are the 2000s the new 1950s? (in terms of movie remakes)

[samedietc]

Don't worry, this isn't going to be a substantive post, just an expression of what I half-expect must be apophenia (the misapprehension of pattern in random data), but I'll say it anyway:

does it seem like there are a bunch of movies being remade now based on 1950s movies? To wit,

• 3:10 to Yuma (1957, 2007),
• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956,

Comments

[anonymous]

Also, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008, 1959). --JM