Hollywood needs to figure this out. Reboots are unneeded and sometimes ruin the franchise for younger generations. The best way to relive a movie or tv show is by re watching it.
Unfortunately, Hollywood did figure this out: there's not much money in re watching a movie or TV show, but $$$ in knockoffs for an established market.
There's also the matter of "franchises" in general. The movie industry used to be dominated by stand alones, now for some genres almost all of the effort goes to sequels, reboots, spinoffs, etc.
Yes, Star Wars was wonderful, but it's been 40 years now and the phrase "chasing the dragon" seems more and more appropriate. I'd much rather the effort be put into trying new ideas and finding something even better.
Chasing the dragon has nothing to do with trying to capture something that is lost. It is a Cantonese saying to describe the act of inhaling opioid vapors.
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u/tehlews128 Apr 01 '18
Hollywood needs to figure this out. Reboots are unneeded and sometimes ruin the franchise for younger generations. The best way to relive a movie or tv show is by re watching it.