"You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive."
Sylvester Stallone
Sometimes it feels like these days nothing is sacred. I feel that is especially true when it comes to films. So often these days every book is turned into a movie franchise and every franchise has every little bit of money they can ring out of it. Not even old movies are safe because we'll get sequels or prequels and, even worse, remakes. Or as the cool kids are calling it these days... reboots. Sometimes you just want to cry out, "For the love of God, leave them alone!" Well, if there was any hope that it would do any good but when money is involved there usually isn't.
I've had the idea for this post in mind for some time but I was reminded of it this week when I heard ABC are remaking Dirty Dancing, staring Colt Prattes and Abigail Breslin in the iconic roles of Johnny Castle and Francis - or Baby - Houseman. The idea of anyone but Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in those roles just feels wrong. So with that in mind today's post is a list of five films I believe should never be touched and that, inevitably, probably will be.