Every time you turn around nowadays a movie series is being “rebooted” or “reimagined.”  Basically, that’s the filmmakers saying they don’t care about what came before and will do whatever they want to do with this movie.  Ignore the first Hulk’s origin story, because The Incredible Hulk gives us a brand new one during the opening credits!  Tired of trying to figure out why James Bond looks different every 10 years?  Don’t worry, they’ll just slap on a supposed origin story and say they’re starting the series over again!  The studios want to make us believe that this is something new, but Hollywood has been “rebooting” its material since the dawn of time (how many Tarzans and Sherlock Holmeses have there been?).  What’s annoying, though, is when you have a hit movie that absolutely demands a sequel (or doesn’t and Hollywood makes one anyway), and that sequel ends up sucking.  What’s the answer?  Make another sequel and completely ignore that the previous one ever existed.  This doesn’t count crappy direct-to-video horror series, since can you honestly expect the producers of the Leprechaun films to really care about continuity?  No, these are crappy theatrical series (you know, the REAL movies). Continue Reading »