Why Modern Movies Suck - The Soft Reboot

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The Force Awakens annoys me to no end. Saying that the galaxy went back to the same state it was before with little explanation basically undermines the entire Original Trilogy.

The only downside to writing a good story is someone will inevitably want to revive it for "modern audiences."

"You should really only remake bad movies. It's easy to improve upon failure." - Michael Caine

Zemeckis’ has blocked sequels from being filmed for Back to the future for years now. He doesn’t want his movies looking lesser and crowded with dumb sequels. He would obviously make a tremendous amount of money off this property if he did but he’s a better person for not doing this to us. I have a feeling when he passes away the studio will instantly make a Back to Future sequel trilogy.

I love how the Star Wars sequels are so bad they've become a literal template for how not to do a reboot.

"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made" -J.R.R. Tolkien

When The Last Jedi got a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, that was the last proof I needed that Disney and many other companies pay review platforms for good reviews scores.

"Write your own stories." I did that, three times, and got rejected by big name publishers three times, because they prefer to publish "vampires glowing in sunlight fanfiction but with ass beads," instead. There are millions of us with new and exciting ideas. The industries just don't give us the time of the day and choose the safer route of going back to the tried and tested reboots and sequels.

I'm trying to write my first novel, and one of the things that inspire me the most, is thinking that no matter how bad i feel i'm writing, it won't be as bad as modern Hollywood stories

'Somehow Palpatine returned' has to be the most embarrassing line ever recorded in the history of cinema.

"After thinking it over while taking a shit earlier...." Critical Drinker just unlocked the mystery of modern day screenwriting.

A depressing stagnation of pop culture, a loss of confidence in our own creativity and an increasing tendency to look backward instead of forwards - this is a brilliant summary

My dad watched The Force Awakens when everyone was raving about it. When I asked him how he liked it, he said, "It sucked. It's the same exact story as last time." My dad is as much of a normie as you can get; he didn't read any woke undertones. He couldn't tell you what a Mary Sue is. He's also not an emotional guy at all. All he saw was a retread, and that's all he thought. The movie might've been good if Finn was the main character. Imagine what cool stories you could get from a Storm Trooper going rogue? Not every protagonist has to be a Jedi.

There was a time when I'd be excited to hear one of my favourite franchises was returning. Now I'm filled with dread!

There is also another characteristic to soft reboots: Upping the scales of the problems, but keeping the problems. The new Independence day had the same plot as the old, but the aliens had a ship which could destroy a planet and not a city. The New Star Wars had a Death Star that could destroy entire systems and not just planets at a time. Jurassic World had a park full of people and not just a few here and there. The list goes on and on

"If it's a remake of a classic, rent the classic." - Jay Sherman, The Critic

I watched Force Awakens in the theater with my 70-year-old dad, who probably hadn’t seen the 1st Star Wars since it was in the theater in 1976, or whenever. He leans over to me toward the end and whispers, “So, it’s the same story?”

One of the reasons why I quit my writers group at my local community college, the message was deemed more important than quality. That and someone said “Ahsoka is more important to Star Wars than Anakin”

I always use Cobra Kai as a good example, of it being done right. It's new, but stays true to the original lore of that universe. It doesn't deviate too much from the original material. But, also gives us a broader, newer story, and moments that we haven't seen before while giving us call-back moments we all know and love. It gives us a well-rounded cast, good story-telling. The females aren't more overpowered than the males, each character gets their arc and moment in the series, the cameos are amazing, they hit the nostalgia factor perfectly, and aren't afraid to give us the fan service we want. It doesn't spit in the face of the fans and respects the fan base, while also bringing old and new generations of fans together, which these types of reboots/sequel shows and movies try and do.