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• In Media Res
  Re: Rose-tinted Reboots: Television Remakes and Nostalgia

  Reboots

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  William Proctor Bournemouth University

  Tuesday, March 21, 2017 — 10:27 am

  Although this is an interesting piece, the use of the term 'reboot' is conceptually problematic. A re-launch/ revival and a reboot are not the same thing. Your examples of Fuller House and Gilmore Girls are emphatically not reboots but re-launch ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Rose-tinted Reboots: Television Remakes and Nostalgia

  Etymology

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  William Proctor Bournemouth University

  Wednesday, March 22, 2017 — 10:48 am

  There is a set definition of the term which I explored in my PhD (which was, unsurprisingly, on reboots) and forthcoming book which studies the phenomenon. Now the term obviously derives from computer technology, but the first time the term was used as a ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Rose-tinted Reboots: Television Remakes and Nostalgia

  Brand Reboots

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  William Proctor Bournemouth University

  Sunday, March 26, 2017 — 10:19 am

  That's a good point, Martin. But I feel that the term would then need to be fully defined against its 'correct' usage. My issue is not that the reboot terminology is being marshalled to explain all under the sun, but that it is treated axio ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Rose-tinted Reboots: Television Remakes and Nostalgia

  Brand Reboots

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  William Proctor Bournemouth University

  Sunday, March 26, 2017 — 10:23 am

  That's a good point, Martin. But I feel that the term would then need to be fully defined against its 'correct' usage. My issue is not that the reboot terminology is being marshalled to explain all under the sun, but that it is treated axio ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Rose-tinted Reboots: Television Remakes and Nostalgia

  Twin Peaks

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  William Proctor Bournemouth University

  Sunday, March 26, 2017 — 10:39 am

  Just a follow up. I have been writing about the way in which Twin Peaks has also been described as a reboot. Writer, Mark Frost, however, expressly claimed that this was not the case. X-Files, too, is not a reboot. ...