Remakes...Sequels...and Bad Acting, Oh My...Part II

So they remade the Pink Panther, with Steve Martin as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Uh...why? No offense to Steve, since he's a good actor in some movies. But I think this role is wrong for him. I just can't picture him as Inspector Clouseau. And the point of Beyonce' Knowles in this movie is why? All right, we get it. Beyonce' is an extremely attractive woman. But as far as sex appeal and popularity, that's why they cast the double-D breasted, poppy blonde sort-of-diva Jessica Simpson in the role of Daisy Duke. Sex, sex, and some more sex. That's showbiz, I assume.

I thought Hollywood learned its lesson when it recreated the adventures of the Dukes of Hazzard.

With the exception on King Kong (the latest remake), My Fair Lady (the Audrey Heburn adaption) and a thimbleful of others, I just don't understand the point of remakes. The (original) Little Mermaid would probably scare kids these days. I would know because I have seen both versions, and Disney's sugarcoated "Ariel the Mermaid" version doesn't stack up to the original, lacking the drama of the first one. Sure, there were some peppy tunes in the sountrack, but it's whatever makes a ginormous corporation like Disney lots of money, I guess.

You might as well remake Gone With the Wind.

Britney Spears as Scarlett O'Hara. Jennifer Love Hewitt as Melanie Wilkes. Ashley Wilkes could be played be Ashlee Simpson, as she is rather "mannish"...and Martin Lawrence as Mammy, since he likes dressing up like "Big Momma" so much. Whatever is popular these days, I suppose.

Whatever happened to just making a good movie for the sake of making a good movie?! Jeez.

"Britney O'Hara."