When growing up, movies would come out and I would hear my dad say, “Oh ya, I saw that movie when they made it back in the 1960s!”  It always meant my dad was older than me… he remembered decades that I didn’t even exist in.  Movie remakes happen, but they seem to be happening at a great pace. 

The reason I bring this up is that they’re going to remake Spiderman.  SPIDERMAN… you know the movie that just came out a few years ago.  The original Spiderman was released in 2002.  The film’s maker (Sony, I believe) has decided to drop Tobey McGuire and start the whole thing over.  Huh?  You just started it. 

Then you have other movies like The Incredible Hulk that were kind of rebooted, but really weren’t.  They were both pretty big messes. 

I can’t wait to take my son to see the remake of Avatar in a couple years.  I’ll tell him “Ya, I remember when this movie came before you were even born!”