doing the rounds in Hollywood. There is also a planned franchise restart for Beverley Hills Cop, which some say is the only memory left that Eddie Murphy once had a career!

For the love of my childhood memories, this has to stop! I awaken every day fearing that the Variety or Empire wesbites will be carrying a story about Back to the Future 4 or Bill and Teds Lastest Adventure.

Ghostbusters has now been mooted for a comeback by many people in the film industry. Some say that it will be the reuniting of the old cast for one last, which could be good, others sources are stating a new cast (possibly Seth Rogan and the usual Judd Apatow movie suspects), which sounds all kinds of bad.

I think the final message to movie executives would be to find some new ideas, hire inspired people and not to get desperate enough to look backwards to cash in on previous successes. When you re-invent, re-start or re-imagine past movies, you are not just kick starting a commercial venture, you are playing with the happy memories of so many peoples childhood!