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Halloween franchise: most reboots EVER!

posted 7 years ago by ReelReviews14 (1221)
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Halloween III: Pay no attention to the previous movies, its all been erased from canon -- I'M the OFFICIAL new Halloween story!

Halloween 4: Pay no attention to Halloween III, its all been erased from canon -- I'M the OFFICIAL new Halloween story!

Halloween H20: Pay no attention to Halloween III, 4,5, OR 6... its all been erased from canon -- I'M the OFFICIAL new Halloween story!

Halloween remake (Rob Zombie's Halloween): Pay no attention to Halloween 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, H20, OR Resurrection... its all been erased from canon -- I'M the OFFICIAL new Halloween story!

Halloween Returns (2018): Pay no attention to Halloween 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or ANY of the Rob Zombie movies... its all been erased from canon -- I'M the OFFICIAL new Halloween story!

Can't wait til Halloween 2028 tells us THIS movie "never happened" and ITS the "official sequel" to the 1978 movie.

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[–] ReelReviews14 (1221) 7 years ago

It's funny how they come with new kids for Laurie Strode every time they reboot the series... in Halloween 4, she had a daughter named Jamie Lloyd, then in H20, she had a son named John Tate, and now apparently she has a daughter named Karen Strode. I'm hoping for some twist ending where the kids from the other Halloween universes show up and all three of 'em take out Michael Myers to save mommy Jamie Lee Curtis. Now THAT would be epic!

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[–] motorcycledriveb (303) 7 years ago

I wish Danielle Harris/Jamie Lloyd could've returned for this and be Laurie's daughter in this. Danielle Harris has been in four Halloween films and Jamie Lee Curtis also been in four movies up until now. But they've never been together in the same movie...It would be awesome to see them together and take down Myers. That would be too much I guess. The spotlight would be divided.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1221) 7 years ago

True, I have no interest in seeing Judy Greer as "Karen Strode", some character they just randomly invented for this movie. This film is just doing the same gimmick Kevin Williamson did in 1998 -- "ignore all the previous sequels and pretend Michael Myers shows up decades later to try and kill Laurie again". Lame. At least this one won't get set in southern California and look like Dawson's Creek.

Adding Danielle Harris (who has been with the franchise since 1988 and was even in the Rob Zombie remake) would have added gravitas to this movie. She even told the producers she would be happy to appear, but they turned her down.

[–] motorcycledriveb (303) 7 years ago

I'm open to Judy Greer. She looks decent. I wish they could've made fun of the other continuity in addition to "Wasn't it her brother who murdered all those babysitters?" Examples: "I heard Michael Myers is immortal through the membership of a cult." "I heard your mom already killed him before." "I heard Busta Rhymes karate chopped Michael." "That's all just something people made up." Lol.

Hmm. Mixed feelings about the Southern California setting. Hahah, it was like Dawson's Creek. I hated how Michael walked and acted in H20. It didn't seem like him. It wasn't Halloween-ish enough. We hardly saw any kids in costumes since it was a college. That's why I loved about the new movie trailer. Kids in a suburbia trick or treating. Like how the holiday is supposed to be. There also wasn't enough of kill count in H20 which is pretty surprising. Only like 3 or 4 people got killed by Michael in H20? Not enough.

Ugh, it is a miss. Maybe next time. We might get more Halloween movies after this one. I always wished they continued the H6 storyline.

[–] motorcycledriveb (303) 7 years ago

Twin Peaks: The Return and the latest X Files seasons did this as well.

There's also been like eight different Scooby Doo TV shows?

Doctor Who also changes the actor of the Doctor every few seasons?

The Simpsons never age and you could say each season hits the reset button since there is no serialized storylines or continuing story.

It's easier to not have previous stuff weighing you down. People are already familiar with the basic formula and plan. Who cares?

[–] ReelReviews14 (1221) 7 years ago

>> Twin Peaks: The Return and the latest X Files seasons did this as well. <<

I don't believe those are reboots. They are revivals that carry over the character development from previous seasons. Although I'm not sure how X-Files got around Mulder saying there would be an alien invasion of earth in "2012", according to the original series finale.

>> There's also been like eight different Scooby Doo TV shows? <<

More than that, but originally they carried over the development from the previous shows. I think the final show set in the original canon was "The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo" in 1985. They did some reboots starting in 1987.

>> Doctor Who also changes the actor of the Doctor every few seasons? <<

None of those are reboots, they maintain the same canon since 1963, although they've gotten around it several times.

>> The Simpsons never age and you could say each season hits the reset button since there is no serialized storylines or continuing story. <<

Numerous episodes are sequels to previous episodes and continue the story, such as Sideshow Bob. The Simpsons exist on a floating timeline though, and they've retconned Homer and Marge's "first meeting" several times.

I maintain that Halloween has had the most reboots of any film franchise.

[–] motorcycledriveb (303) 7 years ago

Bruh, they did rewrite storylines for X-Files. The season 10 finale was a dream and they also retconned some alien plot stuff from season 9. Three different things happened to Mulder's sister too.

The finale to Twin Peaks: The Return basically made everything before it not matter and be canon.

Exactly. There you go, they've retconned Homer and Marge's first meeting several times.

Oh, I definitely agree with that. I was trying to say it's not that common for writers to take back stuff.