The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread

[JWolf]

Wow. That came out of nowhere.

Continuations made years later bringing in new casts are a form of reboot.

That is not a reboot. S.W.A.T., McGyver, Magnum P.I, NuBSG, The New 52 (DC Comics) are reboots. A continuation such as Punky Brewster and Saved by the Bell are not the same and are not reboots.

The Star Trek movies are not reboots. Nobody has ever called Star Trek: The Animated Series a reboot.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Regardless, your reaction was way over the top, in both this thread and the "Next Canceled Show" thread. You doing OK?

 

[wayoung]

That is not a reboot. S.W.A.T., McGyver, Magnum P.I, NuBSG, The New 52 (DC Comics) are reboots. A continuation such as Punky Brewster and Saved by the Bell are not the same and are not reboots.

The Star Trek movies are not reboots. Nobody has ever called Star Trek: The Animated Series a reboot.

Go back 20 pages you can relive this discussion yourself.

 

[BillJ]

The Star Trek movies are not reboots. Nobody has ever called Star Trek: The Animated Series a reboot.

Why would they? Same actors and creative folks are involved.

 

[Owain Taggart]

That is not a reboot. S.W.A.T., McGyver, Magnum P.I, NuBSG, The New 52 (DC Comics) are reboots. A continuation such as Punky Brewster and Saved by the Bell are not the same and are not reboots.

My favourite example of a continuation is with Degrassi. In the 80's and 90's, there was this show set in a high-school, Degrassi High. Some of the more popular students from that ended up on a new series (in the 2000's) as the parents/teachers of a whole new group of students at the same school, and even continued with some of the storylines. Internally, it was even treated as having a season count that followed on from the previous series, ie season 10 vs season 1.

 

[cardinal biggles]

The problem is the only people who fondly recall Marcus Welby, M.D. are folks who are collecting Social Security, whereas there are plenty of people my age who remember Doogie Howser with great affection.

(Yes, that statement was a giant stereotype. But I'm not wrong.)

 

[FormerLurker]

I resent that. I'm not collecting Social Security yet.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Is kindly old doctor still a thing?

 

[Captain Shaw]

Sorry if it's already been posted but I they are remaking the cube.

 

[Aragorn]

L.A. Law has been revived but it's moving over to ABC. Blair Underwood is the first actor announced to be coming back.

 

[Aragorn]

The Cheers continuation will be about Sam opening a bubble tea shop.

 

[Captaindemotion]

The Cheers continuation will be about Sam opening a bubble tea shop.

I am really surprised that they’ve never revived Cheers in some way, be it the odd TV movie, limited series or whatever. Part of me wishes they would and another part is glad that they haven’t, in case they’d just mess it up

 

[Jayson1]

They will bring Cheers back someday. Ted Danson decides to open the old bar back up and before you know it the whole gang is back except Woody and Fraser who shows up in one episode but Lilith will now stick around as a Fraser replacement and you will need more diversity so a ex Boston Celtic whose career was ruined and is black joins as the new Woody. You also have a young Millennial who can make Okay Boomer style Boomer jokes while the gang can also make young Millennials don't understand real life jokes. She is the new Rebecca since Kirstie Alley is old and Republican which is big no no I would imagine.

 

[Aragorn]

Netflix has ordered a spinoff from That '70s Show titled... That ’90s Show. Hope it lasts longer than That '80s Show.

 

[wayoung]

Netflix has ordered a spinoff from That '70s Show titled... That ’90s Show. Hope it lasts longer than That '80s Show.

Which is a bigger time gap than the original series. If they kept the gap the same (22 years between setting and debut) it would be That 2000's Show.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Woody Harrelson was attacked yesterday at the Watergate Hotel bar, where everybody might know his name. He struck a rude abusive photographer in his neck after he took too many pics of Woody's kids. He's playing Howard Hunt for HBO, so that mostly explains the Watergate angle.

Looks at thread title

 

[Captaindemotion]

Netflix has ordered a spinoff from That '70s Show titled... That ’90s Show. Hope it lasts longer than That '80s Show.

The best thing about it is that Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith are reprising their roles.

I’d be surprised if Danny Masterson is back…

 

[wayoung]

The best thing about it is that Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith are reprising their roles.

I’d be surprised if Danny Masterson is back…

Countdown until the dude who freaks out about "Continuations aren't reboots!!!" shows up - 5, 4, 3...

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's a respinquel.

 

[Caretaker]

Bonus points to them if they bring in some of the actors reprising their roles from That '80s Show to tie all these shows together (supposedly, Eric and Corey are cousins but I don't know if that ever made it onscreen).