By Brock Cooper (doddleNews)
Is Hollywood suffering from premature rebooteration
I guess Hollywood is no different than any other aging industry, and there is a time when they just can’t quite perform like they used to. As I look at the state of Hollywood, I can’t help but think the industry is beginning to suffer from premature rebooteration.
When I was a kid, I loved Transformers and had all the robotic action figures. When they can out with the movies, I was always the first in line to hear Peter Cullen portray Optimus Prime. I could even suffer through Shia Labeouf, thank you Megan Fox.
When I heard “Dark of the Moon” was to be the last film, I was actually relieved. I liked that Hollywood was going to let Optimus end it on top, but a few months ago I started hearing about a fourth movie. It was widely reported that Shia and most of the other cast members wouldn’t return for a fourth film, but word on the grapevine is that a new movie is slated for 2014…a reboot.
What? A reboot of a movie that was made in 2011. Three years for a reboot? Doesn’t that seem a little…ummm…early? When you think reboot, you think classic characters getting a modernization. The Avengers, Mission Impossible, Star Trek, etc., but how can you modernize characters that just got modernized?
Transformers isn’t the only movie that has gotten a lot of press because of an early reboot. I think I can say that the original Spiderman with Tobey Maguire has become a superhero classic. The second was good, but by the end of the third we were left asking ourselves “Huh?” It was a tragic way to end a series, but Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were pretty much against making another one.
Spiderman 3 came out in 2007, and there’s already a reboot coming out. Will these premature reboots be as good as the originals, or will we be left unfulfilled and unsatisfied? I’m interested to find out, but I fear the worst.
Before studio execs decide to make a reboot of a new series, perhaps they should grab on tight to the original and squeeze it for all their worth. What they get may not be as good as the old days, but it’s bound to be better than an poorly considered reboot.
About Brock Cooper
Lack of creativity, not online piracy is what is killing Hollywood. It is no wonder so many independents are popping up & succeeding.