The new horrible Hollywood Trend...REBOOTS

[WeLLWeLL]

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I'd rather be forced to watch Titanic than be forced to watch Pearl Harbor.

+1

[Happy29]

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I really enjoyed Superman Returns and it's tribute to the Donner films. Singer had big plans for the sequal but wasn't given the chance. Now Superman is said to be getting a reboot with Christopher Nolan attached to it.

[AuburnAlumni]

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I'd rather be forced to watch Titanic than be forced to watch Pearl Harbor.

Who knew that Ben Affleck and that other douchebag singlehandedly fought off the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and retaliated by dropping a bomb in the Doolittle raid?! Those guys ROCKED!!! [/sarcasm]

Kudos on the avatar TexanWolverine....

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[AuburnAlumni]

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On a side note...

After further review I've decided my life is rather disappointing in its scope and plot.

I'm looking into giving my life a reboot.

[Blzer]

Re: The new horrible Hollywood Trend...REBOOTS

On a side note...

After further review I've decided my life is rather disappointing in its scope and plot.

I'm looking into giving my life a reboot.

The original you didn't have enough CGI, in my opinion.

[AuburnAlumni]

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The original you didn't have enough CGI, in my opinion.

Acting was stale, plot was nonexistant.

[Happy29]

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Acting was stale, plot was nonexistant.

But the sequal was amazing

[Cebby]

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But the sequal was amazing

Mark your spoilers next time dammit!

[Jukeman]

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SAW reboot FTW

[Pokes]

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Who knew that Ben Affleck and that other douchebag singlehandedly fought off the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and retaliated by dropping a bomb in the Doolittle raid?! Those guys ROCKED!!! [/sarcasm]

Kudos on the avatar TexanWolverine....

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This scene is why I hate Pearl Harbor - esp at 1:23

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They didn't have Ticonderoga class AEGIS Missile Cruisers at Pearl Harbor.

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Best Naval movie made IMO.

[Blzer]

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SAW reboot FTW

I wouldn't mind one in 15 or 20 years. They could have a somewhat similar beginning premise with the whole bathroom thing, but then stretch out and create a trilogy based solely on Jigsaw's legacy, going on completely different tangents.

Basically, it would be something where a trilogy is written and planned from the beginning, not where things are added on and planned late with new writers and such.

[Cebby]

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I wouldn't mind one in 15 or 20 years. They could have a somewhat similar beginning premise with the whole bathroom thing, but then stretch out and create a trilogy based solely on Jigsaw's legacy, going on completely different tangents.

Basically, it would be something where a trilogy is written and planned from the beginning, not where things are added on and planned late with new writers and such.

I don't see what the purpose of the Saw movies would be.

The entire point of the movies is to invent crazy ways to kill people. At least with Friday the 13th, Halloween, or TCM there's an element that goes beyond "OMG he stabbed him!!!" whereas Saw delivers nothing other than the elaborate ways people are killed.

[Beantown]

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I don't see what the purpose of the Saw movies would be.

The entire point of the movies is to invent crazy ways to kill people. At least with Friday the 13th, Halloween, or TCM there's an element that goes beyond "OMG he stabbed him!!!" whereas Saw delivers nothing other than the elaborate ways people are killed.

The first one actually had the whole: "How far would you go to survive?" thing going for it.

All of the subsequent ones, though, truthfully had no point to me other than trying to one-up the one before that.

[Cebby]

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The first one actually had the whole: "How far would you go to survive?" thing going for it.

The first one tried to have that vibe, but two people attempted to survive and died and the other three had to kill a person.

A reboot of Saw would probably entail a better director (say...David Fincher), a better black/white cop team (say...Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt instead of Danny Glover and *white cop*), and a much more charismatic killer (say...Kevin Spacey instead of *old guy*). Then, instead of focusing solely on the "OMG his head came off!!!" you maybe show the killings afterward where you still get the "OMG that's horrible" but without making the brutality the main focus.

Or perhaps you just watch the movie Saw borderline plagiarized since it is far superior in every way.

[Blzer]

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The first one tried to have that vibe, but two people attempted to survive and died and the other three had to kill a person.

A reboot of Saw would probably entail a better director (say...David Fincher), a better black/white cop team (say...Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt instead of Danny Glover and *white cop*), and a much more charismatic killer (say...Kevin Spacey instead of *old guy*). Then, instead of focusing solely on the "OMG his head came off!!!" you maybe show the killings afterward where you still get the "OMG that's horrible" but without making the brutality the main focus.

Or perhaps you just watch the movie Saw borderline plagiarized since it is far superior in every way.

Exactly. As I said, the reboot would have a complete revision, but instead worked as a completely different franchise, and a trilogy. However, I think people really like the setup of the first one (two guys in a bathroom, man in the middle thing). Everything else could be completely different as far as I'm concerned.