Gritty Reboots
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Gritty Reboot refers to a subgenre of movie trailer remix and alternate universe fanart that involves recutting an existing movie trailer or creating a completely new live-action piece featuring characters from a movie, comic series or video game franchise to depict them as hard-hitting, grimdark or film noir.
Origin
The phrase “gritty reboot” was used on Cracked[1] as early as July 2009 to describe a comic by Mike Jacobsen[2] depicting a dark version of The Wizard of Oz in which the Tin Man and the Scarecrow are shown removing Dorothy’s brain and heart.
Spread
“Gritty reboot” was used again by Cracked in October 2009[3] in a piece detailing five superheros that were ruined by adaptations, citing Spider-Man’s future as told through the 2006 limited series Reign[4] as a “gritty faux pas.” One of the earliest video remixes was uploaded to YouTube by silverlightsaber on March 17th, 2010, utilizing footage from six movies to make a darker version of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (shown below). As of March 2013, the video has more than 2.1 million views.
Throughout 2010, fan requests of gritty reboots appeared on the Escapist discussion forums[6], while parody images and videos in the style of Alternate Universe and Ruined Childhood appeared on College Humor[7], Dorkly[8] and Cracked.[9][10] In July, the term was also first defined on Urban Dictionary[16] and in September, YouTuber megasteakman uploaded a Pokemon reboot video (shown below, left) depicting a war between Pokemon trainers, leading Ash down a grimdark path. As of March 2013, this video has accrued more than 10.8 million views. Throughout 2011 and 2012, fan-made gritty reboot videos and images were featured on Cracked[11], The FW[12], Funny or Die[13] and Crunchyroll.[14] In March 2013, a YouTube channel dedicated solely to making gritty reboot videos launched[15] with a darker version of the video Harvest Moon (shown below, right).
Notable Examples
As of March 2013, there are more than 13,000 search results for “gritty reboot”[5] on YouTube.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Cracked – If The Wizard of Oz Got a Gritty Reboot
[3]Cracked – 5 Superheroes Rendered Ridiculous by Gritty Reboots
[4]Wikipedia – Spider-Man: Reign
[5]YouTube – Search Results for “gritty reboot”
[6]The Escapist – Gritty reboots that need to happen
[7]CollegeHumor – Gritty Superhero Reboot
[8]Dorkly – 7 Gritty Reboots of Famous Games
[9]Cracked – If History Got a Gritty Reboot
[10]Cracked – If Hollywood Decided to Give Everything a Gritty Reboot
[11]Cracked – 4 Gritty Reboots of 80s Cartoons for Girls
[12]The FW – ‘The Magic School Bus’ Gets A Gritty Reboot In Fan Film
[13]Funny or Die – Gritty Reboots of Classic Children’s Books
[14]Crunchyroll – VIDEO: Check Out a Gritty Fan-Made “Power Rangers” Trailer
[15]YouTube – GrittyReboots’ Channel
[16]Urban Dictionary – Gritty Reboot
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Kung Fu Cthulhu
Mar 21, 2013 at 03:29PM EDT+28
Something tells me that the “Grimdark” submission should be merged with this one. It’s like this page, only it never went anywhere.
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Sandr
Mar 22, 2013 at 05:49AM EDT+17
I guess you can call it a sub-entry to Grimdark, as Grimdark is more a general term compared to Gritty Reboots.
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