I thought remakes were when you do the same story of a previous film.
So if The Predator was a remake of Predator, it'd be a similar (if not the same) story as the 1987 film
If it were a reboot, it'd do what Godzilla 2014 did, ignore the previous stuff and start its own story.
But Black and Dekker have stated that the Predator franchise has some rich lore to explore, so this will be a sequel since it will explore what's already established rather than re-doing a story that was done or telling one with new lore from scratch.
Quote from: whiterabbit on Apr 08, 2016, 01:09:14 PM
Dude it has less to do with what the word means and more to do with the intent behind the movies purpose. It's clear that Jurassic World is intended as a reboot of a long slumbering cash cow. Yes it's a true sequel but at the same time it's most definitively a reboot. It obviously can't be a remake. Actually I just looked it up and apparently the word "reboot" has fundamentally changed to now accept relaunching a previous property.
Hmm... you are right, the word "reboot" seems to be the craze these days. I didn't know about the definition change.
Here's what I found from a quick google search.
Remake: a film or piece of music that has been filmed or recorded again.
"a remake of the classic horror tale, 'Frankenstein'"
Reboot: "In serial fiction, to reboot means to discard all continuity in an established series in order to recreate its characters, timeline and backstory from the beginning."
Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Apr 08, 2016, 01:13:29 PM
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