{"id":40566,"date":"2023-08-05T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40566"},"modified":"2023-08-05T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:58:38","slug":"five-forgotten-ips-deserving-of-a-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/05\/five-forgotten-ips-deserving-of-a-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Forgotten IP\u2019s Deserving of a Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the huge success of \u201cBarbie,\u201d Mattel just revealed that they\u2019re planning on turning a lot of their classic toys in to big movie projects. On the other end, Hasbro is taking another crack at their own extended universe, intending on developing more Transformers movies, as well as rebooting \u201cG.I. Joe,\u201d and bringing \u201cM.A.S.K.,\u201d \u201cMicronauts,\u201d and \u201cRom\u201d to the big screen. What with these companies developing big projects, I thought of five great forgotten IP\u2019s that deserve a reboot, or big screen franchise.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some forgotten IP\u2019s would you like to see on the big screen?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Frankenstein Jr.
\n<\/strong>Hanna Barbera was planning an extended Hanna Barbera universe with their movie \u201cScoob!<\/a>\u201d which would have kicked everything off. But since the movie apparently tanked at the box office, all plans were scrapped. That\u2019s a shame considering Frankenstein Jr. would allow for a great reboot. Mixing \u201cIron Giant<\/a>\u201d with \u201cBig Hero 6<\/a>\u201d I\u2019d picture this as a light hearted science fiction adventure with a dash of the Kaiju genre thrown in for good measure as Frankenstein Jr. would battle giant monsters. \u201cFrankenstein Jr.\u201d was always my favorite of the Hanna Barbera properties, and I think it\u2019d be a great animated picture.<\/p>\n

The Guyver
\n<\/strong>We\u2019ve already had Iron Man. We\u2019ve had a Robocop remake. And we\u2019re getting Blue Beetle, so studios are very capable of animating some amazing living armor for a \u201cThe Guyver\u201d reboot. With special effects the way they are now, \u201cThe Guyver\u201d could be an incredible movie series that mixes Body Horror, Aliens, martial arts action, and science fiction for an older genre audience. It should definitely be in the tone of \u201cGuyver II: Dark Hero\u201d approaching the source material with a stern dramatic tone, and offering up some breakneck action sequences. With an R rating and some great monster effects, \u201cThe Guyver\u201d could really deliver a sleek and entertaining interpretation on the tech based superhero.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Johnny Quest
\n<\/strong>There was talk for a long time about a potential movie starring Zac Efron fresh off of his \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d stint, but those talks eventually died down. Efron is just way too old for the part now. What with action movies still a hot ticket in the box office, it would be fun to see a modern interpretation of the Johnny Quest series that\u2019s right at PG-13 with the mature themes of the original series and the 1990\u2019s reboot. There\u2019s a lot of potential for a good time with the edge of the \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d movie series.<\/p>\n

The Last Starfighter
\n<\/strong>Although the original movie is essentially a riff on \u201cStar Wars,\u201d I think a reboot would be pretty excellent. Taking off on the whole video game angle, the studio could re-imagine the whole idea of the video game serving as a training device which ends up turning up at the front step of a reluctant hero. Lance Guest could make an appearance and the reboot could widen the scale of space battles, expand on the entire mythology, and even introduce more than one starfighter. Make it an exciting underdog story about three young teens that decide to rebuild the Rylan Star League.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Small Soldiers
\n<\/strong>Joe Dante\u2019s \u201cSmall Soldiers\u201d was basically \u201cGremlins\u201d but with killer toys. After the success of \u201cToy Story,\u201d it would have made sense for \u201cSmall Soldiers\u201d to be a banging success, but sadly it has somewhat languished in obscurity for a long time. The darkly comedic scifi was a scathing commentary on consumerism and the toy industry but had a lot of potential to branch out in to its own meta-verse. The reboot could bring back some of the old characters while introducing a brand new legion of villains and heroes, all of whom could be given a bigger spotlight. \u201cSmall Soldiers\u201d always did deserve a sequel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the huge success of \u201cBarbie,\u201d Mattel just revealed that they\u2019re planning on turning a lot of their classic toys in to big movie projects. On the other end, Hasbro is taking another crack at their own extended universe, intending on developing more Transformers movies, as well as rebooting \u201cG.I. Joe,\u201d and bringing \u201cM.A.S.K.,\u201d \u201cMicronauts,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99,100,3254,580,2081,906],"class_list":["post-40566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list-junkies","tag-animation","tag-anime","tag-hanna-babera","tag-kids","tag-manga","tag-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40571,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40566\/revisions\/40571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}