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In general, I’ve been quietly impressed with recent reboots.
We expect them to be rubbish. And the ones that are, are easily forgotten. But now and again, there’s a reboot and it’s not bad. Good even.

I quite liked the rebooted Star Trek movies. Just like when William Shatner took over directing the original film series, the rebooted ones got silly very quickly (that schtick with the motorbike was lazy and predictable, just as the thing with the whales in the 80s was). But in the main, the original reboot (not the rebooted sequels) was surprisingly good.

The rebooted V series was rubbish. So I forgot it even existed.
Likewise the rebooted Judge Dredd.

Was Rogue One a Star Wars “reboot”?
The prequel trilogy were probably the first “reboot” of Star Wars and they were so dreadful, they’re easily forgotten.
But the later sequels… expected them to be awful and thy weren’t absolutely horrendous – another successful “reboot” in my eyes.

The recent “reboot” of 80s metal, however – thanks to Bandcamp pushing ever more “retro hard rock” my way – I’m all in favour of.

So I can understand some people seeing games being re-released and cheering and clapping and feeling like Xmas can’t come soon enough. While others might roll their eyes and grumble “it’s not like it was in my day” at exactly the same news.
I was delighted when Blood Bowl started to get some love again in recent years.
Then actually played it again and remembered that it’s not actually a brilliant game.
So reboots of old stuff?
Good if you like that kind of thing, I guess.