I think Hollywood has gone reboot crazy. I mean crazy in the worst possible meaning. Let’s start with the Ghostbusters reboot that was a total failure. It had no originality or viable plot. Now let’s talk about the Roseanne reboot they are planning for this year. The plan is to have the entire original cast back. This is not only unbelievable but really stupid. Clearly those involved with the idea of having the original cast have NEVER seen the last 2 episodes of the original series. In the series finale Roseanne narrated her thoughts. In which she told of all the things she took creative license in when she wrote her story that the series was based on. She revealed that: Dan was dead he died when he had his heart attack. Dan was dead for over a year when the show ended, and Roseanne told us the whole truth about her story. She changed things she did not like about her life. Roseanne’s sister is gay, but her mother was not. Mark is married to Darlene, and they had a baby that nearly died. David is married to Becky. Roseanne thought they went better the other way around and wrote it that way in her story. The Connors never won the lottery all those things were figments of Roseanne’s imagination.
I am dyeing to see how Dan comes back from the dead and if they have the daughters with their actual husbands in the reboot. It will be interesting to see if Dan comes back as a ghost. I REALLLLLLLLLLY HOPE THEY DO NOT DO THE SHE DREAMED IT THING! That so many shows have used in the past to cover plat holes. That has been done to death. I would love to see some originality in the entertainment industry for a change.
I know what started this reboot craze. It was the success of the reboot of the Star Trek franchise. These copy cats are overlooking the things that the creators of Star Trek franchise really understood well. I am going to clue everyone in on what made Star Trek reboot a success when the others fell on their faces.
First was the plot line it was something believable, because they earlier versions had laid the bases for time travel. They did make a small mistake in the reboot when they had Kahn in it. He was in suspended animation in the time frame the reboot had him up walking around and he had not been reanimated till after Kirk had been captain of the Enterprise for a while. The second thing that made the reboot a success was the casting. The actor they cast to play Spock was an excellent choice. He looks very much like the late Leonard Nimoy which draws in the old fans. I do think they gave Spock a little too much visible emotion, but I suppose that could be attributed to the death of his mother in the reboot. It may have made it harder for him to keep it under control. If you want to do a reboot and make it a success you should make sure the public will accept the rebirth.
Now let’s talk about the lone ranger reboot. Don’t get me wrong I think Johnny Depp is one of the most gifted actors out there, but seriously was all that face paint just to cover the fact he was not a Native American. Also what was up with that why case him as Tonto when there are many good Native American actors out there that would not have needed face paint to cover they were white. In the original series I do not ever remember seeing Tonto ware face paint and if he did it was not to the extreme Johnny Depp did. He looked more like and African medicine man then a Native American brave.
