I think it's gotten better? Ghost Busters: Afterlife (the movie following the 2016 one) also went back to their original cast and instead introduced Phoebe as a new protagonist.
I was noticing it most strongly with Disney. Not sure what was their strategy there, but for some period in the last few years, they seemed to go mechanically through their IP catalog and produce a life action reboot for each classic. The reboots were mostly unremarkable IMO, but they had a strange recurring pattern: Almost every one of them included one controversial change to the original setup that was guaranteed to rile up certain fans and cause drama, ostensibly in the name of DEI.
It became such a predictable occurrence that I'm honestly not sure if they really felt the need to "modernize" their classics, or if they were deliberately causing those controversies as a promotion tactic.
Disney's Quality has been downhill since Pinocchio, that being said, I'm not expecting Jorge Borgesian tier quality of prose, introspection and self-awareness within the plot. I'm expecting it to be enjoyable popcorn flicks.
But i'm getting terrible movies that also preach massively. Even without the preaching, it's terrible, but preaching certainly makes it even worse than what it was due to the immense hypocrisy of a gigantic corporation asking us to do better while it absolutely does worse daily.
I was noticing it most strongly with Disney. Not sure what was their strategy there, but for some period in the last few years, they seemed to go mechanically through their IP catalog and produce a life action reboot for each classic. The reboots were mostly unremarkable IMO, but they had a strange recurring pattern: Almost every one of them included one controversial change to the original setup that was guaranteed to rile up certain fans and cause drama, ostensibly in the name of DEI.
It became such a predictable occurrence that I'm honestly not sure if they really felt the need to "modernize" their classics, or if they were deliberately causing those controversies as a promotion tactic.