Originally posted by Tzigone:
Well, "reboot" on its own is fine enough. I really only included the "franchise" bit for clarity. And because I was thinking of an episode of Leverage at the time. I wasn't aware "reboot" had been used the CoIE at the time.
"Reboot" definitely has been around for a while. It was used for ST:NG when it started up back in 1987. It's been used for other 'verses as well, possibly Dr. Who. Maybe even far enough back to 1978 "Superman" with Chris Reeve (which was a reboot for a different generation, who didn't know about the George Reeves AoS or the Superman Serials with Kirk Alyn). I believe they used the term for the 2000 X-Men movie (even though there hadn't been a previous "movie" -- maybe it was even the start of "reboot the franchise" because it drew in a new audience unfamiliar with the comic books). I agree that "franchise" would be a more of modern term. There's even a page in Wikipedia dedicated to the term, which I can't link to because of the parenthesis. (Go to
Wikipedia and do a search for 'Reboot (fiction)' to pull it up - and even IT has "Superman" has the original Superman movie :rolleyes: WRONG!).
Even in it's own way LnC:NAoS is a "reboot" of the Superman canon and a good one at that, because nothing much happened live-action wise between Superman:IV (1987) and LnC:NAoS (1993). The franchise really needed the shot of adrenaline Dean Cain brought to the role (especially after mullet Superman/Clark Kent of the 80s and the DOA SM:IV). LnC really was the shot in the arm of the Superman franchise which kick-started the Superman animated boon of the 90s and beyond, which led to Smallville, Superman Returns, and Man of Steel.