90's Nostalgia (Supplemental Post #2)

(skip to 2:49 if you want to see the cast perform the theme song)

When I saw Jimmy Fallon reunite the cast of the 90's teen NBC show California Dreams last night, I was so excited because I used to love this show and it brought back so many memories of rushing home after school to see this show and Saved By The Bell. It also got me thinking what is it about nostalgia in terms of celebrity culture that keeps the mainstream as a whole interested. I feel like certainly in the last four or five years, Hollywood has made a conscious effort to bring back shows or movies from the past and update them for a new audience and with the comfort that the original fans will see the money. Hollywood essentially knows they can't miss if they have an already built-in audience. Remakes and updates and sequels like Alice in Wonderland, Die Hard 4, Fame, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Taking of Pelham 123, Knight Rider, The Bionic Woman, BeWitched, etc. all run rampant. Updates of The Smurfs, Dallas, Conan the Barbarian, and Ghostbusters are also on tap to produced soon. There is something about recent films and television shows and the casts reuniting, or bring the concept back that gets people all fired up. I guess it is because we are used to the familiar, but in that same token, are we losing all original thoughts and ideas for new film and television properties?