Hollywood apparently thinks so; either that, or it's just fresh out of original ideas. In addition to the current '80s-themed "Hot Tub Time Machine," check out this list of upcoming motion picture releases (link below):-Clash of the Titans (4/2 release) (I guess this makes some sense given the new 3-D genre).
-The Karate Kid (6/11 release) (I would leave the original alone).
-The A-Team (6/11 release) (a personal favorite of mine).
-Red Dawn (11/24 release) (This time the Chinese invade. The original's OK for nostalgia, but that's about it. Why would you remake this?).
-The Thing (2011 release) (the '80s version was itself a remake, so why not?).
-21 Jumpstreet (no release date yet) (I hadn't even heard this title since the '80s themselves -- Why remake?).
-Poltergeist (no release date yet) (Will this movie be "cursed" like the original was?).
-Ghostbusters III (no release date yet) (Enough already!).
-The Smurfs (no release date yet) (Good Grief! NO!).
Looking at this list, I think the only one which I have any real interest in seeing is The A-Team. That's partly because I want to see if the A-Team actually kills their first bad guy this time around.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-eighties28-2010mar28,0,802635.story
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