Cartoons that deserve a remake

here's a few that could use a complete reboot
sonic the hedgehog with a whole new story line that mix the satam and comic book homages
gargoyles
dynomutt
 
Nah, the Muppets are going have to prove themselves worthy of another show for me. IMO, The magic of the Muppets died along with Jim Henson; all of the post-Jim projects by the Henson company have run the gamut from mediocre to just plain bad. We already got one Jim-less Henson prime-time show, Muppets Tonight, and we all saw how that turned out.

If Jim Henson's company is going to embark on a new TV series, I'd rather they tackle an all-new property with all-new characters rather then try to revive a previously existing franchise which was previously handled by Jim, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire et al, particularly The Muppet Show. It's clear to me that those guys were the only ones capable of handling those characters properly. I'm not in a hurry to see a new show starring unfunny, wrong-sounding Muppets.

And I definitely say no to the thought of a new animated Muppet series. Jim Henson's Muppet Babies was done as a cartoon for one reason: the Muppet Baby puppet characters were too small and difficult to operate (it was said that the Muppet Babies sequence from The Muppets Take Manhattan was one of the most complicated sequences they ever had to shoot) so a weekly series done in that style wouldn't have been feasible. The animated Fraggle Rock series was only made so kids without cable could see Fraggle Rock; the stories were ripped directly from the HBO show. Converting puppetry to animation negates both art forms.

This I agree with 100%. Come on, DC; Batman isn't your only character. I know Superman Returns didn't set the world on fire, but there's still plenty of fuel for a decent Superman show.
 
Considering how most remakes have turned out these days I'm honestly surprised so many people want to see Hollywood take a crack at some of their favorite shows.
 
I suppose your right about the Muppets, since Jim Henson isn't around to oversee the project then I guess it wouldn't really ever capture that "Henson feel" so-to-speak. I just miss the Muppets and the Muppet Babies a lot I guess, I suppose they are just going to eventually fade off into oblivion and become a distant memory over the course of time. :sad:
 
I know it's probably the perfect example of how to remake a show right. Keep all the good points of the original while fixing some of the bigger problems.
 
You know, I randomly came across that series the other night. I consider myself VERY WELL versed with 80s and 90s cartoons and that was just one I never saw, heard or even encountered.

It looked kind of interesting.

The thing that really got me is apparently it was taken off the air because Hannabarera sued stating it was too similar to Go Bots ... of all things.

If ANYTHING, it looks closer to a rip off of Voltron, but it really is its own series. I dont know why TMS Entertainment backed down to easily.
 
American animation is doing fine right now, I don't believe we need remakes to any show.

We need more original shows in genres other than action or comedy.
 
The Pirates of Dark Water. It was a show that was a little ahead of its time and I think it would be more successful today. The recent success of the Pirates of the Carribean movies I think helps as well.

Masters of the Universe. I know they had one not too long ago, but I think they could use another now that the MOTU Classics toyline is a success and a movie will be made in the next few years.
 
I thought I heard that someplace too.

Its a shame that we just recently had a He-man remake that was really, really, really good.

Too bad the window likely closed to restart the series far too long ago.

I suppose they could relaunch it with some sort of She-ra intro.
 
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