This year’s crop of summer remakes includes several movies that are getting more than update.

The redux of the 1984 classic, “Ghostbusters” has a gender switch. While Disney’s “The Jungle Book,” has shifted from animation to live action. “Tarzan” is getting a similar treatment as it returns to live action from animation.

TCU Film-Television-Digital Media professor Richard Allen said it’s great when  classic movies are successfully remade for a new generation, but thinks it’s detrimental when the remake isn’t up to par with the original.

Allen said, “I think it’s great if a movie from the past can be remade to be relevant, or bring new insight, or update the original to be appreciated by a new generation.”

He said he’s excited to see “The Jungle Book” remake.

“So the bottom line for me is quality — a good movie is a good movie, whether it’s an original script or a remake,” Allen said.

USC School of Cinematic Arts professor Tom Sito said he’s worried movies are being remade purely for profit.

“The studios feel a remake of a known entity is a safe bet,” he said.

He said he wasn’t impressed with the computer generated animals or their vocals in this year’s “The Jungle Book.”

“I’m not anti-technology,” Sito said. “I just wish they’d leave classics alone and do something original.”