Are remakes ruining entertainment?

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

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

You're assuming remakes are a plague, but you've got it backwards. Remakes aren't ruining entertainment, they're democratizing it. A 1982 film locked behind cultural gatekeeping suddenly reaches billions through a 2023 remake. Worse films get better storytelling. Niche properties find mainstream audiences who'd never discover them otherwise. Yes, some remakes fail, but so do original films at a far higher rate. The real issue isn't remakes existing, it's your nostalgia making you confuse "different from what I loved" with "objectively worse." Studios greenlight remakes because they work commercially and creatively. That's not corruption of art, that's capitalism meeting audience demand. So what's your actual grievance, or are you just romanticizing a past you never lived?