Also TV now: This show/movie did well 40 years ago so we rebooted it with people who never saw it, a shitload of special effects, and totally missed why it was popular in the first place.
Tbf back then I wasn’t watching remakes or reboots (mostly, and I know they did make them, but…) I got familiar with those shows by watching the reruns themselves. And even as a kid who wasn’t alive at those shows releases, they still held and in many cases still do hold their original magic. Ex: Golden Girls.
But I type that as my Caddyshack VHS rolls credits so maybe I’m the weirdo. Oh well, I’m alright, nobody worry 'bout me!
Magnum PI still holds up, at least the first season.
Airwolf, not so much. Same with Hardcastle & McCormick and Riptide. I still liked Knightrider last time I watched an episode, but it was always kinda corny.
Been meaning to watch Simon & Simon next, but haven’t looked for it
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.
The 'Lost In Space" reboot was amazing. They took everything that was dumb in the original show and made it smart. Then they took the one really good thing [Dr. Smith] and made them fantastic.
Also TV now: This show/movie did well 40 years ago so we rebooted it with people who never saw it, a shitload of special effects, and totally missed why it was popular in the first place.
They did this a lot in the 90’s too. Production companies love to ground an IP into the dust.
That explains why I’m so familiar with boomer shows and movies, despite being a millennial. There was a lot of old content and remakes on TV then.
When I was growing up I thought Gilligan’s Island was a much bigger deal than it actually was.
Tbf back then I wasn’t watching remakes or reboots (mostly, and I know they did make them, but…) I got familiar with those shows by watching the reruns themselves. And even as a kid who wasn’t alive at those shows releases, they still held and in many cases still do hold their original magic. Ex: Golden Girls.
But I type that as my Caddyshack VHS rolls credits so maybe I’m the weirdo. Oh well, I’m alright, nobody worry 'bout me!
NuTrek that you?
Wait… have you also been trying out the MacGyver reboot from 2015???
We don’t talk about that.
I bought the OG McGyver on DVD a few years ago and I was all “I remember this being a lot better than this”
Magnum PI still holds up, at least the first season.
Airwolf, not so much. Same with Hardcastle & McCormick and Riptide. I still liked Knightrider last time I watched an episode, but it was always kinda corny.
Been meaning to watch Simon & Simon next, but haven’t looked for it
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.
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.
Nu Trek has been consistently awful.
only SNW has come close to anything that feels like the spirit of trek
Orville best NuTrek.
…and yet the elevator pitch “Seth McFarlane wants to be Picard” sounds like it would be awful. But it works.
I’m reserving my judgement until I see the reboot of the Munsters.
Is this a real thing?
Not yet, but at the rate things are going…
Haven’t they already made a million of those?
The 'Lost In Space" reboot was amazing. They took everything that was dumb in the original show and made it smart. Then they took the one really good thing [Dr. Smith] and made them fantastic.