Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "rants"
Reboot Fatigue
I'm in a severe state of reboot fatigue.
I'm painfully tired of seeing Hollywood rehash the origin story of a superhero, or a Sci-Fi classic just because someone new is playing the part. In the last decade alone, Batman has been rebooted once, and Superman twice. Seriously? Maybe instead, you could move on and let a new actor take over the role by offering them the chance to do something different, instead of making them replay the origin story like it was f-ing Hamlet.
Or, in the case of the Lord of the Rings series, somebody took a big risk and it paid off in spades. HBO took a big, expensive gamble by making George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones books into a television series, and the rewards speak for themselves; larger audience and more revenue from new subscribers.
I have no plans to see the new Superman films. Saw the first one of the new crop a couple of years ago -- unimpressed. Don't intend to see the new one. Just. Don't. Care. Didn't see the reboot of Star Trek; am told by people I respect that it was fabulous, but I can't muster the energy to give a damn. Haven't watched any of the new crop of Mutant/X-Men movies; I was happy with the batch already produced, and wanted those to continue. No such luck.
I have to say I ended up being mostly very pleased with Star Trek: The Next Generation. THAT'S what Hollywood should strive for: Spinning off a classic so they can do something different with the same universe. I know; different is bad. Milk that already existing cash cow until it's totally dead. Sorry, I'm tired of that. I refuse to enable the suits to peddle more crap by paying them my hard-earned money to see it. They are -- time and again -- simply failing to draw my interest.
Congratulations, Hollywood; you have taken this drooling fanboy and made him totally blase' about whatever it is you think you're doing. And I can't be the only one.
I'm painfully tired of seeing Hollywood rehash the origin story of a superhero, or a Sci-Fi classic just because someone new is playing the part. In the last decade alone, Batman has been rebooted once, and Superman twice. Seriously? Maybe instead, you could move on and let a new actor take over the role by offering them the chance to do something different, instead of making them replay the origin story like it was f-ing Hamlet.
Or, in the case of the Lord of the Rings series, somebody took a big risk and it paid off in spades. HBO took a big, expensive gamble by making George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones books into a television series, and the rewards speak for themselves; larger audience and more revenue from new subscribers.
I have no plans to see the new Superman films. Saw the first one of the new crop a couple of years ago -- unimpressed. Don't intend to see the new one. Just. Don't. Care. Didn't see the reboot of Star Trek; am told by people I respect that it was fabulous, but I can't muster the energy to give a damn. Haven't watched any of the new crop of Mutant/X-Men movies; I was happy with the batch already produced, and wanted those to continue. No such luck.
I have to say I ended up being mostly very pleased with Star Trek: The Next Generation. THAT'S what Hollywood should strive for: Spinning off a classic so they can do something different with the same universe. I know; different is bad. Milk that already existing cash cow until it's totally dead. Sorry, I'm tired of that. I refuse to enable the suits to peddle more crap by paying them my hard-earned money to see it. They are -- time and again -- simply failing to draw my interest.
Congratulations, Hollywood; you have taken this drooling fanboy and made him totally blase' about whatever it is you think you're doing. And I can't be the only one.
