I'm pretty sure that Batman, Superman, and Star Trek all need reboots first.

So are you guys all forgetting that these comic book characters have all been rebooted near dozens of times already, in their respective comics and cartoons? Each time it's a different vision of the character and the world they live in. Much needed, too, because these characters are seriously not that interesting to have their stories told over and over again for the last fifty freaking years and more without things getting mixed up a little. Read issue #15 of Amazing Fantasy, Spider-Man's first appearance. He is seriously a massive douche bag. He is completely unlikeable with all his douchebagness. If it were the same character today no one would be making that movie because it would be 90 minutes of Peter Parker trying to impress chicks by being a massive douche bag. In Detective Comics, Batman snaps a guys neck with his feet and (sometimes) used guns, wholly un-Batman-like. The characters you know today aren't the same as they were back in their day.

So why does everyone start to ***** when a reboot is done in a movie? Spider-Man was done in accessible, Hollywood blockbuster style. It needs a new perspective. And probably an actor that actually looks the age he's supposed to be portraying. Sure, Tobey is a brilliant actor that conveys deep yet subtle emotion. But he's like 40 years old now and looks it.


The only things that bother me are the words 'contemporary setting' and 'teenager battling today's issues.' Does that mean all the kids will have cell phones and they'll be battling current issues like terrorism and the economy or will it mean all the kids will have cell phones and they'll be battling current teen issues like sexting and e-bulling?

Both tantalizing directions, clearly.


(I wonder if he'll have mechanical web-shooters like in the old comics or organic ones like the other movies.)

He was a High School student for ages.

They should reboot Family Matters

They should reboot Reboot.

they should reboot the prequels. lololol

I rebooted your mom last night. She likes it when she gets it in her boot. rofl

You know what they should reboot?

Reboot. Good god I love that show..... ok so don't reboot it, but at least finish the freaking thing. xD

Not until I reboot your ***, M&M.

They better at least give the bios a once-over to make sure all the drives are detected.

Sage for futility.

Yea these reboots are getting a little crazy. I understand rebooting a great story once every generation. Make it relevant and believable for current kids.
But when you start doing it every few years, it makes me wonder if there isnt ANY good stories in the rest of these comics. If we are constantly rebooting, we will never get to them..

If you want a gritty spiderman just have a 30 second voiceover like- The constant battle against crime has changed me. I have lost people I cared about. I am tired and angry. blah blah... then move on with telling the next chapter.

Of the recent reboots, IMO the most annoying one was The Hulk / The Incredible Hulk. It was rebooted twice in 5 years! Ok so Ang Lee's The Hulk was slow and left plenty of room for improvement but making me watch an improved retelling of basically the same story so soon was annoying.