Many questions popped into my head upon hearing the news of an all female reboot for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Despite understanding how some people may be totally open to the idea, I couldn’t help but think why. Would it be another Heathers or Mean Girls? You know the different characters, same underlying plot concept-minus a burn book and a burning school of course. Maybe a burning island? Not to mention the irony in the fact that the all female reboot is being written by two males.

I acknowledge that the novel is fiction and the retelling of classics is a thing of the entertainment industry, but that doesn’t necessarily imply that this idea is a good one. Why have the focal point be an all female cast versus the connection of the original story to modern day society; the way we have and haven’t changed from a time stamp in the novel to now.

“It breaks away from some of the conventions, the way we think of boys and aggression. People still talk about the movie and the book from the standpoint of pure storytelling. It is a great adventure story, real entertainment, but it has a lot of meaning embedded into it as well,” Scott McGehee, co-author, said.

Although the comparison between the plot of the original novel and the retelling has yet to be revealed, many opinions regarding the topic have already circulated across social media.

I mean, "Lord of the Flies" is about toxic masculinity. Hollywood should just have two women write a major film ABOUT TOXIC MASCULINITY.

— Charles Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) August">https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/90307543435882... 31, 2017

An all female Lord of the Flies about teen girls trying to kill each other. I thought that was just called high school.

— WeWuzMetokur (@WeWuzMetokur) August">https://twitter.com/WeWuzMetokur/status/9030855934... 31, 2017

While the incorporation of real life meaning in fiction is important, is the retelling more so to show a similarity between the conventions of males and females in that we are all aggressive or to solely focus on what the females would do differently. Creating a genderbent story isn’t simply changing the character from male to female, but the overall way that individual thinks and acts in response to things. Instead of trusting the project to two males, why wouldn't Warner Bros recruit a female author into the reboot mix and ensure some accuracy in the new character’s actions. It’s not that Siegel or McGehee are unable to recreate the classic in the slightest, just that a female viewpoint on the matter may better showcase the perspectives of the women on the island; what the survival of the fittest would look like amongst a society of females.

Whether you find the idea exhilarating or boring, there is no denying that the Lord of the Flies reboot is something to keep an eye out for. And although I may find the remake to be a bit out there and ironic as of now, I respect the fact that people may think otherwise.