[Doc Faustus]

These remakes are not really grossing that much and are alienating fans. One thing you need to succeed artistically is repeat business regardless of what level you're working at. I'm a small press writer with a very small fan base that trusts me. They know that if I write something, I'm going to make sure it's a quality original product that does not compromise my vision. If I write a collection of Desperate Housewives fanfic, they might not trust the next book I put out. So, I don't. It's going to be a bitter pill for a lot of these directors writing remakes that stop making anything above the most middling show at the box office. They're corrupting themselves as a brand. We might be a country that accepts the Big Mac as an actual food item but that does not mean that somebody starting at the bottom trying to build up their own brand should make a 1,500 calorie burger and slather it in thousand island dressing. Besides, the studios have stables of writers to do the remakes for them. You can't just write a remake and try to submit it to agents. That's a good way to waste six dollars in postage.