Nutcase or not, Mel isn't remaking old, bad movies. Hollywood is in a funk. They have had very few original ideas in the last 5 years.
Just the fact that a movie that doesn't fit the current formula is successful, is a good thing.
There's a point. All the remakes of old sitcoms! Bewitched, etc. Will I Dream of Jeanie be coming soon?
There's nothing coming out of Hollywood movie studios as good (or, fun) as the television we've had recently..."Battlestar" "Lost" "Alias" "24 Hours"...it's not new-release movies I get from Netflix, it's excellent TV series.