The End: What will be the last story idea?

            I am about to ask a philosophical question.  What if creators of movies and books run out of ideas?

            I would have to think that movie theaters would have no new movies to showcase.  They could only show movies that were released before they ran out of ideas.  There is another option.  Movies could be remade.  In fact, remakes of movies seem more common than ever right now.  Since the 21^st Century began, there have been remakes of Poltergeist, Footloose, Red Dawn, The Karate Kid, Annie, Fame, and many more.  Why not just re-release the original?  They may argue that those movies appear dated, but to me, every detail of a movie including those details that give away when the movie was made, is important; maybe not important to the plot but important enough to preserve.

            Disney has made live action versions of a number of their animated classics.  Most of these were not meant to be made as live action films.  For example the pieces of furniture that are alive in Beauty and the Beast were able to be drawn in the cartoon but the fail to re-create them well for the live action remake.  One notable exception is the live action Mulan which the producers wisely realized did not have to be Disney-like and would work well as a historical drama.  Therefore the characters are not breaking out into song every few minutes as they do in the original cartoon.

            Movie remakes, as is the case with sequels, are probably driven by the need of studios to keep making money and to keep actors and set workers employed.  I wish movies were made only when the creators feel the movie should exist, not based on how much money they or whoever owns the rights to their stories could make.

            What about books?  The only way to remake a book is to print new copies of it.  However, some book series have been recycled with new versions of the original stories often updated with stories with contemporary technology, setting, and culture.  This was done with the Hardy Boys books.

            When I run out of ideas for stories, I will stop writing.  Even if there are still ideas for stories that I can think of, but I have said all that I want to say, I will stop writing.  Even if I have to put it in my will, I will never allow my books to be exploited or tampered with.  In a world in which it is popular to be a sellout, I offer my fans something they can count on, artistic integrity.