We live in a time where nostalgia is everything. You see something in an antique shop you used to have, or you see a movie you grew up watching on television, etc. Just this year alone, we’ve had Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, and soon Charlie’s Angels and Mulan on the big screen, new versions. In the past, there’s been Power Rangers, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and more.

On television, you have a new All That, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a Beverly Hills 90210 reboot, a That’s So Raven spin-off, a new Lizzie McGuire sequel show on Disney+, and more. Shows and movies you watched growing up won’t be the same as it is now. Disney is turning a ton of their classic movies into live action remakes. It sells but is it better than the original?

A majority of the shows that are rebooted don’t last long. Either the cast is completely new or the cast is the same but the environment, the atmosphere, is different. Why are reboots of popular shows and films in? What makes it so intriguing? Some people don’t like that their favorite movie growing up is getting a live-action remake because it was so perfect in its original form. Others have missed watching the cast of their favorite show on TV every week and is dying to see them one last time.

I, for one, am mixed on the whole reboot deal. I love the fact that I get to see Lizzie McGuire in her 30s but do we really need a live-action Lady and the Tramp, no matter how cute the pups used may look? Companies are either running out of ideas, or they have ideas and realize that they had better ideas one, two decades ago.

Is it really necessary to make every classic Disney film into a live-action reboot? And is it even considered live-action if it’s mostly comprised of CGI? A show, clearly made for kids, has a new cast but still keeps the same vibe and aesthetic. Just because it’s not exactly the same show as it was when you were growing up, does it even matter because it’s not made for you? Will the reboots and sequels and remakes and spin-offs ever end? Will there ever be any “original” content anymore?