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Movies You Want Rebooted?

Let's face it, everything gets rebooted these days, especially franchises that don't need it, or were just rebooted recently...(looking at you Spider-Man)...but not all reboots are bad, obviously...(looking at you Jurassic World)... So, since movie reboots seem to be here to stay...what are some movies and/or movie franchises that you would like to see rebooted? If you're feeling especially frisky, why not give us some reasons behind your picks! I'll go first: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Reason - The whole series would make great movies, but let's face it, the first one was atrocious. If that weren't justification enough, it's been long enough for a reboot. Eragon. Reason - Same as Hitchhiker's. Transformers. Reason - No Michael Bay! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Reason - The premise of it is awesome. I'd love to see a reboot with today's graphics.

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  • Probably Star Trek or Star Wars not by JJ Abrams Bad story + abundance of special effects a good movie does not make The nutty professor with mike Myers instead

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  • Edited by SARS7691: 6/23/2015 8:25:05 PM
    All I want is the rest of the John Carter movies

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  • Eragon please. Also, you're implying Jurassic World is a reboot.

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    • Space Jam

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    • Spaceballs 2 needs to happen.

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      • Das Boot.

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      • Edited by Mighty Albatross: 6/23/2015 8:15:59 PM
        Please reboot Eragon. It's my favorite book series. In the mid 2000s we didn't have good enough technology but now if there is a good enough director and writer it might turn out amazing. At this point the worst thing they could do that I think they might try is turning it into a hunger games or divergent. It's written as a fantasy novel not a teen action romance. Oh and [spoiler]eragon never gets the girl[/spoiler]

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        • None, come up with something original for once!!!!

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          • I love League of Extrodinary Gentlemen. I thought I was the last one.

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            • But I like the transformers movies.

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              • I am Legend times a million. Don't get me wrong. Will Smith's acting was superb, and as a standalone film in itself, it is good. But as a film based off of Richard Matheson's classic novel which singlehandedly created the zombie genre--inspiring even Romero--since it was the first book to separate vampirism from supernaturalism, the film stank. It was NOTHING like the book, and the whole meaning was lost in favor of another mildly annoying, quasi-religious messiah message. The real meaning of the book was much darker, and it was a true criticism of the world at the time--which the zombie genre itself is, at least until it became too commercialized. I want to see a really long film based off of Richard Matheson's "I am Legend." I want it to be the Gone With the Wind of the zombie genre--even greater than the original Dawn of the Dead. This time I want the film to actually be based off of the book word for word, maybe "filling in the gaps" between some of the vaguer parts of the book (like Robert Neville's background or how the world collapsed) to invigorate it with some new originality, but ultimately be based off the blueprint of the book. We need a really good actor who can study Robert Neville religiously and really get into the character of a man all alone in the world, and a good director--perhaps Christopher Nolan or George Romero with a huge budget and total creative control--who can really bring the themes and messages of the books onto the big screen. I would pay an arm and a leg to see such a film based off of my favorite book. Will Smith's "I am Legend" was garbage as a film version of the novel. Sure as a film itself it was good. But it was NOT the book. Plus, ironically, in choosing to cast a Black actor as the protagonist, the original social message of the book was lost. People often don't realize that "I am Legend" and the zombie-genre as a whole arose as a progressive satire of middle-America and the xenophobia that racists felt during Civil Rights. There is one notorious scene in the book where Robert Neville compares the infected to the plight of minorities in the nation. People often interpret this as racism when in reality it was a satirical criticism of racism. It's playing upon the fears of racists, reducing to ridicule their xenophobia. The message is lost by casting a Black man, ironically. Because the satirization no longer makes sense.

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              • Microwave it

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