I will use examples to try explain what they are. A few well known reboot movies are Ang lee's 'hulk' which was criticized for being convoluted, dull and humorless.
Producer Avi Arad (2004) called the film 'a financial flop/disaster at the box office, but declared that Hulk's merchandising was successful enough to make a sequel.'
Arad, A. (2004) 'An Interview with Avi Arad'. Interviewed by Ken. P for IGN, 10 February [online] available at: http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/491/491232p1.html (Accessed 13 April 2011)
This leads to a reboot of the film in it's squeal. The first 10 minutes are devoted to retelling the story of the first movie with a new cast and concept. The reboot was created out of bad intakes at the box office, general criticism from movie reviewers and fans of the comic from which the film was derived. another well know reboot is Christopher Nolands Batman begins,another comic book movie but taken with a more serious concept and a some what consciousness of what would be considered not too far beyond reality. By this I mean Noland tried to keep it more reality based in terms on character and plot. where as the Tim Burton's versions of the batman movies have his unique stylized Gothic look and silliness about them.
Comparing the old and new Spider-man outfits (2011) Comparing the old and new Spider-man outfits [image] Available at: http://geekmythology.tumblr.com/post/2743559646/comparing-the-old-and-new-spider-man-outfits (Accessed 13 April 2011)
another reboot would be a new film called the amazing spider-man with is reboot answer to the last installment of the spider-man franchise 'spider-man 3' which was financially a success and was paned by critics for being over the top, silly and having too many pointless plots and characters. normally reboots would be done a while after the previous films have kinda been forgotten to a degree. however this reboot was done only a few years away from spider-man 3. this had many people asking the questions whats the point? and many people give different answers such as its money driven, it's because the writers of the original want to fix what went wrong before or its a way to continue the franchise etc.
Akira, (1988) Akira [poster]. Available at: http://collider.com/keanu-reeves-akira-2/91421/
(Accessed 13 April 2011)
To focus more on my interest in animation the film Akria is widely considered to be landmark film in-terms of quality of animation and style of animation. it influenced Japanese animation form that point onwards well made animated movies. It was animated by Takashi Nakamura, Yoshio Takeuchi and Hiroaki Sato. I heard that they were going to do a live action remake which in my opinion it shouldn't happen as its just one of those films best left alone. but remakes get made some are good some are bad and some are just pointless. this would basically be an attempt to try and fit the 6 manga comic volumes which was condensed down into a 2 hour animated movie and now "Hollywood" wants to take the animated movie and make a plaster patch live action mess which would flop in cinemas like previous attempts, Street-fighter and Dragon Ball Z to name a few.
The Idea of Re-imaging has been used in TV shows such as Battle-Star Galacticia AKA BSG the old series was made in the 1978 with some success but eventually faded with time. Until 2004 when it we remade with a re-imagining concept. taking the ideas and them of the shows but creating a new interpretation of the story as a whole. This allowed the creators to take different spin on characters and to add a more serious and gritty tone to the story.
Battlestar Galactica, (1978) Battlestar Galactica, [Poster] Available at: http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html (Accessed 13 April 2011)
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(Accessed 13 April 2011)
'Battlestar Galactica' (2011) Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica (Accessed 13 April 2011)
'Akira' (2011) Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29 (Accessed 13 April 2011)
'Batman Begins' (2011) Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins (Accessed 13 April 2011)
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Arad, A. (2004) 'An Interview with Avi Arad'. Interviewed by Ken. P for IGN, 10 February [online] available at: http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/491/491232p1.html (Accessed 13 April 2011)
Akira, (1988) Akira [poster]. Available at: http://collider.com/keanu-reeves-akira-2/91421/
(Accessed 13 April 2011)
Battlestar Galactica, (2004) Battlestar Galactica [poster] Available at: http://slouchingtowardsthatcham.com/2010/11/06/classic-tv-intros-5-battlestar-galactica/
(Accessed 13 April 2011)
Battlestar Galactica, (1978) Battlestar Galactica, [Poster] Available at: http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html (Accessed 13 April 2011)
Comparing the old and new Spider-man outfits (2011) Comparing the old and new Spider-man outfits [image] Available at: http://geekmythology.tumblr.com/post/2743559646/comparing-the-old-and-new-spider-man-outfits (Accessed 13 April 2011)
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