[Weekly Update] Why don't they remake animated films?

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So, this is something I've been thinking about ever since I rewatched the original Toy Story. And the thought came to me once again after the live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon came out.

My thought is simple: Why don't they remake animated films?

I remember when Kingdom Hearts 3 came out (6 years ago!), and I was astonished by the fact that the PS4 can recreate entire sequences from Frozen, in engine, in console, at 30 frames per second, rendered entirely in real time. Given the technological advancement in computer animation, wouldn't it be quite fun to go back and update old 3D animated movies?

I'm talking about Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Happy Feet, The Incredibles, early 3D animation that, due to technological limitation of its time, has aged visually. The thought of seeing the original Toy Story in the visual of Toy Story 4 has me interested, even the film is a shot by shot remake, reusing all the recorded dialogue. In fact, I feel like I'd be more interested in seeing a graphically updated How to Train Your Dragon than a live action remake.

Maybe this is just my gamer brain talking. Remakes like this is very common in the gaming industry. Take an old game, update the graphic, minimally adjust the gameplay, and it's basically an entire new game. I'm surprised no one has done this for movies.

Well, no one except George Lucas.

I supposed for most people, film is much more of an art than video game is. And that we value creative intention more so than graphically fidelity. To many of us, the visual of the original Toy Story is designed, and should be respected as is.

At the same time, if we are already doing remakes for live action movies, why aren't we doing full on remakes of animations? Some may say this will set a bad precedence for more IP milking. But like... Toy Story already has 3 sequels, one of which is totally an unnecessary film, with one more on the way. I'd honestly prefer a remake than a sequel.

But that's just my delirious mind talking. What is your opinion on remaking old 3D animation with modern visuals? What about 2D animations? And which film would you like to see remade?

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