XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 8/31/2014 11:12 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Azathoth   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:07:50 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Again, why do you care what they call it or how original it is?   
   >>>> Nobody's holding a gun to your head and forcing you to watch it.   
   >>>   
   >>> A. Re-using the same name for a very different product is   
   >>>     moronically stupid. NAMES HAVE MEANING.   
   >>   
   >> Again, that's your opinion. If you don't watch it, why does that opinion   
   >> matter?   
   >   
   > Oh God. Here we go again.  :-\   
   >   
   > There is no opinion.   
   >   
   > Fact: The reboot re-uses the old name.   
   >   
   > Fact: The reboot is (almost always) very different to the original,   
   >        in some cases the people making it even say so themselves!   
   >   
   Doing something completely different is sometimes the reason and point   
   for those making it.   
      
   Also the creative people frequently are forced to use it and alter their   
   vision to fit when the money people demand they use the old name for the   
   recognition value.   
      
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