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2021-01-13
Good discussion but a topic they've covered a lot
- Revival: continuation after a break
- Reboot: starting over but nothing from before matters
- Remake: cross-culture new version
- Reimagining: reboot with a very different take
The X-Files is returning for 6 episodes.
The revival nobody asked for: Coach is returning.
The Muppet Show is returning.
Ben likes the Muppets.
Full House is returning as Fuller House,
Shows are returning to make their back catalogs more valuable to streaming services. Since Firefly has so few episodes and an ensemble cast, Ben predicts it will never return.
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Can you and I right now promise to each other that we're not gonna go back and rewatch Coach?
Ben thinks the shows that return will be low budget, small cast, and have large back catalogs.
Top 5 Shows We Predict Will Return
Matt
- Fringe
- Alias
- Friends
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- LOST
Ben is skeptical about Matt's list.
Nostalgia and hype combined make a pop culture work popular.
Batman 1966 is returning as an animated movie.
Top 5 Shows We Want To Return
Ben
- Pushing Daisies
- Caprica
- Rome
- Twin Peaks
- Deadwood
Matt
- Wonderfalls
- Pushing Daisies
- Better Off Ted
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Journeyman
- Quantum Leap
Ben would trade every episode of Game of Thrones so far for a completion of Deadwood. He knows it will never return.
It returned as a movie in 2019!