Peter Jackson releases remake then complains about "lack of original ideas"

Peter Jackson just released "District 9" his new sci-fi outing he and director Neill Blomkamp (GREAT name) created after plans for their "Halo" film crashed and burned. Haven't seen it yet, but from what I've seen it looks an awful lot like "Alien Nation", the 1988 film starring James Caan. Nonetheless, I've been looking forward to seeing it.

But then Jackson makes a comment at Comic-Con last week about movie fans being "fed up with the lack of original ideas": http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/07/peter-jackson-movie-fans-are-fed-up-with-the-lack-of-original-ideas.html

That's true, Peter, but after just releasing a retread of an older film, should YOU be the one pointing that out?