Rebooted Movies

MOVIES WITH THE MOST REBOOTS (including some TV shows)

Hollywood has been making sequels to movies for years (for proof, see Breakin 2: Electric Bugaloo). It's a quick way to make some money on an existing project. After awhile these sequels become stale and run out of new ideas, so they get a reboot. They get a fresh start, as if none of the other movies happened; A new director, new cast, new special effects that weren’t available when the last series was made. I’ve compiled a list of some of the better known reboots and after we go through them all, we can vote on which gets the title of Most Rebooted Movie.

There are so many series' to review that I can't cover it all in one post, so let's just start with a classic.

Rebooted Series Part one: Superman

YEAR	ACTOR	TITLE
1951	George Reeves	Superman and the Mole Men
	Pictured: Superman holding his super binoculars  Awesome quote: You're not going to shoot those little creatures. In the first place, they haven't done you any harm. In the second place, they may be radioactive.  I don't think anyone knows why they started with a Mole Men movie, guess that seemed pretty cool and original in 1951.
1952-1958	George Reeves	Adventures of Superman
	George did all his own stunts in the show and wore a padded costume to appear more muscular. Often in the show Superman would stand still while bullets bounced from him, but would duck when the bad guy would throw the gun at him.
1978	Christopher Reeve	Superman
	Other considerations for superman: Warren Beatty, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Nick Nolte, Robert Redford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Voight, and Sylvester Stallone. And some others:   I really wanted to edit capes onto these guys, but I didn't have time. So just pretend. Marlon Brando played Superman’s father, Superdad To obtain the musculature to convincingly play Superman, Christopher Reeve underwent a bodybuilding regime supervised by David Prowse, the man who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy. John Williams wrote the Superman Theme (of course). You can stop humming it now, thanks.
1980	Christopher Reeve	Superman II
	Superman 2 is widely recognized as the best Superman movie ever created.  General Zod was voted best Superman bad guy of all time by me. Kneel before zod. I have powers beyond reason on this planet. Awesome. Me and Brad would try to bend the other’s fingers back until the other kneeled and quote this line. This guy ran for president in 2008, he even has a website that is quite humorous. http://www.zod2008.com/ I should've voted for him, he'd probably have very relaxed gun laws.
1983	Christopher Reeve	Superman III
	Originally Titled: Superman saves a Black Man, See he's not racist! Photo: Superman goes out of his way to look up girl's skirts on the train using his x-ray vision. Superman fights evil Superman and finds out that he was fighting himself all along. This is basically a prequel to fight club. Worst sales of a Superman movie because it opened 3 weeks after Star Wars Episode 6 (total derp on their part). The little boy who appears waiting by the photo-booth while Clark Kent changes into Superman was actually the same little boy who played baby Superman in the first Superman.
1987	Christopher Reeve	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
	This one was a major flop. Somehow Bizarro Evil Superman gets massive amounts of energy from the sun, too bad we haven’t reached the level of solar energy efficiency that Lex Luthor invented in this movie. The physics behind it are sound, we just need a piece of Superman's hair. The original plot to this movie was for Superman to go undercover as Lex Luthor after stealing his face. However, those scenes were eventually cut, only these photos remain. Superman 5 was planned, but cancelled after the Superman 4 did so horrible. Superman was going to fight Muhammad Ali.
1993-1997	Dean Cain	Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
	Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) – tried out for the role of superman
2001-2011	Tom Welling	Smallville
	Basically, superman goes to high school. There are at least 10 seasons of this show. The guy that plays young superman, Tom Welling, is actually 2 years older than the guy who plays adult Superman in Superman Returns (Brandon Routh).
2006	Brandon Routh	Superman Returns
	Superman Returns could've taken the place of Superman 3. It follows continuity of Superman 1 and 2. It was supposed to have General Zod but the character was later removed, which led to the movie being epic weaksauce. Billy Zane was considered for the role of Lex Luthor. Will Smith had a shot at playing Superman, but said, "You mess up white peoples' heroes in Hollywood, you'll never work in this town again!"
2013	Henry Cavill	Man of Steel
	The most recent reboot features the only Superman not played by an American. One thing you'll notice about reboots, the title eventually changes to another nickname if it's a Superhero movie.
2002	Dwayne Johnson	Supe-R-Man
	Probably my favorite Superman of all time.