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TalkToTheLord t1_jbpl8hl wrote

When someone inevitably comments “Who wanted this?”

It is I. I wanted a Flintstones animated reboot.

Jetsons next, please, though that is overdue for its live action treatment that’s been collecting dust in Hollywood for ages.

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Realshow t1_jbpumev wrote

I’m honestly surprised how long it’s taken for a true to form reboot. This premise looks interesting, but just making a modern take on the original feels like a nobrainer. It’s not like sitcoms ever went out of style.

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Ozlin t1_jbqw0t7 wrote

I'll watch it just for the cast. Stephen Root as Fred is excellent.

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khanfusion t1_jbu2bcj wrote

Stephen Root is an indicator actor. If he's playing a main character, there's a very good chance the show or movie is worth seeing.

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Fryceratops t1_jbq9j6p wrote

I want a continuation of the Harvey Birdman Flintstones.

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spald01 t1_jbrm9sl wrote

Your dead to me can opener!

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HalpTheFan t1_jbvdjnh wrote

Would you say you live La Dolce Vita?

....

The Sweet Life, for gods sake, woman!

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NeuHundred t1_jbqq5ie wrote

Jetsons would be cool, that 60s retrofuturism and so on... I know people have this head canon of them being in the sky and the earth being a dead zone beneath. I think that's a bit too much, but I like the idea of other cities being the future as envisioned by other decades. So we have an 80s cyberpunk city, a 30s deco city like Metropolis, a Y2K silver/aqua fluid organic type of city, etc...

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TalkToTheLord t1_jbqrn66 wrote

Totally. I'm getting my retro-futurism fix with that right now on ATV+ "Hello Tomorrow!"

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TheMikarin t1_jbsje9g wrote

They have shown the Earth below in the original cartoon, it isn't a deadzone, just parks, homeless folk and walking birds.

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dont_worry_im_here t1_jbqoona wrote

"Who wanted this?" is the dumbest (whatever it's called... trope statement?) that has ever existed.

Are creators supposed to poll everyone before they create? Fuck off

The most awarded movie in cinema history, EEAAOA... did anybody want that?

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DisturbedNocturne t1_jbqrvmb wrote

>The most awarded movie in cinema history, EEAAOA... did anybody want that?

Exactly. This logic never stops to consider the other side of that. "Who wanted this!?" Yeah, because I'm sure there was a huge demand for a show about a billionaire's kids squabbling over his media empire or one based on the football coach that discussed soccer from NBC Sports commercials or the one about people whose home life can't remember their work life, but those are some of the best shows on television right now.

They really think we would've gotten those if networks were looking for some sort of popular consensus before entering development?

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TalkToTheLord t1_jbqpmf9 wrote

Well, I agree with you about the trope. These threads are always full of 'em though, as if execs green light shows and films from comments...

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doctorslices t1_jbska5v wrote

> The most awarded movie in cinema history, EEAAOA

Is it really? The Oscars haven't even happened yet.

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dont_worry_im_here t1_jbt34c2 wrote

https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-return-of-the-king-most-awarded-movie

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CombatHarness t1_jbtdrru wrote

Is that just a side effect of there being more awards now though?

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LupinThe8th t1_jbugd0k wrote

They took that into consideration.

>In an effort to level the playing field, IGN narrowed the list down to only award-giving bodies that recognized both films.

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Maninhartsford t1_jbqn160 wrote

Also, Seth MacFarlane. He's talked about it a lot, and I'm guessing he's sad he's not involved with this

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ThePopeofHell t1_jbt1x3z wrote

They’ve been trying to make this for a long time. It was attached to Seth Macfarlane. I think he used to talk about it in interviews.

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velocicopter t1_jbrh1aq wrote

They need to make a live action Jetsons ASAP, while Danny DeVito is still around to play Mr. Spacely.

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jaj-io t1_jbpz39i wrote

There are a lot of shows you can justifiably ask, "Why?" This is not one of them.

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Duffman66CMU t1_jbpsqbt wrote

Yeah, but one true to the original, no? Or what are you hoping for?

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbpuhhr wrote

This appears not to be a reboot, but a sequel.

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TalkToTheLord t1_jbpunlr wrote

Yes, well I meant rebooting a franchise. I think it’s cool to try a “sequel” and see older versions of these characters.

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OneGoodRib t1_jbq7lh0 wrote

Isn't it continuing the franchise if it's a sequel? Since they aren't starting over from scratch?

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hatramroany t1_jbqc91j wrote

Both are commonly referred to as reboots, it is what it is

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbq7mjs wrote

But they literally aren't rebooting a franchise. It's a new entry within the franchise.

They aren't starting over with a new version from the beginning, as a replacement for original, which is what a reboot is. Recast roles doesn't make something a reboot.

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PineappleZaddy t1_jbqqyjy wrote

if you reboot your computer, you aren't getting a new computer, you are just restarting it

which is exactly what reboot should mean with tv, just restarting a series

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbtbpuw wrote

What a reboot means in fiction has a firmly established definition.

I agree that it isn't the ideal term, it should have been a better one, but it is the one that stuck.

The new show is definitely not a reboot or remake. Though obviously it's not a revival either. Whether it will be a re-imagining can't be ruled out yet, but everything announced about it so far points to a straight-up sequel.

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