Thoughts On Reboot Movies

Because they've been kind of a theme in movie making in recent years.

I'm sure franchise reboot movies aren't exactly what one might call a new thing at this point in entertainment history. The first one I remember seeing was the Mark Whalberg Planet of the Apes in 2004 or 2005.

Since then, it seems like they've become more common. There was the JJ Abrams Star Trek movie in 2009, a few Alvin and the Chipmunks movies in recent years, three live-action Transformers movies in the same time frame, and even Ninja Turtles, soon to be twice in about five years.

I get the fan backlash towards some of this, of course. After all, we're dealing with popular, established franchises and characters here. Fans don't always like changes to those things.

But not so long ago, I watched a Nostalgia Critic video about his thoughts on the upcoming Turtles reboot, where they're reported to be aliens instead of chemical-induced mutants. I quite liked what he was saying about it. Basically, he was saying that it might be so completely different that it might actually be good, something the franchise really needs. After all, the Ninja Turtles franchise is the better part of 30 years old now and could maybe use some decent freshening up.

From the sounds of things, the Critic may very well be going into this new Turtles movie the way I came out of the Abrams Trek reboot. It wasn't the movie or the story I was expecting it to be or hoping for, but it was still pretty damned good. After all, by the time the movie came out, the original series had been over for 40 years, and the generation that grew up with it had gone from kids to grandparents at the very least. Times have changed drastically over the years, and as much as I like the classic Trek series and cast headed up by William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForrest Kelly, I must admit, it was interesting seeing those characters as they might have been had they been created in more modern times. Maybe the same can be said for this new Ninja Turtles movie that's set to come out sometime this year.

And for those that might be curious, here's what the Nostalgia Critic had to say about the as-yet unreleased Turtles movie.