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[+] -9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Curious - do you feel a lot of reboots have missed the mark?

I'm starting to feel the opposite, where a lot of reboots are way better than the original.

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago

    In general I feel like reboots are lazy. There is a plethora of created and not-yet-created IP to choose from but producers continue to reboot the same franchises often ignoring established cannon in favor of “popcorn eating masses” appeal. Reboots frequently result in a generalization or dilution of the original plot with character traits dialed up to 11.

    To answer your question more specifically; yes. Movies like ‘The Magnificent Seven’, franchises like Star Trek in the 90s, even shows like MASH or Buffy the Vampire Slayer (both based on films of the same name) showed that reboots don’t have to be in the same vein as their source content either by a change of genre, a change in timeframe, or even a change in medium. The best reboots have always brought their own new flavor to or take on the original material. But even doing that little means taking a risk and that doesn’t seem to be something producers are willing to do right now.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Nu Trek has been consistently awful.

    only SNW has come close to anything that feels like the spirit of trek

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I'm reserving my judgement until I see the reboot of the Munsters.

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