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    But… but Futurama didn’t get a reboot, it got a new season that builds upon the existing story.

    A reboot means creating a new version or adaptation of an existing show and that’s not the case.

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    Tbh I think Futurama is perfect for streaming. It’s a fantastic show that I could easily binge but I’m just not feeling the waiting each week for an episode. Some shows I will wait for the episode and will plan for time to watch the premiere. But Futurama, I keep forgetting about. I’m enjoying the episodes and think it’s a great season, but I’m forgetting about it shortly after. I would gladly binge 10 episodes once or twice a year though and be happy with that.

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    Do you have any idea how easy it is to calculate the success of a reboot? They are not aiming for awesome with these. They just need it to meet the lower end of the estimate of people that say they would watch a reboot of a familiar popular show. These are zero risk endeavors. Blame statistics and big data. Depressing but this isn’t going to stop.

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    In some cases the cow has died and they are trying milk the ground where there the cow stood.

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      It feels the same as the later season of the show. Some people would say that isn’t the hight of the show, but I still really like it

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    I didn’t enjoy the latest season of futurama as much, but I did like all the previous reboots it had before the most recent. It was still good enough to watch though so can’t complain.

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      Haven’t been a fan of it until the last two episodes that have come out, those were pretty good. When they abandon “current” culture references as the core joke and just have a self contained Futurama esque story it still works

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    There won’t be any reboots of the greatest shows ever made, like Malcom in the middle

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      Ugh, they’ll probably call it Malcomer in the Middler and it’ll be the three brothers as adults living together with their annoying kids.

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      Well, the lead of that one had traumatic brain damage and has memory troubles, so the reboot is pretty difficult.

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          Not familiar with Code Lyoko, but the premise of the new ReBoot reminded me strongly of Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.

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            I might be a bit rusty but… It was an animated series that revolved around four kids helping an AI in a supercomputer that’s in some abandoned building. While the ‘nerd’ of the group helps from outside and the other three enter it through theses virtualization pods in a secret room. When in the virtual world the kids also get these costumes that give them combative tools/abilities. The main mission being to help fight some malicious force that is trying to take over the computer (and get out).

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              Your description sounds way cooler than the show I remember groaning about when it came on.

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    I’ve only watched the first episode of the new season but it already feels like they have a better stride than in past reboots. Even the joke about getting cancelled still landed despite it being a pretty overused topic in comedy currently.

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    Ever watched tv in the 90s? Same. Love boat, Magnum p.i., general hospital, a-team, the list goes on. Hm, it seems the entertainment industry doesn’t care about good products, just about money. Surprise. But maybe - just maybe - it’ll suffer if people don’t watch that crap anymore. But that won’t happen. It’s not the greedy necromancers, it’s the consumer that’s broken and enables the scheme. Btw: that’s the meme that completely incorporates anything in the modern capitalist world, including exploited humans.

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      Hmmmmm now you’ve kind of caught me.

      If they are able to use a proper soundtrack I’d make an exception for this show.

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    Gotta be real, I really enjoyed the Animaniacs reboot.

    Self-referential comedy just keeps working.