I'm pretty sure it's safe to say at this point that Hollywood is just running out of ideas. I'm not completely opposed to the concept of remaking old movies simply because "we can make them look better now", but shouldn't that concept only apply to movies that sucked the first time around? Why would you attempt to remake what many Sci-Fi movie buffs consider to be an all time classic of the genre? Sure there's a chance of making something good just a little bit better but is it really worth the risk? That's like if a huge group of Middle School nerds spent their entire summer constructing a gigantic diorama of the human body made out of toothpicks for a science fair project, then a father of one of the kids who is good with tools decides he wants to improve it and shatters the entire display. The risk to make something better was admirable but now you have an entire room filled with angry prepubescent nerds to deal with. On an unrelated note, I'll never forgive you Dad *sniff*>