Booting Up the Past

When you remember classic TV, you think about the staples of the animation and movie industries. Animaniacs, Ed Edd, and Eddy, Blues Clues, Quantum Leap. All memorabilia of a time long forgotten, but should they stay that way? With a resurgence of thematic reboots of childhood memories like the mass variety of Disney movies, classic cartoons, and authentic TV of the 90s and early 2000s. But all these reboots ask the question, are these worth it?

Quantum Leap: 

The most recent reboot is Quantum Leap where a science experiment is started over again 30 years ago by a new group of scientists. Dr. Ben Song goes on an unplanned excretion through time with an unknown purpose. As the team tries to figure out his reasoning Ben goes through time helping people he inhabits with the help of a hologram version of his fiance throughout time.

Blues Clues:

One of the reboots that are more for younger ages is the new Blues clues reboot called Blues Clues and you. It is the new version of the old show for a new audience of children. Some things may be the same as Blue the dog, but many things are different about it like the 3d style of the animated characters and the new caretaker Josh among other things.

Animaniacs Yakko:

The final reboot this article will tell you about is Animaniacs Yakko, Wacko, and Dot the Warner siblings who were originally around during the early 90s for people old and young. As a Hulu exclusive, the Warner brothers and their Warner sister daughter Dot tell jokes and sing songs about many subjects.

As the year’s progress, reminiscing about these authentic shows becomes harder and harder. The higher-ups of Hollywood have something for bringing back wildly loved classics from the olden days against many of their viewers’ better wishes, so much so that the self-referential reboot of the show Animaniacs made a whole song about it. Some people may not like it, but it is dominating the box office. With this all being said there are still people with an opinion on the fact, for example, senior Sam Nigg said, “They’re good I like them.” Another belief is that of junior Cameron Roach who believes “I think that they are mostly soulless cash grabs.”The final belief is the theory of sophomore Raleigh Freschi who thinks “The quality of a TV reboot has to depend on the studio who is remaking the show. For example, Netflix adapts and reboots so many shows and then does them so inaccurately that it gets annoying. Though some reboots can be good for example the reboot of the outer limits in the 1990s is amazing and is FAR better than the 60’s original. So my official opinion is that I need to see the show before I can judge it.”Even with these beliefs, the work of reboots has become an often occurrence in the world of Hollywood TV culture.