Dan Slott's Superior Spider-Man was possibly the greatest love letter to Peter Parker in comics history because of how keenly Slott made Parker's absence felt in every single issue. It ran for far longer than anyone had expected or planned for, because the audience (mostly) loved it, but when Peter Parker eventually and inevitably returned... it made his return all the more triumphant.
TMNT (multiple times), She-Ra, My Little Pony, Thundercats, just off the top of my head, are all excellent reboots.
I don’t think that’s in any question. It’s exactly a sequel.
Not legally.
I don’t know how something is legally or not legally a sequel? I’ve never heard of a legal definition of a sequel.
It is complicated. Universal owns the franchise, but they don't own the Classic series. Universal can make or license new content, as long as it is based on the toys, the comics and the media they actually own. To do a sequel to the classic series, they need to also license from whoever owns the rights to the Filmation series, because they don't own it. The legal mangle that is the franchise also means that there can't be any series in the future that feature both She-Ra and He-Man. Because these were sold off separately.
It wasnt a review though, it was an opinion peice giving some predictions - those predictions were vehemently criticised by Smith but have now generally been proven accurate. The great irony of course is that if Kevin Smith had ignored them, then its most likely that most people wouldnt even know who they were or what they had said.
