mm. we see that as a positive effect, personally. as much as we may enjoy some of these movies individually, culture needs to move forward, not be stuck in the past.

we (everyone collectively) shouldn't push our kids to re-enact the same shit we like that they never had any connection to because they weren't born yet. our parents (just Irenes') did that to us and it was crap.

public domain stuff does become a subject of movies, just, it's rarer because it only really works when there's a new angle on it. that seems like an entirely desirable result to us.