In the last couple weeks, Disney has announced a string of remakes of their classics, including "The Lion King" and "Dumbo," coming to theaters in 2019. The news was met with praise and childhood nostalgia at the thought of being able to relive the exact feeling audiences felt watching their favorite movies as a kid. The news followed a certain pattern Disney has not strayed from since my generation has grown up; converting beloved cartoons from their greatest period of animation to live-action films with intense, different storylines and popular actors and actresses.

Most of the remakes I've seen were good, with a certain distinction from the original. They have beautiful live-action animation coupled with fresh acting and popular singers.

But something is always missing for me.

I don't feel like the kid that poured over the movie in its VHS form, analyzing every part and memorizing each scene until it becomes a part of my growing up. I don't feel the excitement of knowing the storyline by heart, because it might be changed or rearranged. I feel a coldness with the live-action characters, because they've become real before my eyes and no longer hold that novel cartoon softness.

While these remakes are decent movies, do we really need to go through every powerful childhood film and revamp it? Do we need to destroy that nostalgia we will always feel for those cartoons as we will now forever have to ask "which 'Lion King'?"

Don't get me wrong, I will be seeing "The Lion King" in theaters. I cherished the movie, scrutinizing every single detail in childhood wonder. I had a copy of every part of the series and two tapes of the original.

But don't we want something new? Don't we want to stop beating a dead horse? Some things should be left memorialized in their time period, something to pull out for your own children to show your age. It seems like we recycle these beloved icons of pop culture because we're afraid to forget about them and lose them forever, but the beauty of movies is you could watch them over and over again with the snap of your fingers.

Even the oldest movies, like "To Kill A Mockingbird" or "Gone With The Wind," stand the test of time as pillars of our pop culture society. What makes you think "The Lion King," now the third longest-running Broadway show, would be forgotten?

Our society should look to new ideas and new interests. Sampling from past decades is always an acceptable form of appreciation, but don't we want to define our own history?

Please don't ruin our childhood classics simply because you've run out of creativity.