Just to clarify:
- A total reboot is when the history of a character is completely started anew, with no leftover continuity from the previous incarnation. (i.e. Superman: Man of Steel)
- A 'Fix-It' job is when a controversial story element is covered-up with a story that resolves the issue in question by giving it a botch-job resolution so to the untrained fan, it's as though it never happened (for example, when they brought Doc Ock back to life in the nineties using a goddamn' witchdoctor! Or, when Harvey decided to become Two-Face again, so he cut his face causing 'irreparable damage' so he's Two-Face forever, no matter what Jeph Loeb decides.)
Personally, I prefer reboots. As much as I like the ongoing saga of Spider-Man, it started to weigh a bit thin in the mid-to-late nineties. There was just SO MUCH continuity and the concept of all that stuff happening to Peter within ten years was just ridiculous.
- A total reboot is when the history of a character is completely started anew, with no leftover continuity from the previous incarnation. (i.e. Superman: Man of Steel)
- A 'Fix-It' job is when a controversial story element is covered-up with a story that resolves the issue in question by giving it a botch-job resolution so to the untrained fan, it's as though it never happened (for example, when they brought Doc Ock back to life in the nineties using a goddamn' witchdoctor! Or, when Harvey decided to become Two-Face again, so he cut his face causing 'irreparable damage' so he's Two-Face forever, no matter what Jeph Loeb decides.)
Personally, I prefer reboots. As much as I like the ongoing saga of Spider-Man, it started to weigh a bit thin in the mid-to-late nineties. There was just SO MUCH continuity and the concept of all that stuff happening to Peter within ten years was just ridiculous.
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