Has anyoneeverbeen excited about a reboot?
Do fans actually like seeing their favorite TV shows brought back from the dead?
Does putting new actors into old roles ever work?
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We think theGossip GirlReddit (reboot division) said it best:who asked for this?
Why are we threatened with newFrasiers andQuantum Leaps on a daily basis?
But on a more serious tip: messing with people’s treasured TV memories should not be taken lightly.
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Veering dangerously near Adult Swim’sToo Many Cooksterritory (why does the Captain put his hat on three times?)
Alas, we were mistaken.
and Killing Joke (!!).
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Even a show about high-tech robo parts (“Better, faster, stronger!")
Knight Rider (2008)
“Michael, are you all right?
And he’s got, like, a talking car?”
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because it sounds a bit… silly.
But we humans doadore our automobiles, and the creators know it.
KITT the car is bulletproof, fireproof, and can go really, really fast.
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We have SO many questions for them, like: Why was the reboot so deadly serious?
Why did you cast actors who weren’t funny?
And WHY, in the name of all that is unleaded,did you mess with the car?
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Changing it from a Pontiac to a Ford was one thing.
But changing it into a Ford that…uh…changedis another.
What is this,Transformers?
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And featuring the “Ford” logo so prominently was just gross.
Luckily for them (and us!)
the re-runs will live on, along withThe Hoff.
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LikeMelrose Placebefore it, the2.0version followed a group of 20-somethings living in aWest Hollywoodapartment complex called… Melrose Place.
If you’re already bored, join the club.
“say hello to the answer: theCharlie’s Angelsreboot.
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And if serious reallywasthe goal, why remake a show whose appeal was light-hearted comedic plots and female friendships?
Just a pleasantly diverting YA fantasy drama minding its own business, nothing to see here.
line comes to mind).
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It’s nothing personal, guys,it’s a reboot.
It’s not trying to “erase” the memory of the old show,it’s a reboot.
Fight the demonsandthe patriarchy?!
Whatever the era, the basic scenario an uptight stress-bag agitated by his relaxed-to-a-fault friend does have comic potential.
And with Perry (a decade pastFriendsat this point) as the grumbly, slovenly Oscar andReno 911!
‘sThomas Lennonas the clean-freak Felix, plus a strong supporting cast, you couldalmostimagine this working.
Maybe this reboot was an attempt to right the wrongs?
Well the non-Evos of the world would disagree, which is the main plotline of the show.
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While the originalGossip Girlwas many things, it wasneverboring.
Unlike, sadly,HBO Max’s reboot.
But while the OG version kept its central mystery (“who IS Gossip Girl?")
), the new show gives a central “secret” away in the… pilot?
