Seriously, why?

The movies of my childhood are precious things.  Labyrinth, Ghostbusters, The Crow, Annie, The Goonies, Gremlins, IT, Dirty Dancing, Drop Dead Fred.  All of them have had an impact on my vocabulary, my outlook on life (Clowns are evil, don't feed any pets after midnight, etc).

And yet.....all of these movies are either in the process of being remade or brought back in sequels that do nothing to improve the original (I'm looking at you, Bill& Ted and Ghostbusters).

Why?  

Why do we feel the need to take the precious things of the past and ruin them?  Sure, we drag the McRib out of the bowels every year and dust it off like it's something shin, but I can't believe that there aren't any creative scripts floating around out there....ones that are blatant rip offs of the movies we loved from the past, but with subtle changes to make it less obvious that the writer just watched all 6 Star Wars and was inspired to craft a stirring saga about a wisecracking space smuggler who is unknowingly recruited to fight against an evil intergalactic empire.  

Write new things, people.

Stop destroying my childhood.  

Coffee Zombie

Coffee is amazing.  Blonde roast, dark roast, espresso....any time, any place, any format.

All those movies that start with a zombie apocalypse?  I'll bet you anything it starts not with a bio-engineered virus, or evil monkeypox, or because hell was full, but with a worldwide coffee shortage.  Suddenly, people won't be able to get their daily fix at Starbucks, Coffee Bean, or whatever local java joint they prefer.  Supermarket shelves will be emptier than the ammo section of Wal Mart after the last election.  No coarse ground, no french press, no chocolate covered espresso beans, no frappucinos.  That will be the start of the apocalypse.  Hoards of caffeine-deprived zombies will roam the streets, substituting the sweet jolt one gets from that first sip of joe with the satisfying crunch of braaaiiiiiinnnnsssss.....

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