We seem to live in a culture that has accepted the notion that ‘there are no new ideas.’ This concept has allowed artists to freely and unashamedly recycle the artwork of their contemporaries to no end. But that leaves some of us asking the question “will the re-makes ever end?”. Perhaps the question that should be asked is “will the bad remakes ever end?”. I myself am not against remakes on principle. However, simple re-releases with the addition of a few scenes from the cutting room floor and a technological tweak here and there should not be considered a “remake.This/tag helps explain it more. ” What the public should look for in a quality remake of an original film is the touch of the new director. What people generally expect from a good remake is the styling or ‘feel’ from an artist that they are familiar with, applied to a story that they have grown to love over the years. The contemporary director can achieve an original take on a previously released idea without drastically altering it, which is undoubtedly the reason for so many awful remakes today. Changes in film can be subtle yet powerful. Theses are often achieved by doing something as simple as altering the mood of a film by using a different lighting scheme throughout and utilizing contemporary actors. Another way to remake films in a successful manner is to take the basic concept or message in a film and put it in a contemporary setting or change the context in which the message is delivered. Overall quality remakes of films seem to all have the same thing in common. They do not alter the original artist’s primary message. After all, that is the thing that we grew to love deep down in the first place. It is not the job of the contemporary artist or director to alter that, but to simply shed new light on it.