About the promotion aspect, I agree with you. But it astounds you, and terrifies you at the same time, how much people are all after that stuff without even thinking for a second. And even although they're old enough to sometimes know the originals to the remakes.
Saying, that one who made me go in that direction of true individualism, it would be his fucking nightmare. He'd shoot himself again in the second he'd realize that how very few things have changed.
Speaking, it really shows the worst side of mankind and gives you reason enough to find only detestation for them.
They talk about themselves all the time "no, we're no sheep, we're all individuals!", but if you take a look at such things you find such phrases be a mockery about reality.