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I once asked what media franchises need to just stop, that have run their time. Now I want to know which ones DID stop, and could be restarted with new content.

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[–] etherphon@piefed.world 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I would say Firefly but then also there's a chance it could be ruined so I don't really know if it's worth it.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

It's getting an animated series so close enough to a reboot?

[–] Luxyr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

https://youtu.be/tY8XtS7rjwg

This lines up pretty well with my thoughts on it.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A bad reboot or sequel ruins nothing. It's just in your head.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Tell that to Gane of Thrones after the finale. People would go mental over the show while it was airing and immediately after the ending tarnished everything, they stopped talking about it completely. There's even a spin-off currently airing and still nobody ever brings up the show.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

You just broke the first two rules of Throne Club.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Technically you are correct yes, because the whole of reality is all in my head.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Whoa.

Maybe don't take a nap or anything, okay?

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that you, Tommy Westphall?

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow that is a deep reference, I haven't thought about that show in like 40 years. Nice :)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I was more referring to the Tommy Westphall Universe theory where nearly all American TV shows exist in the same universe within the mind of the St. Elsewhere character Tommy Westphall.

In case you weren't aware of this phenomenon:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/tommy-westphall-theory-unified-tv-universe-explained

https://thetommywestphall.wordpress.com/the-master-list/

https://nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tommy-Westphall-Universe.pdf

I've never actually seen St. Elsewhere lol

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh okay, yeah I remember my parents watching it when I was a kid, I had to look up that character I didn't really know it was a trope. That makes sense for those 80s shows they were certainly all in another world lol.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh it's not just 80s shows, it's like every show. Including The Wire.

It's actually a pretty entertaining thing to read about.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That means if you can learn mental techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions, you'd become a wizard, reshaping reality with a thought.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We're all wizards really, we reshape reality with our thoughts all the time, all of our experiences and beliefs create a lens we see the world through. Our perception of reality can be vastly different depending on the inputs we have been given and the care that has been taken in allowing our minds to experience a life that is full of possibilities. A great deal of research has been done to manipulate us in the way of advertising that has been shaping our realities for many decades as well, much if it to tell you you need to buy x to experience that happiness that is innate in you anyways. It's all in our perception, at least, subjective reality.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 points 5 days ago

I agree. The capitalists are using the media to brainwash us into a capitalist reality. We need to fight back on the material and mental planes. We need occult communism.