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Reboots almost always suck. The only exception I can think of is rebooted Battlestar Galactica which was great. All the new star trek suck - Orville is unironic
by Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
Reboots almost always suck. The only exception I can think of is rebooted Battlestar Galactica which was great. All the new star trek suck - Orville is unironically truer to the original star trek vision then Discover or Picard. So what will they do to Max Headroom? Odds are that it will be ruined, but I also would love to be proven wrong on this.
Also, a really key part of the original was the actor Matt Frewer. It'll be a tough job to find someone like him.
- fao_ 4y ago> All the new star trek suck Strange New Worlds sucks?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoI haven't watched SNW yet so not counting that one.
- hooby 4y agoWhile you are certainly right that many reboots fall into "uninspired money-grab" territory, it wasn't necessarily my intention to imply that the Max Headroom reboot will suck. It might suck - but it might also turn out to be quite good. I don't know. But regardless of it's quality - I just can't see it having the same sort of bite. Achieving the same level of bite would require the jokes and themes to be updated to apply to the current day media landscape.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoI agree with this and would add that updating the themes/jokes to the modern media landscape will not likely have the same bite as they did in the original. This is because modern media today is chock full of self-aware critiques, whereas back then this type of thing was less common and felt edgier because of it. My expectations are low, but I will check it out if they make it - hope reigns.