I have never been a fan of any reboot to old franchises. Especially those made during the 80's. The reason for this is because those products were so firmly rooted in their times. The way characters back then talked, looked and acted is something that should remain in that time period. Not rehashed or rebooted.
A problem I have been having with modern hollywood is this insistence to make block buster movies based on existing works instead of, I don't know, hiring writers to write something that works. Or better yet, buy a script from the numerous guys out in hollywood trying to make the next Avatar or something. It seems TV, Video games and music videos come up with more original stuff that the Movie industry despite having less money or resources. Heck for every Pacific rim, there are at least 6 or 7 GI Joes and many more Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
The point I am trying to make is that with that attitude it was only inevitable that this crap would happen. A Shit director, heading a shit studio with a shit system funneling shit actors to make a shit movie. I will skip this one when it came out just as I skipped the 2007 TMNT Movie before it. It was good, which is why we have TV and DVD for good stuff I missed.
TMNT '07 wasn't bad. I saw it for my 8th grade field trip. We voted for it as a joke and the administration took it seriously. Ended up okay. :P
Establish franchises get rebooted over and over for the built in audience. They can grab new fans, attract old fans, and even grab the "haters" who have to see it because they want to know how badly "their childhood is ruined."I am skeptical of everything to some extent, but I think hating something because you have Nostalgia-Goggles on is bad for your health. Every generation thinks the new versions of things they had as a kid sucks and most don't even realize that their favorite things are reboots of reboots.I like how you talk about how you don't like new stuff being based on old stuff and then use Pacific Rim, TV, and video games as counterexamples.
I hate to tell you, but a lot of human creativity is based on previous human creativity, and acknowledging that influence explicitly and paying tribute to previous works through new iterations is by no means necessarily a bad thing.Pacific Rim was dope though.
Michael Bay is like pop music to me - it's not usually that great, but I can tolerate or even enjoy it to some extent… but it's not going to change my life or teach me anything.
Haha, I know. I'm the same- I'm always up for a "bad" action film. Sometimes it's nice to watch something that doesn't require a lot of concentration to keep up with the story. A lot of Bay's work fits that category, and there's obviously a huge market for it.
I may watch this TMNT reboot when it's on TV in a few years, but I certainly won't be paying for it.Steven, you were listening to Justin Bieber the other day. I rest my case. :P
I wasn't talking about that! (I actually didn't see you post that. :P) We had a conversation on facebook about the frivolity of pop music where you were on the other side of the argument! :P
In the end, the money is spent on a sub-par, wasteful, mind-numbing product. I, personally, don't think it much matters whether it happened before or after the fact.
On another note: This show looks like it'd be good.