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   David Johnston to Dimensional Traveler   
   Re: [NEWS] Greatest American Hero reboot   
   01 Sep 14 13:50:55   
   
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   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 9/1/2014 12:16 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   > On 8/31/2014 11:20 PM, David Johnston wrote:   
   >> On 9/1/2014 12:12 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>>>     including any even remote hope of a getting properly fitting   
   >>>>>     addition.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That also doesn't make sense. First of all, you can indeed get   
   >>>> installments of questionable style followed by a better one -- the   
   >>>> silliness factor in Superman III and Superman IV was gone again in   
   >>>> Superman Returns, and lots of people think Man of Steel was as good as   
   >>>> Superman II. And second, if there ever is a "properly fitting addition"   
   >>>> you'll come here and start whining that it "destroyed the franchise"   
   >>>> and   
   >>>> "why couldn't they make something *original* for once?"   
   >>>   
   >>> "Good", there's your pointlessly idiotic opinion.   
   >>>   
   >>> Whether it's "good" or not isn't relevant to the point. The reboot   
   >>> version would still be just as "good" if it used a different name and   
   >>> so didn't pee all over the original.   
   >>   
   >> Except for the part where it doesn't get to air.   
   >>   
   > In which case the odds are even higher that it wasn't very good to start   
   > with.   
   >   
      
   There are plenty of good series proposals that never make it to air.   
      
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