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Walt Disney Studios caused quite a stir recently, when they announced intent to convert all their classic films into 3-D. If even the monolith of the entertainment industry is rethinking its core, then what results will this hold for the rest of the field? Now, remaking classic films is certainly nothing new, but modern moviemakers are more capable than ever before in presenting fresh and new 3D versions that rival, if not surpass, their predecessors. And if the original film is virtually unattainable at this day in age, where is the harm in updating its audience?

Certainly, the most standard approach to this is a straight-out remake. Movies created decades before often contain outdated cultural references, or irrelevant tropes, so separating the new version from the old can be as simple as applying more modern dialogues and subplots to the central theme. Animations with antiquated styles, like Looney Tunes or the old Dr. Seuss films, almost painfully show their age next to new 3D animated movies released, so creating updated remakes can actually help introduce near and dear classics to new audiences in a more palatable form. Tech New Master

Another frequent approach is the production of sequels ten to fifteen years after the release of the original film. As seen with the recent Planet of the Apes sequel, transferring all the effects and fictional elements into 3D graphics made it far more watchable than if they had kept the costumed actors and fake plants from the original.Rather than being irritated by the lack of consistency, most movie-goers will praise the studio that keeps up with technology, and welcome the exciting change.

Now, the flat-out conversion into 3D is not the only way to stay interesting in modern cinema. When a franchise is as rooted in its medium as the Muppets, converting the entire process into computer animation just seems fundamentally wrong. Instead,they chose to keep their felted appeal, and used modern techniques in green screening and crowd duplication to seamlessly blend with their trademark style. After all, there are points when staying in the past is just being stubborn.