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Any dead franchises that can survive being rebooted? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I once asked what media franchises need to just stop, that have run their time. Now I want to know which ones DID stop, and could be restarted with new content.

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[–] 16 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

Max Headroom could work, IFF they went full-bore with the mockery of media, corporatism-as-government and cynical view of advertising. Though the desolation inside and outside the cities and the plight of 'blanks' might hit too close to home nowadays as it's pretty much a literal reality now.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They did attempt a reboot decades ago and completely dropped the ball taking Max from a satirical commentary about mainstream media and capitalistic nonsense into basically a talking head for capitalistic nonsense.

    The actual original show was way ahead of its time and that change to it is what killed it.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Ow. That sounds horrible. I'm glad I'd never heard of it then, I guess. :(

    I'm at the age now where I actually feel relieved if I hear news that Hollywood has decided not to go ahead with a prequel, remake, 're-imagining', or whatever... and I purposefully avoid now the ones that sound like they're going to be a disaster.

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