Is anyone getting tired of the constant superhero show reboots?

For the most part I am not into reboots. And I'm consistent with this opinion. I have no interest whatsoever in the new FMA anime nor do I much care about DBZ Kai. If I hadn't seen the originals of these shows then I might like them. But IMO, reboots don't really NEED to be done while the original version is still readily available. I can see why someone would want to reboot something from the 1960s. But I have no interest in seeing 3 reboots in 10 years.

I like to move on and meet new characters to follow after I'm done with a show. I don't really give a toss about an alternate version, a "director's cut" or the "authentic" version (unless it's to make up for a really bad first version). If the first version was good, then I liked it and followed those characters to the end, and our journey ended there.

People always ask, "Would you go back in time and do everything over again, except done better?"

In the end I would have to say, "No."
 
This, although I'm not a fan of Adam West or Superfriends. However, I do like Batman TAS and Batman Beyond as well as The Batman. As far as the chibi stuff, I tend to stay away from. While I don't mind fun in my cartoons I won't go that far. Teen Titans, Spectacular Spider-Man and Batman: Brave and the Bold (even though I haven't seen much of it) is about as far as I'll go in terms of a fun show. As for the question itself, no, I don't mind remakes. "Will I watch them" is the mystery question.
 
I've said this before and I'll say it again:

Producers of long running characters have an ethical duty to ensure that they are portraying those characters that holds true to their genre. This is something that most college grown writers are exposed to during their education and frankly its a big pet peeve of mine when they don't hold to those standards.

When we're talking about shaping the world and imagination of viewers / readers, I always want to see the first thing that springs to their mind when talking about a character is something that is true to it's original design.

IMHO stories can be updated to make the dialouge better, stream line events better, retell old stories but it should always remain true to the original design. A good writer of an established character will always try to do that.

Now we look at series like Batman: TBATB and Hero Squad and they are absolutely targeting a younger audience. In MANY cases, their first memories of these characters are going to be the kiddied-up version as they grow up. They are going to think that's the norm and thats what they will then expect from the next generation of the same series and when they get a darker version of it, it's not going to be as well received.

This line of thinking is something its a bit hard for most people who post on these forums because MOST of us here grew up with Batman TAS, Superman TAS, Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spiderman, Ironman 90s and FF4 90s. We already have that image of what the character is meant to be forged in our minds and it's probably true to say no matter how much Batman TBATB or Hero Squad we watch, when we identify the character, the first thing that comes to our minds is still going to be Batman TAS with Kevin Conroy's voice springing to our to mind.

You have to ask yourself, what will happen when these kids who were exposed to Batman TBAB or Hero Squad get to the point where they are now taking jobs as people producing the shows. Is the next generation going to produce animation that is true to the original nature of the series or something that is even more of an abomination?
 
I agree, I dont think growing up with a particular style of character changes anything. The thing is I grew up reading comic books unlike most kids nowadays. I grew up with batman adam west reruns at the same time as superfriends, incredible hulk in primetime, and all the while reading the comics. It was the comics that kept me grounded to the true character, so i can accept different interpretations. The problem with being a comic geek is were actually more judgmental about said interpretations.
 
But it would've hurt TT if it had been made to fit in with the DCAU because the tone of the show was completely different than the rest of the DCAU. Popularity isn't what I'm disagreeing with it's the fact that most of these changes you propose would either damage the show creatively or make no difference whatsoever and are entirely pointless.



It's also fair to speculate that the new Ultimate Spider-Man show won't measure up to SSM in a lot of fans minds, but does that mean the show shouldn't exist? No.

I liked The Batman, a lot of people did, and it brought some new and different takes to the characters and the world and expanded on them more than BTAS did before the DCAU came along. To say it shouldn't exist just 'cause it wasn't as good as DCAU is like saying no other fantasy work should be made since Lord of the Rings is clearly the best. It's just stopping other people doing their own thing with the franchise for no good reason.



As a fan of Evo I would've liked to see it continued but not if it meant stifling someone else?s show and creativity.

WatX had a lot of different backgrounds for the characters, different interpretations of characters, and different ages for them, than Evo. You'd have had to change a lot to make them fit together and it would've turned into an entirely different show.



(Ignoring that SSM was made by Sony and no crossovers could've happened) SSM was set in a younger Marvel universe with the world just coming to grips with superheroes, it wouldn't have fit in with IMAA and WatX. I've always been in the mind set that the X-Men work best being separate from other superheroes as the anti-mutant sentiment never carries over into non-mutant heroes even though it should. So WatX works best as a separate entity imo.



BtBatB is inspired by the silver age Batman comics and has a lot of shout outs to them and many other comics, I'd say it's the most respectful cartoons of its original genre. SHS is based on a toyline and comic strip as well. I don't see how these two shows aren't holding true to their genre.



I grew up with repeats of the 60s Batman and it was on TV more than BTAS yet I grew to love the darker stuff as well as the lighter ones. I don't see why kids can't do the same. Comics isn't this dark and gritty medium that must be taken seriously at all times, even though it looks like it at the moment. They?re place of wonder and fun where anything is possible and limiting stories to just serious ones is bad for the genre.

Also while I don't personally like SHS it exists for the little kids whose parents won't let them watch the more serious, darker, shows and is a gateway for them into the Marvel world and characters that'll probably never get animated. That's hardly a bad thing.
 
I agree with those who say the reboots are too soon after their predecessors.

It's fine that these superheroes keep getting rebooted, but I would just like it if there was enough time that the previous series fades from general awareness.

Like, Young Justice and the new TMNT cartoon aren't a big deal - 4-5 years...well, less for TMNT, but 2K3 ran a long time, and I'm pretty sure that generation of viewer is pretty much gone. But Young Justice and the new TMNT are good examples of how to handle reboots. I'm perfectly fine with that.

But with Batman in particular, it's like they're already planning the next series before the current one has started (maybe they are...). You get like four-five iterations of Batman in a single generation of viewers and it becomes a big mess.

It's great to reboot these superheroes for each new generation of viewers, but when they're ramming out a whole bunch of iterations when the current generation hasn't moved on yet, that's a problem IMO.
 
I'd like to point out that Brave and the Bold is not nearly as kiddiefied as Super Hero Squad is. Just because a show is fun and light hearted doesn't mean it's solely for kids. In fact based on some of the subject matter that Brave and the Bold tackled in episodes like "Fall of the Blue Beetle" and "Chill of the Night" I'd say it's clearly not meant for solely young children the way that Super Hero Squad is.

Hell check out this musical number from an upcoming episode. With all the sexual innuendos in that it's obvious that this show is also for an older audience.
 
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