Current Events > Reboot v. Remake v. Revival

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What are the key differences?

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A reboot means same IP but a complete retelling of the story. So its going to have a vast difference in themes, plot and maybe even characters. Theyre typically not sequels. You see this a lot for super hero movies. Keaton Batman, Nolan trilogy, Robert Pattinson batman etc.

when a video game reboots its kind of the same as movies. Spyro PS1 games rebooting into the more serious PS2 games is a good example.

Remake is typically the same plot and theme and characters. You will rarely see this, or even at all, in movies (because theres no point. Its most likely a reboot) but you will see this in video games due to technological advances. For video games though they maintain the key plot and theme, same characters, but often times modernized controls, gameplay and graphics. There may be a couple changes or additions here and there for dialogue and story but nothing to change the plot drastically. Good example here are the resident evil remakes.

idk what you mean by revival. You mean remaster? A remaster is the exact same movie or game but with better picture, sound, resolution etc.

disney movies often get remastered from their VHS counterpart. Good example for a remaster in games are the MGS HD remakes

they call them remakes but theyre not. Theyre just remasters. Exact same game but better quality picture.

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gna647 posted...

A reboot means same IP but a complete retelling of the story. So its going to have a vast difference in themes, plot and maybe even characters. Theyre typically not sequels. You see this a lot for super hero movies. Keaton Batman, Nolan trilogy, Robert Pattinson batman etc.

when a video game reboots its kind of the same as movies. Spyro PS1 games rebooting into the more serious PS2 games is a good example. Devil may Cry is also an example of a reboot from the original devil may cry.

Remake is typically the same plot and theme and characters. You will rarely see this, or even at all, in movies (because theres no point. Its most likely a reboot) but you will see this in video games due to technological advances. For video games though they maintain the key plot and theme, same characters, but often times modernized controls, gameplay and graphics. There may be a couple changes or additions here and there for dialogue and story but nothing to change the plot drastically. Good example here are the resident evil remakes.

idk what you mean by revival. You mean remaster? A remaster is the exact same movie or game but with better picture, sound, resolution etc.

disney movies often get remastered from their VHS counterpart. Good example for a remaster in games are the MGS HD remakes

they call them remakes but theyre not. Theyre just remasters. Exact same game but better quality picture.

I guess Id consider something like Futurama a revival where the show ostensibly ended but was brought back with the original cast/characters for new stories. Beavis & Butthead is also a good example.