Hollywood Writers Block

Hollywood has officially lost whatever originality it once had. 2005 looks to have once again upped the ante on sequels, remakes and comic book movies. In a perfect world they would put out nothing but those, that way they wouldn't ever have to think all year long. I am not completely anti-sequel or comic book movie per se, but enough is enough. Have they learned nothing from the remakes of "Planet of the Apes" or "The Truth About Charlie", which was a remake of "Charade". If Tim Burton and Jonathan Demme can both make pitiful remakes of great films then who exactly can do it right? Proving that everyone in Hollywood is completely cut off from the real world, they both decided to follow up with another remake. Demme with the very average "Manchurian Candidate" and Burton with the soon to fall flat on it's face "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". As if this isn't bad enough, lets fast forward to 10 or 15 years from now. Soon all the great movies will have been remade and we will be forced to sit through remakes and sequels of average movies. Just picture it, getting in line to watch the Tim Burton remake of Deep Impact. It is only getting worse people. Soon you will only have that and a few bad comic book movies to choose from, all conveniently playing on 5 screens each at your local theater.

This would make a great SciFi/Horror movie idea, but sadly Hollywood has no interest in new ideas anymore.