okie, thanks for the explanation, Gawain.
I am often amazed to see some movie/show on TV, think "What crap!" and much later on, accidentally find out it was actually a remake of some older movie/show...
Most remakes suck, although naturally people have the tendency to remember the ones that don't; however, I think it's really really sad that there are very few new ideas, and that all we get is remakes of remakes with more glitz or special effects...

Also, while the idea of a remake is not bad in and by itself, my personal impression is that most of the remakes prove that the producers only had one thing in mind when making it: money. It's all this sequel/prequel (now these seem to be hot) crap, where if one worked, 3 more follow it to squeeze more money from the public, even though few of them are worth it. Of course it's also the public's fault...

Oh well, I guess I'm just being bitter today
Wait, it's not just today, I'm bitter every day... Oh nevermind.