Imprinting on media

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Which is why some of the best received reboot/sequels have been ones for lesser known properties like Battlestar Galactica or recent movie The Fall Guy. Nobody is worried about folks getting those right. Its taking an idea and going to the next level with it.

Hilariously, there were people determined to be mad at the new series who tried to stir everyone up against it. They were greeted, of course, with stony indifference.

I owned most, maybe all of the original Battlestar Galactica toys -- I may still have a battered Daggit action figure somewhere -- but I'd never try and claim the original was anything special.

 

[Ryujin]

Age wise? For a lot of folks im sure it does. There has been music studies about folks who stop building their taste around 20 years old and then thats it for the rest of their life. These types of folks look for a specific execution and if its lacking will be an impossible sell.

I agree with @Ryujin that a well received piece of work is going to be a hurdle. The bar has been set high and every misstep is going to stick out like a sore thumb. Which is why some of the best received reboot/sequels have been ones for lesser known properties like Battlestar Galactica or recent movie The Fall Guy. Nobody is worried about folks getting those right. Its taking an idea and going to the next level with it.

Battlestar was one of the things in my head when I wrote that.

 

[MoonSong]

Absolutely. The Star wars prequels are the best example. I grew up with those and still love them. The OT I also like, and saw as a kid, but they don't land the same way. They're not for me--they're my dad's movies.

The larger scale reevaluation of the films also coincides with people who saw them as kids growing old enough to play a role in the discourse.

Kinda. The first Star wars movie I saw was the Empire Strikes back (and it was mostly parts on TV), but I didn't really watch any of these in its entirety until I had already seen Episode I in the theater. Between Episodes I and II, I was hooked. Not even the rerelease in 95-96? I think? made me a fan. The original Star Wars, as groundbreaking as it was at the time, was just too slow-paced for kid me. Maybe I think that Episode I was just right for me because it is the most fantastical and least sciencey of the bunch. (I'd be in the market for a Lego palace of Theed and maybe Otho Gunga)

I guess it isn't a surprise that I didn't like Episode 7 (It is very antiprequels).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Do you think when you saw a movie/tvs how/read a book impacts how you view reboots/remakes/sequels?

Absolutely, and for many of the reasons Morrus cited explicitly.

FWIW, I know I have different opinions about sequels & reboots of certain IP than those outside of my age group, and even within my circle of peers if they were more or less into a given property than I was. For example, I have a different take on the BSG series remake than my friend who was a HUGE fan of the original. I was more casually involved…though I did have a Viper & a Cylon Raider. (Neither of us cared much for that final season, though.)

The same goes for music. I’ve noticed that a lot of music fans enjoy the first few albums they’ve heard by a musician they love than most of their other releases.