Are remakes ruining entertainment?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are remakes ruining entertainment?". Your opponent's style: Oscar Wilde

To be specific I want to say remakes mean making the same movie in different languages. I think they are not ruining entertainment provided they are not changing the story or the fundamental essence of what the author wanted to express

You've defined them so narrowly they're harmless by accident. But that's not what remakes actually are—they're radical reimaginings. When Kurosawa's "Rashomon" became "Vantage Point," when "Ring" became American horror, they *must* change to survive translation. Language isn't costume you swap out; it's DNA. Cultural context, humor, pacing, even what frightens an audience—all shift. You're essentially arguing remakes are fine if they don't actually remake anything. That's not a defense of remakes, that's a defense of subtitles. Real remakes—the ones people make—inevitably alter essence because different cultures demand different stories. Your definition works only if remakes stay invisible, which defeats their entire purpose.

Okay then to be more clear, I am against remakes if they change the stories because then the artform thought from the author's perspective is destroyed and the impact or the message is diluted. If a bad remake is made, it gets heavy backlash which has an effect on the originator even if he wrote a good story, in general increases enrage in the industry

You're conflating two entirely separate problems. Yes, bad remakes are unfortunate, but that's a *quality* issue, not a remake issue. We don't ban sequels because some are terrible. We don't ban adaptations because Hollywood bungled them. The original work survives intact—Kurosawa's "Rashomon" isn't diminished because an American version exists. Audiences aren't stupid; they distinguish between them. And backlash? That's the market working perfectly. It punishes mediocrity and rewards fidelity. Your real complaint is sloppy execution, not remakes themselves. A brilliant remake that honors the source material while speaking to new audiences is pure artistic expansion, not destruction. The author's vision isn't a fragile thing killed by interpretation—it's strengthened by it.