What’s With All These ’80s Pop Culture Remakes?

“We who lived through ’80s pop culture the first time knew that much of it was bad – overhyped, hokey, formulaic. … Whether these [new] retreads turn out well or badly, they’re going to keep coming, because my generation has been brainwashed to believe that we’re the most important consumers of pop culture ever, and we can’t let go of our feelings of primacy.”