The 80's was a golden age for movies catered to a younger generation, from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" or "The Breakfast Club." Then came "Heathers," the 1988 film that became a cult classic and the antithesis of the era's typical teen movie.

The plot centers around Veronica Sawyer and the Heathers, a group of beautiful, ruthless girls who rule the school with an iron fist. Veronica's deranged boyfriend, JD, hatches a plan to murder the Heathers, as well as blow up the entire school.

"Heathers" is not only good because of its witty dialogue and talented cast, but also because it is self-aware of its own genre; "Heathers" completely deconstructs the 80's tropes of the perfect boy and nice pretty girls by making them psychopaths and narcissists.

So why does there have to be a reboot? Well, in short, there doesn't.

Firstly, I am not a huge fan of reboots in general. Don't get me wrong, I loved the new Spider-Man movie, but more often than not reboots come off as lazy and don't add much to the original story.

The issue with the "Heathers" reboot isn't necessarily the fact that it is a reboot, the problem is with the forced casting of diverse actors as the roles of the Heathers.

They are portrayed by actors who are plus-sized, genderqueer and black. The fact that they chose to diversify the roles of the popular, mean bitches clearly shows that the creators completely miss one of the key themes of the original: privilege.

The groups represented in the new Heathers are still facing extreme prejudice and discrimination, yet their characters were supposed to be the epitome of white privilege.

Diversity is important, but whoever produced this show diversified the wrong characters and, in doing so, made a story about a couple of hot white people killing off all the minorities.

If diversity was so important to add to this story, they could've done it with Veronica or JD, not the bullies.

Yes, one of the points of the movie is to show that JD is the true villain, (since he wants to, ya know, blow up the school) but the Heathers play a central role in antagonizing Veronica as well.

I am a huge fan of the original "Heathers" movie and the subsequent musical. It tells an important story about how our society glorifies depression and suicide in an age where those subjects could not be more relevant.

But the idea that we need diversity just for diversity's sake is not only unnecessary, but it can be a dangerous misrepresentation. Minorities and marginalized groups don't need to be sloppily thrown into a show that doesn't need to be made in the first place.

My advice? Skip the reboot and watch the real thing. The message will be much clearer than what the 2018 version is promising.