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Post by Katie on Apr 13, 2019 4:19:56 GMT -5
Yeah, It is just laziness, and we've had nothing truly original and different in a long time. Even without reboots and revivals, Most shows are adopted and based on books and films and or comics, I'm yet to see anything that is really different. Personally, I'd rather not have so many revivals and reboots, and if you wish to reboot, might not just do something that is inspired by something in the past, but does their own thing. When you reboot something or bring something back that had only just ended under a decade or a little more, then you have a problem. I fear when we reach the 2020s, they start bringing back stuff that only just ended in the early to mid 2000s. Charmed (ended 2006) and Roswell (ended 2002) say hi. It'd be one thing if we were seeing remakes and adaptations of things that were either older or lesser-known. But, these reboots and revivals of TV shows from the 90s and early 00s aren't anything more than cheap nostalgia bait. The suits seem to think that Millennials don't want anything but lazy rehashes of the shows they grew up with (and that Gen Zers don't deserve anything but cheap rehashes of the shows Millennials grew up with). It's depressing and frustrating. It really is. Too bad they haven't gone back to even older things, I mean something that was written or done about 100 years ago, could be more interesting. I think they think all these reboots, remakes etc. have in-build audiences they think will watch. Hasn't been the case for some though.
Yeah, I pretty much said the same thing.
Mind you, Roswell, both series, are based on a series of novels.
Forgot about Roswell, a show that got canceled after only 3 seasons.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Apr 13, 2019 9:39:42 GMT -5
It really is. Too bad they haven't gone back to even older things, I mean something that was written or done about 100 years ago, could be more interesting. I think they think all these reboots, remakes etc. have in-build audiences they think will watch. Hasn't been the case for some though. In retrospect, it's actually a bit of a shame that Bewitched reboot idea was shelved. If we had to reboot an old witch TV show, that one would've been far better to do than Charmed. Its final episode aired 47 years ago (1972), and nearly all of its cast is now deceased, so a canon continuation isn't really possible anymore (especially when you remember that the witches in that show were semi-immortal beings who aged very slowly and lived for centuries). It was also the kind of show that touched on gender/race themes that were progressive for its day, but was very obviously held back by 60s/early 70s TV standards, so it would've actually been interesting to see how the premise could be updated to modern times. Plus, it's a show that most people are familiar with, but far fewer people under a certain age have actually watched (my generation only knows it from 90s Nick-at-Nite reruns), so there's less recency and familiarity than with something like Charmed. Of course, if they want to go even further back than Bewitched, there's also the two movies that originally influenced the show -- I Married a Witch (1942) and Bell, Book and Candle (1958). Either one of those would've also been more interesting to adapt/modernize than Charmed, IMO.
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Post by Tim on Apr 13, 2019 12:15:36 GMT -5
I guess you could say the same for Gilligan's Island. It ended 53 years ago, and most of the cast are now dead, so a canon continuation is not an option. Besides, they made three TV movies in the early 1980's that gave the Castaways a happy ending of sorts.
A full out reboot would be the only option.
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Post by Squad 51 on Apr 13, 2019 13:07:40 GMT -5
It seems that Hollywood had run out of ideas if they're going back to just old shows. This is crazy. I like the original one for what it is, though I let surprise me as well - if the rebot is good and all, like with "Battlestar Galactica". That was really good and cool .
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Post by Tim on Apr 13, 2019 17:53:30 GMT -5
One show that this will not happen to is Friends. The actors are too old to play those characters now.
Matt LeBlanc even joked that episodes now would be The One Where Joey Gets A Colonoscopy.
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Post by Jean on Apr 14, 2019 23:45:34 GMT -5
Too bad, they don't bother giving some good shows that barely got much of a run, that ran two or fewer seasons a revival or reboot. Why always stuff that has had enough done to it. But of course, they go for branding and the name itself they think will generate buzz.
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Post by Katie on Apr 15, 2019 6:26:54 GMT -5
It really is. Too bad they haven't gone back to even older things, I mean something that was written or done about 100 years ago, could be more interesting. I think they think all these reboots, remakes etc. have in-build audiences they think will watch. Hasn't been the case for some though. In retrospect, it's actually a bit of a shame that Bewitched reboot idea was shelved. If we had to reboot an old witch TV show, that one would've been far better to do than Charmed. Its final episode aired 47 years ago (1972), and nearly all of its cast is now deceased, so a canon continuation isn't really possible anymore (especially when you remember that the witches in that show were semi-immortal beings who aged very slowly and lived for centuries). It was also the kind of show that touched on gender/race themes that were progressive for its day, but was very obviously held back by 60s/early 70s TV standards, so it would've actually been interesting to see how the premise could be updated to modern times. Plus, it's a show that most people are familiar with, but far fewer people under a certain age have actually watched (my generation only knows it from 90s Nick-at-Nite reruns), so there's less recency and familiarity than with something like Charmed. Of course, if they want to go even further back than Bewitched, there's also the two movies that originally influenced the show -- I Married a Witch (1942) and Bell, Book and Candle (1958). Either one of those would've also been more interesting to adapt/modernize than Charmed, IMO. It is too bad it didn't move forward, hopefully, they decide to do it again. Even a non-sitcom version of Bewitched as a reboot. I hope it does still happen and that maybe it is a good thing, so they can get it right this time, leaving it for the next pilot season. variety.com/2019/tv/news/bewitched-reboot-abc-1203128653/I totally think they should do those ones since again they are much older, than Charmed. Which had only been off the air for a decade.
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Post by Tim on Jul 31, 2019 11:07:42 GMT -5
Rumour has it that a Frasier revival is being talked about.
It would have to happen without John Mahoney, who played Frasier's dad, Martin. Mr. Mahoney passed away last year.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jul 31, 2019 12:59:31 GMT -5
My mum told me about it which she'd heard of on TV.
I wonder if it would be popular again after all these years?
There obviously trying to catalyse on what Will And Grace have done of course.
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Post by Tim on Jul 31, 2019 16:33:06 GMT -5
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
While the Will & Grace and Rosanne/The Connors revivals were successful, the Murphy Brown one wasn't.
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Post by Jean on Jul 31, 2019 20:05:04 GMT -5
We'll have to wait and see alright. Some are, some are not. Just pot luck really what does well.
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Post by Tim on Jul 31, 2019 23:30:30 GMT -5
I heard a show I've never seen named Gossip Girl (CW show) is also being brought back, that only ended in 2013.
You can blame streaming for this
The GG revival is going to be on an HBO streaming service.
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Post by Katie on Aug 1, 2019 20:05:17 GMT -5
Yeah because of streaming, so many shows are being brought back.
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Post by Tim on Aug 1, 2019 23:30:06 GMT -5
And when they bring back a show that ended only six years ago, that is just stupid.
Hey, Hollywood, why don't you come up with something original. Or is that too much like work?
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Aug 3, 2019 0:27:23 GMT -5
Yes I would like to hear of something I've not seen or read before been produced I mean look at all these young minds out there going into film, television or theater brimming with ideas in their heads which could be used if people let them.
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