Ultimately, however, this X-Men reboot’s greatest trick was that it wasn’t a reboot at all. Marvel Studios (then just a few years old itself) was clearly watching and borrowed liberally from First Class and its genre-blending in both Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War. With a fresh cast of (mostly) new characters, First Class reinvigorated the X-Men franchise, imbuing it with the elements of a 1960s globetrotting political thriller. So instead of trying to pick up those pieces, Fox did the then unthinkable: It rebooted the X-Men. What began as a thunderous trumpet heralding our current era of superhero movies flopped dramatically with Last Stand. 20th Century FoxĪt the start of the 2010s, 20th Century Fox’s once-mighty X-Men empire was in shambles. Here are the 25 best movie reboots of all time. Because, though it may be hard to believe, good reboots do exist. Movies that - whether they be sequels or remakes - restarted a character or franchise for a new era.Īs for the second question, well, we did our best to answer, with the help of our favorite freelancers and staff writers. ![]() For the purposes of this ranking of the best movie reboots of all time, we’re falling back to the purest definition of a reboot: a restart. ![]() A sequel could actually act as a soft reboot of a franchise, while maintaining the continuity and characters of the original. A remake might constitute a reboot, especially if they’re introducing a lesser-known story to a new audience. But what makes a reboot? And better yet, what makes a good reboot? I run the images through a batch encoder with Irfanview to get rid of black borders on the image, rename the files, and conform them to jpg.Ħ.We live in an era of reboots, remakes, and (shudders) “requels.” You can’t go to the theater without encountering a new Batman or the latest resurrection of yet another horror icon. and bring down the number of stills to my 60-65 golden number.ĥ. ![]() I go through the folder again (immediately)looking at the frames on large preview and try and remove frames that replicate a certain lighting style or framing. I’m then left with usually around 80-100 really interesting frames. I view all the frames as a slideshow and I remove any frame that there are doubles of (someone might be blinking in first frame and normal in second) or remove any that seem less interesting this time around.Ĥ. So the next step is to edit, usually there might be a week or 2 between the first grab and this edit stage. This usually leaves me with around 200-250 frames per film. Depending on mood I could spend a few hours just doing the grabbingģ. I watch through the movies on VLC, usually between 3x and 4x speed while listening to podcasts, grabbing any frame that interests me. i try to keep a mix of styles.genres/directors and DP’s so I dont get bored while working.Ģ. Make a to do pile, its a combination of recommendations, stuff Ive been enjoying myself, stuff I want to rewatch…. Hi Arturo, Ive considered having a donate button, but I feel bad for asking for money, maybe I’ll post an amazon wishlist so people can contribute in that way sending me movies I want to feature on the site.ġ.
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