I'm not sure Star Trek (2009) and nBSG are good examples of creative bankruptcy. nBSG was a cult success considered by many critics to be one of the finest televised dramas, well, ever. And the new Trek film pulled off the remarkable trick of pleasing most long-time fans at the same time doing mainstream summer blockbuster box office.To me, there is a certain bankrupting of creativity that goes on in this endless cycle of “new edition, countless splat books glutting the market, lull, new edition, new splat books,” etc etc. It is like the Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek “re-envisionings.”
Those are examples of why remakes are a good thing.