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They will never replicate Malcolm in the Middle successfully.
These are all done on the speculation that millennials want to see it for nostalgia reasons.
They haven’t come out yet, so the jury is still out whether Millenials actually want it or not.
It will be more profitable than not so they will do it. All of it.
They found a way to keep blaming us for stuff they do. 🤦🏻♂️ We're gonna be 80 and they'll still release headlines: Millennials dying off is causing all the current troubles in the world.
But really, yes... I do feel a lot of nostalgia about many things. But the more these shows/movies get rebooted, remade, revived, the more I realize I hate all the new versions. A lot of them seem to be ideas I had at some point as a child or teen, which now that I see executed, I realize are completely terrible. So every time something is announced, I'm like "oh no, I'm not watching that". (And most sequels are pretty much "soft" reboots/remakes/revivals, as they end up recycling old plots, repeating lines, and so on.)
Not to mention that shows, in particular, have been completely nerfed since the 90's. You had 20+ episodes per year. And now you're lucky if a show has more than 8 a season, and the next season isn't randomly cancelled or comes within the next 2 years. No, thank you.
Yeah I didn't realize I was asking for these. In fact, thinking about Scrubs I was initially excited but then I truly thought about Scrubs.
S1 to S3 - genuinely great tv S4 to S5 - gradual decline S6 - out of plotlines S7 - writers strike S8 - everyone is not hot and all the old problems are new, recycle everything S9 - don't talk about it.
So, a few good seasons of TV. But that's how nostalgia works, we think about those first few seasons, not the later ones. Thinking about a reboot now? It won't be good, it just won't be.
So yeah. I think it's far more likely Hollywood is desperate to keep our eyes on their content for their bottom line and are trying to exploit nostalgia.
Meanwhile, Malcom in tyrant Middle stayed pretty consistent.
Surprisingly it did. Only in the last season when reese joined the army did I really start feeling like it turned. It sounds like they're coming back for more of a short run "epilogue" style, instead of a full blown season. I think that'd be better.
The only millennial reboot I've seen work is really more of a genX reboot anyways: beavis and butthead.
Animaniacs wasn't bad, either.
Yeah, Beavis and Butthead was a bit too "grownup" for me. I was like 8 or 10 at the time. And I just never got into that kind of humor, so I can't say whether the reboot worked because I never watched it.
Edit: accidentally a word
This has nothing to do with nostalgia and everything to do with tv and movie executives being unwilling to make anything without an ipo
Cool, Firefly when?
Brother, I'm right there with you, but FUCK Joss. Seriously shit human being. Can we get it without him?
I think it's time to accept it's dead but I'd love a show inspired by it
Like the book The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - different world building, but a similar feel - could be used as the basis for a spiritual successor.
That entire book series would make for such a good anthology show
All four books are good (particularly the first two), but I yearned for an ongoing story rather than an anthology ... to really get my teeth into the characters, have adventures, and maybe resolve (or at least progress) some of the larger societal issues that were presented
Funny, I thought it was because Hollywood is plum fucking out of ideas.
I’d seriously love to see a Brunnen-G spinoff show set in the years before the insect war. I hate the idea of recasting Kai but it could work if they do it right.
Unfortunately that show was never more than an underground cult thing, even in its native countries of Canada and Germany.
The only thing I’ll care about nostalgia wise is when it officially becomes 6 seasons and a movie
Scrubs is my comfort show. I don't know how or why it happened, but I'll put it on when I sleep or need background sounds while I do other things.
The answer's not in your head, my dear -- it's in your butt.
Check the poo...
Oh god is it that hard to come up with something fresh?
Oh right it's strictly about milking money, gotcha.
Only time I can remember a "reboot" working was Karate Kid/Cobra Kai but that was way different.
I hadn't seen the latest season. The prior season I felt like it was overstaying it's welcome.
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