Do We Really Need to See Rugrats in Live-Action?

Earlier today, news broke that Paramount is developing Rugrats as a live-action/CG hybrid feature in the vein of Disney’s live-action reimaginings or the 2000s Garfield films. Almost immediately, social media let out a collective grown, as some millennials wondered why their beloved childhood show was going to be ruined while others simply asked the obvious question: who asked for this? While it might not be totally fair to assume any live-action remake is going to automatically “ruin” the source material, both of those questions are understandable knee-jerk responses. One we would add, which kind of covers both, is: Do we really need a live-action version of Rugrats?