I once asked what media franchises need to just stop, that have run their time. Now I want to know which ones DID stop, and could be restarted with new content.
I miss black and white. Also I would like to play something like viva piñata.
I’m still waiting for Mindhunter, but without Fincher, I don’t know if it will ever be the same.
I would love a Motherland: Fort Salem spin-off show either set in the Cession or in some other part of the world that’s not the USA. I could always watch another CSI show, but this time the characters from Miami and New York should be the ones making cameos
The Expanse
The show didn’t cover the Laconia story line, and given the time that passes before the final three books, we’re coming up on the perfect time to get the same cast back to do it.
The last few books are, in my view, the most compelling part of an already superb story.
None. People need to move on and create new experiences. Recycling is for garbage.
Disney did an amazing job recycling
The problem is not « what to reboot » it is How to reboot.
Just turn it off and on again.
I wish. I think the update have broken it
I would say Firefly but then also there’s a chance it could be ruined so I don’t really know if it’s worth it.
It’s getting an animated series so close enough to a reboot?
A bad reboot or sequel ruins nothing. It’s just in your head.
Technically you are correct yes, because the whole of reality is all in my head.
Whoa.
Maybe don’t take a nap or anything, okay?
Nice try, Hollywood.
Max Headroom could work, IFF they went full-bore with the mockery of media, corporatism-as-government and cynical view of advertising. Though the desolation inside and outside the cities and the plight of ‘blanks’ might hit too close to home nowadays as it’s pretty much a literal reality now.
They did attempt a reboot decades ago and completely dropped the ball taking Max from a satirical commentary about mainstream media and capitalistic nonsense into basically a talking head for capitalistic nonsense.
The actual original show was way ahead of its time and that change to it is what killed it.
I did enjoy the recent Scrubs reboot.
Also the KotH one was pretty good.
Good to hear. It had slipped my mind
Nice try, Hollywood.
Andromeda. Yeah, the Kevin Sorbo show.
The premise is actually great, and the overall plot until Robert Wolfe got pushed out showed a lot of promise. The poisonous factor largely came from Sorbo wanting to intentionally turn the show into campy trash, and TV executives who somehow agreed with him.
Reboot the show, get actors who won’t sabotage production, and hire some half decent writers who want to do a Star Trek-like new franchise.
A lot of the ideas of andromeda ended up in the later seasons of star trek discovery
It was originally envisioned by Gene Roddenberry, hence the quality of the concept.
I’ll be honest, I’ve no idea if that’s a codemnation or an endorsement lol.
I like Trek just fine, but it almost entirely stems from catching TNG episodes on daytime TV growing up, as well as the memes. My understanding was that TNG didn’t start to get gud until Roddenberry had largely been sidelined.
I would watch that. I loved that show for the first few seasons.
Here’s one out of left field- Bucky O’Hare
The franchise has been dormant for about 30 years, and even back then there wasn’t that much established lore for a modern reboot to tiptoe around- a comic book that frankly not too many people read, a couple pretty good video games, and a Saturday morning cartoon made to sell toys, and there was little to no continuity between those different properties, you pretty much have free reign to go in and do whatever the hell you want with it.
And there’s was some pretty good stuff in there to work with that’s maybe even more relevant today than it was when it came out- plotlines about inept bureaucracy, imperialist/capitalist toads controlled by an AI, pollution, climate disruption, slavery, etc.
And the property was kind of hamstrung by its budget and stuff. I definitely enjoyed it as a kid, and when i went back to rewatch it a few years ago as an adult I thought it held up well enough but the animation and voice acting was definitely pretty janky at times, but even still it managed to have some bigger overarching story arcs. It also had a couple strong female characters without getting preachy about it, though there’s certainly some room for improvement in how they were written.
And if nothing else, today we can probably count on the furry community to watch a show about a green rabbit space ship captain, a cat space witch, a 4 armed pirate duck, a muscly baboon, and their nerdy human audience surrogate.
In addition, many 90s cartoons would work, not just Bucky O’Hare. There was a lot of good shit that only got 12-13 episodes and then was never heard of again between 1994 and 1999.
I’m surprised nostalgia hasn’t resurrected the Turtles knockoffs that sprung up- Battle Toads, Biker Mice from Mars, Street Sharks. Biker Mice probably has the strongest potential for an interesting story.
Captain Planet relaunched last year and is supposed to be live action soon. He ditched the mullet. The reviews of the comic are generally positive, it’s got the spirit of the cartoon show instead of nostalgia bait, the Planeteers have more realistic depth, Cap still preaches like it’s a Saturday morning PSA about separating your recycling.
Live action Captain Planet?! Is Don Cheadle playing Cap? 😮
I think that’s the most true to form modern adaptation that could exist. He tried being inspiring 30yrs ago. Now, “fuck you”.
I feel like Buck Rodgers could get rebooted to today and do well.
