None of those are reboots. They are new adaptions or remakes. To have a reboot, you need to have a recognized franchise with a recognized continuity, without jumping medium. Planet of the Apes is the only one that could qualify, but it was never considered as such until the term reboot became popularized in comic…

“Star Trek 2009's biggest aftershock came outside of its franchise with the big reboot and legacy sequel boom of the 2010s. New takes on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Robocop and Evil Dead were born from this movie’s success, even if it was just to revitalize its own series.”

I had my problems with the third film, but I’m always up for more movies in that series. I rewatched Chronicles last holiday season, and had a blast. Way better than Rebel Moon.

My point is that the domination of franchise over stars had already started by 2004. Harry Potter was in full swing, and that franchise, more than LotR, is sold on the IP. The leads were all unknown kids, and the adults were all working British actors, many in the twilight of their careers (and sadly for some of thrm,…

The texture/lighting is a bit weird - I guess it’s supposed to be battle damaged? But I like the vibe of the picture, less “grr grr this is serious shit” and more friendly, calm “don’t worry, friends, I’ll be right there with you, everything is going to be alright”

I think it’s more 30 years ago now. 20 years ago is 2004, and looking at that year top box-office, you can clearly see the landscape already changing - the top 3 are franchise sequels (Shrek 2, Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter 3), there are a couple more animated movies, and then it’s an eclectic mix of holdovers fro.…

I’ve seen trailers for The Fall Guy, thought it looked fun, and almost went this week-end but something came up, yet I only learned yesterday it was based on something. I had never heard of this TV show in my life.

In addition to what you point out, Mel Brooks never player Robin Hood. He directed Cary Elwes as Robin Hood (and played Rabi Tuck)

I’m not sure why the Disney movie is used as the starting point for Robin Hood adaptations? That’s just weird.

Pikachu is really darn good, but it is not the only good videogame movie.

I agree about the sequel trilogy re: ships and re: battles. Regarding the latter though, it think it’s a widespread problem , not just an Abrams’ one. I was watching Aquaman 2 the other day, and there isn’t a single battle scene where I could get a grasp of the geography, i.e. where each combattant is in relation to…

They’ve been rereleasing the original novels in graphic novel form, does that count?

Pokemon Pikachu main flaw is that it’s both a little too dark/complex for kids and a little too silly/simple for adults. So it ends up being pretty good to two audiences rather than being really great to a single audience (kids) like the Mario and Sonic movies.

The lack of internet was also a shield for me. Internet did exist, of course, but we didn’t get access to it at home until 2000, when the government ran a subsidy program to help people get Internet and a computer into their home. Before that, Internet was a thing I could check out at school from time to time.

I’ll admit I was 11 when TPM came out, so I wasn’t really exposed to that discourse until I was older and there were a slightly more substantial strain of criticism going around (emphasis on sligthly). I was lucky enough that the only older fan of Star Wars I really knew back then was my dad (who was 15 in 77) and he…

That's a lot of extrapolation from a couple lines about what is basically a normal creative process - pitch a bunch of ideas then discuss them to find the one everyone agrees with. 

He did, but I remember seeing something about an interview where Morrisson saying they never asked to be called they/them, the internet just kinda did it on its own, and Morrisson was a little surprised but not insulted or bothered by it. But apparently Morrisson says they still uses he/him in their personnal life.

The hate for Jar-Jar was overblown and Best absolutely never deserved a single shred of the bullying he got. That was over the line and awful.

Is Morrisson really going by they now? I heard conflicting accounts about it, including allegedly from Morrisson himself, so this is a genuine question.

Well, I’ll have to agree to disagree then, because I simply cannot get into your shoes. If we were talking Avengers 2-4? Sure. But Avengers 1 is the perfect mix of blockbuster and comic-book language. So if even that couldn’t please you, I just don’t think you like blockbusters. You might like smaller, more visceral…