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Reboots
Reboots are becoming tedious to me. They have been going on for decades, but innocently so until recently... I recall the original ABC TV Batman show of the 60's. It was camp, silly, and short lived because it was all the same really.
We now have lived through several more versions of Batman, Spiderman, Superman, etc. It seems that once we get comfortable or used to a particular version of a character or series, it must be redone in order to remain marketable for another generation.
In reality, Hollywood (I use this as a loose term for much American entertainment) is now running out of original ideas. American box office take is down again this year as heavily financed sequels have died due to poor attendance, poor ratings or both. New television shows mimic old ones, but with different names. We await a new version of the Blade Runner movie. Many more sequels are in the pipeline.
It seems we switch from one reboot to another just about every season, but I believe finally, this too will end. I predict that the domestic US movie market will continue to diminish and the global market too will decline as the international audience tires of the same old same old from Hollywood.
I watched the new Star Trek episode. To me it was awash with elements of political correctness, revamped melodrama, overdone costuming, and surprisingly more modern classes of starships than the ones they supposedly predate. The bridges are more roomier, better laid out; it seems that TOS bridges took many steps backward if the timeline for this new series is to be believed.
In conclusion, I won't have anymore to say about this new series as I won't pay money for a CBS subscription. I've seen my first and last episode. On the other hand, I do hope that this new Trek somehow morphs into something special. Sci-Fi-fi fans deserve no less.
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