Come on guys, am I really this old?! The trend of remaking Hollywood greats from the 80′s has finally taken hold. It started slowly for sure, what with Kevin Tanchoreon’s reboot of Fame (1980 to 2009), Samuel Bayer’s remake of Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 to 2010) and Jason Winer’s recent Arthur (1981 to 2011) probably as a means of testing the waters– seeing how it would appear to remake films in which the original stars are still in fact movie stars. And now, after proving these movies have a semblance (although not a very good semblance) of a chance at the box office, remakes of Howard Zieff’s Private Benjamin, Gary Marshall’s Overboard, Tom Holland’s Fright Night and Herbert Ross’s Footloose are all in the works.

And after watching the recently released (and seemingly shot-by-shot) trailer for Craig Brewer’s Footloose, I am left screaming, “Are you kidding me?!” I mean, not only did I grow up on these movies (a not so long time ago), but these movies are still very popular and beloved! Weekends spent flipping through VH1, WE, and Comedy Central continue to prove these films’ timelessness (well, at least for the time being) and relevancy.

Aren’t the point of remakes to remake films that have somehow left public consciousness, like in Les Mayfield’s Miracle on 34th Street or in Nancy Meyer’s The Parent Trap (both of which, I maintain, compete for the better of the two original films), or to present a somewhat new perspective, like in James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma or Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead ? If not, what exactly are these remakes offering, except for maybe bad acting and a strong lacking of originality?

Take the new Footloose for example: all that the new trailer seems to be selling is bad music, a Chris Penn look alike (downright creepy), Step Up style  dancing, and sad reminders that Andie MacDowell and Dennis Quaid don’t hold the same sort of clout that they once did. Is that really enough to make up for the fact that Hollywood’s so strapped for original and marketable plot lines that they’ll remake a hit movie that came out a little over 25 years ago?! I mean, come on Banterers, when are we going to stand up and say that enough is enough? Leave my youthful favorites alone!

Watch the new Footloose trailer below (at your own risk, that is):