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  • LudovicoLudovico
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    SaintMark wrote:
    Reboots -
    Casino Royale
    Batman Begins
    XMen-First Class
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Star Trek (2009)

    Prequel -
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Original movies -
    Manhunter
    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    The Godfather Part II

    Remake -
    Infernal Affairs (I presume this to be the US version)

    What a Completely ridicolous list from such a rexpected magazine.

    Agreed. The problem in the list is that they are mixing two different things which, although not necessarily mutually exclusive, are not synonymous.
  • SharkBaitSharkBait
    edited March 2013 Posts: 2,107
    Reboot

    1. Casino Royale
    2. Batman Begins
    3. Star Trek

    Prequel

    1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (prequel of sort, even thought it's been said that Leone didn't intend the movies to be connected)
    2. Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom
    3. SW-ROTS
    4. SW-AOTC
    5. SW-TPM
  • DB5DB5
    Posts: 408
    Ok, for the record, "The Phantom Menace" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" are prequels. They are films that were made after the original work but are meant to portray events that occurred before the original story. "Batman Begins" and "Casino Royale" are reboots. As far as the writers and producers of these films are concerned, the previous films in the series and everything that happened in them never happened. Kind of like the season of Dallas when Bobby was dead. It was all just Pam's dream!
  • ultraboxultrabox
    Posts: 194
    Casino Royale
    Batman Begins
    Star Trek
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Amazing Spider-man
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    My top 5 prequel/reboots:

    Batman Begins
    Casino Royale
    Revenge of the Sith
    The Sum of All Fears
    The Amazing Spider-Man

    Four reboots, one prequel.
  • ultraboxultrabox
    Posts: 194
    Agent007391 wrote:
    My top 5 prequel/reboots:

    Batman Begins
    Casino Royale
    Revenge of the Sith
    The Sum of All Fears
    The Amazing Spider-Man

    Four reboots, one prequel.

    Ah, Revenge of the Sith. I forgot about that one, best of I-III.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    ultrabox wrote:
    Agent007391 wrote:
    My top 5 prequel/reboots:

    Batman Begins
    Casino Royale
    Revenge of the Sith
    The Sum of All Fears
    The Amazing Spider-Man

    Four reboots, one prequel.

    Ah, Revenge of the Sith. I forgot about that one, best of I-III.

    Yes it was.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited March 2013 Posts: 4,399
    in no particular order..

    top 5 reboots/remakes..

    1. Casino Royale
    2. Batman Begins
    3. Halloween (2007)
    4. Night Of The Living Dead
    5. Cape Fear

    top 5 prequels..

    1. Prometheus
    2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
    3. The Hobbit
    4. X-Men First Class
    5. The Good The Bad and The Ugly
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    Casino Royale
    Batman Begins
    Manhunter
    Star Trek
    Godfather 2

    all of those are not prequels

    i dont even really consider Temple Of Doom a sequel - yes, it's set before the events of Raiders, but it really shares no connection with Raiders in any way - its sort of it's own thing... kind of like The Good The Bad and The Ugly, it's only a prequel in the eyes of fans, who only 'think' it is - there is no confirmation that it officially is one.. but seeing as how that is the popular consensus, i'll let it slide - along with TOD, i guess...

    but 3 of the 5 above mentioned films are reboots - NOT prequels..

    Manhunter was made before SOTL was made, how in the hell does that make it a prequel??? Because people werent as familiar with it until 'Lambs came out??.. thats just idiocy.... maybe they got this confused with Red Dragon??.. who knows..

    The Godfather 2 IS a sequel, but often times flashes back to show Vito's rise to power, and how it mirrors/contrasts with Michael's... it's not a prequel.

    whoever wrote this article is a moron.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,125
    HASEROT wrote:
    Casino Royale
    Batman Begins
    Manhunter
    Star Trek
    Godfather 2

    all of those are not prequels

    i dont even really consider Temple Of Doom a sequel - yes, it's set before the events of Raiders, but it really shares no connection with Raiders in any way - its sort of it's own thing... kind of like The Good The Bad and The Ugly, it's only a prequel in the eyes of fans, who only 'think' it is - there is no confirmation that it officially is one.. but seeing as how that is the popular consensus, i'll let it slide - along with TOD, i guess...

    but 3 of the 5 above mentioned films are reboots - NOT prequels..

    Manhunter was made before SOTL was made, how in the hell does that make it a prequel??? Because people werent as familiar with it until 'Lambs came out??.. thats just idiocy.... maybe they got this confused with Red Dragon??.. who knows..

    The Godfather 2 IS a sequel, but often times flashes back to show Vito's rise to power, and how it mirrors/contrasts with Michael's... it's not a prequel.

    whoever wrote this article is a moron.

    I think The Godfather 2 is a partial prequel, and what makes it so brilliant is how the prequel part works so well with the sequel part.
  • 00Ed00Ed
    Posts: 140
    Allow me to stick to reboots. I'll post a separate list of prequels later, if I feel so inclined.

    Favorite Reboots:
    1. Casino Royale
    2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (not technically a reboot, but for all intents and purposes)
    3. Battlestar Galactica
    4. Batman Begins (Mainly because of how poor the Schumacher films were).
    5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (if it is, in fact, a reboot).
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Batman Begins

    Casino Royale

    Star Trek

    First Class

    Star Wars episodes 1 - 3
  • 00Ed00Ed
    Posts: 140
    Question:
    Does Batman '89 count as a reboot? Considering that a previous Batman feature film had been released in 1966 with Adam West.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,125
    00Ed wrote:
    Question:
    Does Batman '89 count as a reboot? Considering that a previous Batman feature film had been released in 1966 with Adam West.

    More an adaptation from the same source.
  • SharkBaitSharkBait
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    Oh, and Dredd (reboot)
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I liked Total Recall, the remake.
  • 00Ed00Ed
    Posts: 140
    Top 5 prequels:

    1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (yes, I do consider it a prequel)
    3. X-Men: First Class
    4. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
    5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (if it is, in fact, a prequel to the Heston film)
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    00Ed wrote:
    Top 5 prequels:

    5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (if it is, in fact, a prequel to the Heston film)

    If not, it's a reboot, and that still fits in this thread.
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