Movies

Is it okay for movie studios to reboot franchises just for profit?

For

Fans enjoy seeing favorite characters return.

Against

It reduces originality and risks franchise fatigue.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Originality doesn't make a movie good, and it certainly doesn't mean more people will pay to see it.
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  • This isn’t anything new. You just didn’t realize that Homeward Bound was a remake. Scarface was a remake.
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Against

  • We keep getting sequels, remakes, and more content from the same universes, while truly new IPs feel increasingly rare.
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  • Nostalgia used to be a guaranteed win, and now it feels familiarity isn’t enough.
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