There was an period between the mid-2000s and the mid-2010s when Hollywood was obsessive about darkish reimaginings of present IP. It began with Christopher Nolan’s Batman, unfold to only about each different superhero, sank its claws into the public area, and eventually contaminated every part inside its attain. We made jokes about it, and so they made a gritty Recent Prince reboot referred to as Bel-Air, which feels like a joke however is each actual and in its third season.
It’s doable, although, that they didn’t go far sufficient. There’s actual potential within the thought of gritty reboots of properties even additional away from the goal tone — let’s say, oh, nearly every part within the Nickelodeon afterschool lineup between 1996 and 2002. That’s just about what Redditors itemized when person ItookAnumber4 requested r/AskReddit, “What children’ cartoon can be tremendous superior if made into an R-rated film (animated or stay motion)?”