Talk:Fantasy Island (1998 TV series)

Revival or reboot?
Is this series a revival or a reboot of the original? I can't tell from what is written. LA (T) @ 20:02, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Seriously?
 * "The role of Mr. Roarke was played by Malcolm McDowell and, in contrast to the first series, the supernatural aspect of his character and of Fantasy Island itself was emphasized from the start, along with a dose of dark humor."
 * That is from the state of the article in September 2017. I don't understand your confusion. Different actor, different characterization, different tone. Answer your own question: is that a revival or a reboot? Canonblack (talk) 15:56, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * It's whatever sources say it is. When I spun this article out from Fantasy Island, I think I may have looked for sourcing to try to answer that question, but I may have come up dry. (FTR, my own opinion is that it would fall under "reboot".) If I have time later this week, I'll give this issue another look... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:16, 15 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Actually, it's probably what used to be called remake. "Reboot" was originally used for movie series where the series was "rebooted" to an earlier point than the previous movies, such as with Casino Royale and the Bond series. But reboot sounds cool, so it's now used for revival, remake, prequel, follow-on, or anything else where someone's not knowledgeable enough to distinguish the differences in terms. In a few years, a new word will be invented or appropriated, and reboot will fall aside too. - BilCat (talk) 18:46, 15 October 2018 (UTC)


 * From Reboot (fiction):
 * The term has been criticised for being a vague and "confusing" "buzzword", and a neologism for remake, a concept which has been losing popularity in the 2010s.


 * That pretty much say it all. - BilCat (talk) 18:54, 15 October 2018 (UTC)