Whilst I agree that re-makes rarely, if ever, come up to the standard of the original, I suspect that we are all making the mistake of thinking that we are the target audience. There are millions of people who have never seen any of the great cinematic classics and who probably wouldn't want to see them performed, as they are, by movie stars of the past, without the benefit of modern film-making techniques or without great special effects. My young daughter would find something like The Wizard Of Oz lame or hokey (to use an Americanism). Granted, modern film making techniques can't substitute good acting but there are some films that could stand a re-make, if only to get them out to a new audience. I don't want to see "To Kill A Mockingbird" with anyone else playing Atticus Finch, I can't even read the book without seeing Gregory Peck, his performance could never be bettered for me, but does that mean that anyone under 30 is never going to see a film version of the book? They're not likely to go and sit through a grainy old black and white movie to watch an actor who was a hero to their parents and grandparents, nor would todays kids want to see the original "Around the World in 80 Days", made a year before I was born. It may seem that there are a lot more re-makes of movies these days, just as it seems that a lot more of the old songs are being re-worked and foisted onto an unsuspecting young market, but equally, it may be that we are all getting old. Isn't the music of "our" generation better? Weren't the actors more majestic? The sports stars more herioc? The next generation wants its own heroes, whether better or worse.