From 2016 on, the big and small screens have seen reboot after reboot and adaptation after adaptation. Our childhood books, TV shows and movies are redone for new audiences and there appears to be no end in sight.

As someone who wants to write books and create TV shows and movies, I am a little peeved at all the adaptations. It seems like no matter what new and exciting content comes out, there will be a reboot of a classic TV show or another Marvel movie. I want to see something new, not a rehash of the same plot and characters.

It is only a matter of time before the movies and TV shows we grew up with get rebooted for a younger audience. Disney has already started this process with “Cinderella,” “The Jungle Book” and “Beauty and the Beast.”  The original movies were classics in their own right and the time and money can be better spent creating new movies that will become classics as well.  

I myself read a number of books and can see the appeal of turning them into movies and or TV shows. However, once the new media comes out, everyone goes up in arms about the characters, the plot and how the show/movie does not follow the book word for word. Never mind film is a completely different medium, relying on visuals and TV relying on dialogue and visuals to keep the story going. Often the reboots do not truly capture the spirit of the original, which is the most important part of any adaptation. There will always be those who refuse to have anything to do with the new adaptation for one reason or another and you cannot please everyone. I am not saying that we should end all adaptations, I instead only ask that we pace ourselves.