I just have to say this as a 31-year-old who grew up during the peak of Disney Channel: I can't stand all these recent remakes.
It's not because I think remakes are a bad idea, I like the idea of remakes depending what angle they take. My issue is that they aren't made for the audience that actually grew up with the originals. Hallmark is coming out with a movie starring older Disney Channel actors this December, including one of the stars from Mean Girls, and they're adults. I'm actually really interested because the story gives me that nostalgic feeling seeing them on screen again, but it's also something I can relate to now at my current age. I wish that the stars from that time period could make more mature Disney adult focused comebacks and I think they would do really well. And this is coming from someone who DOES NOT WATCH HALLMARK at all lol.
I can't relate to a Camp Rock 3 that's still centered around teenagers because... I'm not a teenager anymore. So Im trying to understand who is the target audience for these remakes because what 36 year old is going YES let me watch this lol.
I don't understand why people get so excited about these remakes as grown adults when we've all grown and changed over the years from when these movies/shows premiered. I'd love to see a Camp Rock 3 that follows the characters as adults. Like we could of followed the characters as adults in their music careers. The same goes for The Cheetah Girls. I don't want to watch the same story I already experienced. It was magical the first time because it fit that stage of my life. If I want to watch those movies/shows I want to watch the original.
That's also why Girl Meets World didn't work for me. The dialogue and stories were clearly aimed at a younger audience, which made it hard for me to get into or relate to. If studios are going to bring these franchises back, I'd rather see them grow up with the fans who made them popular in the first place.
