Why nostalgia is ruining television one classic at a time

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“Twilight” and “Harry Potter,” will get TV series adaptations doesn’t mean you’ve time-traveled back to a decade ago.This still is 2023.The reboot culture in television has run rampant for a while — “Magnum P.I.,” “True Lies,” “Fantasy Island,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Queer Eye” and “Cobra Kai,” to name a few.This month alone will offer upcoming small-screen adaptations of “Dead Ringers,” and “Fatal Attraction,” with A-list stars attached to each project (Rachel Weisz and Joshua Jackson, respectively).

But at least those stories have been lying dormant for 20-odd years (or more) before their resurrection.But in turning to the early 2000s regarding “Twilight” and “Harry Potter,” Hollywood has gone too far in that “How can we miss you when you won’t go away?” vein.Let’s face it: not enough time has passed for either franchise from their first round in the spotlight.The last “Potter” film came out in 2011, while the last “Twilight” movie was released a year later, in 2012.

Even Gen Z was around then.Both franchises are still beloved by audiences, warts and all. Scoff at “Twilight” all you want, but many fans embrace it as camp that can’t be recaptured, since half the fun of “Twilight” is that it’s unclear if the movies were playing it straight — or if moments including the infamous vampire baseball scene are hilarious on purpose.Plus, all the accouterments that accompanied the movies — such as Robert Pattinson visibly appearing to loathe his role in them — were all of the “You had to be there” variety.

There’s no doubt that “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” were the zeitgeist at the time. But could they be zeitgeist today? Well, the fans don’t think so. “The oldest Twilight movie isn’t even old enough to drive and y’all wanna f–k w.