Mr. & Mrs. Smith Also Being Rebooted?

[Sawyer]

I thought the first one sucked... cant see a reboot being any different.

 

[the a1ant]

I would cast Chris Pine and Megan Fox.

 

[marvelman2006]

Am I going to see the Karate Kid? No, but I bet a lot of people are.

I bet a lot of people will see the new Spider Man reboot, too. Why? Because people like Spider Man. They'll see the Spider Man reboot the same way people saw The Hulk reboot. Yeah, remember The Hulk? The movie that was rebooted a mere FIVE YEARS later? If I'm not mistaken, some people actually like the reboot (The Incredible Hulk) better than the original Ang Lee version, which proves that maybe reboots aren't always a bad thing.

For that matter, how many reboots do we actually get each year? Of those reboots, how many were based off a movie released in the last ten to fifteen years? How many were considered good enough NOT to need a reboot? I know people on this site like to go on and on about how many reboots Hollywood has been cranking out, but if you stop to think about it, there actually hasn't been a ton of reboots. Sequels? Yes. Prequels? Yes. Book adaptations? Yes. But reboots? Not so much. Most of the reboot talk actually comes from unhappy fans, and Hollywood picks up on that, so we're the ones who are partially to blame for "reboot mania" in Hollywood. Really, if you were given the chance to reboot Fantastic Four (1 or 2), Daredevil, X-Men (1, 2, or 3), Wolverine, or Super Man Returns, would you tell the studios NOT to do it just because it's too soon after the original came out?

I don't think reboots are the horrible things people are making them out to be, because reboots, though they have the same characters and the same basic story lines, are always different from the version that came before them. When are the reboots the exact same thing as the original? Do you think the rebooted Spider Man is going to have the exact same story as Sam Raimi's Spider Man movies?

Do reboots get boring after a while? Depends on how they're done. A good reboot can be better than the original (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, anyone?). Are original stories better? That depends on how they're done, too. Original stories can suck just as bad as any reboot, if not more.

I understand what your saying and all valid points. but for every dark knight we get a king kong or texas chainsaw massacre that offers nothing new at all to an audience for those stories. my opinion "I say enough with reboots" hollywood just doesnt want to move on to new things. do you think we would have ever gotten back to the future, star wars, or terminator in todays hollywood then? Im just saying if a franchise doesnt make money anymore then there is a reason.... reboots seldom dont work because there is no more interest in those characters. hollywood should invest in creating new franchises. there might be a reason why transformers and ironman made a boatload of money and its because it was something new and exciting for the masses to take in instead of seeing the same old crap.

 

[Darkness Falls]

*groans and bangs head on desk*

 

[Octoberist]

this is as strange as the Cliffhanger 'reboot' (by the way, I think 'reboot' is better suited for a series or adaptation than a single original movie)

 

[scifiwolf]

I have no problems with franchises being rebooted when they've grown stale, had time to drift out of public consciousness, and began life in a medium other than film.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith was an original idea for the big screen, heavily associated with the original actors (ie, Indian Jones/Harrison Ford), still fresh in the public's mind, and never meant to be a franchise. Leave it the f**k alone.