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‘Boy Meets World’ remake unnecessary

Growing up, I spent most of my adolescent years watching episodes of “Boy Meets World.” I learned more about life from those characters than through my own life experiences, and to this day I still enjoy watching my favorite television characters get into trouble and learn from their mistakes.  “Boy Meets World” first premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons until it ended in the year 2000.
The popular show followed the life a middle school boy named Cory Matthews all the way to the marriage of his life-long love Topanga Lawrence.
America laughed, loved and mourned with Cory as viewers grew up with him.
As he changed, so did the themes of each episode, making “Boy Meets World” a pivotal aspect in how the youth learned to cope with each facet of life. 
However, now the younger generation will be able to have the experience of learning through “Boy Meets World” with the rumored new Disney remake “Girl Meets World.”
The remake would follow Cory and Topanga’s daughter through middle school. However, there has not been an official statement regarding whether or not Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel, who portrayed Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence, have agreed to be a part of the new series. 
As exciting as getting to experience the characters a second time sounds, I feel like having a sequel to “Boy Meets World” is one of the worst ideas in television history.  The television series had a successful run, not overdoing it and not leaving anything left to the imagination or leaving any loose ends.
Therefore, having a remake would be ruining the original show’s legacy. Some sequels are great, and then some sequels turn out to be “Taken 2.”
Disney Channel should have realized by now if it is not broken, then do not try to fix it.  “Girl Meets World” will never be able to live up to its predecessor for several reasons. The general public will have set too high expectations, considering the original series ended on such a good note.
The audience will be left feeling disappointed and bitter toward Cory and Topanga.
Also, because of the ability of “Boy Meets World” to grow with you, it will be nearly impossible for the new series to be able to reach that kind of depth, resulting in the inability of the characters and story lines to develop like the original series could.
Most importantly, the audience that tunes in will be more concerned with the original characters, especially Cory and Topanga, than their daughter. 
Regardless of how upset I am to hear there will be a remake to taint the vision “Boy Meets World” left for us, I will be tuning in for “Girl Meets World” in hopes to cling to any bit of the legacy that has been left.

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