In Part 2 of 2, it's asked what repetition or originality even mean in a sequel, and how The Force Awakens is "nostalgic."
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Tags: A New Hope, franchise, nostalgia, pastiche, reboot, repetition, sequel, Star Wars, The Force Awakens
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Mark Lashley discusses "Fuller House" and the current trend of resurrected television nostalgia, and how the notion of television as an ephemeral or disposable media form is diminishing.
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Tags: ABC, Arrested Development, Brady Bunch, cultural memory, Full House, Fuller House, Mad Men, Netflix, nostalgia, reboot, reruns, television, The Muppets, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Wet Hot American Summer
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Last week's announcement that Tim Burton will direct a remake of Disney's Dumbo is a reminder that in Burton's career we witness the convergence of the aesthetic logic of allusionism and the corporate logic of franchising.
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Tags: adaptation, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alice in Wonderland, allusionism, Batman, Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Disney, Dumbo, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, film, intertextuality, Luau, Mars Attacks!, Noel Carroll, Planet of the Apes, reboot, Saving Mr. Banks, Sleepy Hollow, synergy, Tim Burton, Vincent
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This second installment of "I, Reboot" dives into the origins of the reboot-as-narrative-analogy and distinguishes "reboot" from "ret-con."
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Tags: comic books, comics, DC Comics, film, industry, Marvel Comics, reboot, ret-con, semantics, television, TV
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What is a reboot, then? This is the overarching question of this series of articles and one which I have been wrestling with for six years or so.
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Tags: Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, comic books, film, industry, movie business, reboot, semantics
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Only 8 years into the Spider-Man film franchise, Sony's decision to start from scratch seems a little hasty. Why reboot Spider-Man?
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Tags: film, franchise, industry, reboot, Spider-Man
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