Post by kingkoopa on Nov 3, 2017 17:39:34 GMT
I heard a radio interview with Kevin Smith talking about this exact topic (wish I could find a link to it). His thoughts were very much in line with the OP, down to citing a lot of the same examples of true reboots.
It was very interesting. He pointed out that comic books have been doing this successfully for years without the negative connotation being attached to the word, which it seems to have now with movies. He also, like the OP, pointed out the differences in remakes and reboots and thought the overuse (and sometimes incorrect use) of 'reboot' was because of people getting exhausted with all of the remakes.
At the end of the day, he advocated the word "re-imagining" as it sounded more respectfully to the universes/films/stories that had already been explored. I tend to agree with him, but "re-imagining" is a little bit more of a clunky word.
It was very interesting. He pointed out that comic books have been doing this successfully for years without the negative connotation being attached to the word, which it seems to have now with movies. He also, like the OP, pointed out the differences in remakes and reboots and thought the overuse (and sometimes incorrect use) of 'reboot' was because of people getting exhausted with all of the remakes.
At the end of the day, he advocated the word "re-imagining" as it sounded more respectfully to the universes/films/stories that had already been explored. I tend to agree with him, but "re-imagining" is a little bit more of a clunky word.