A Conversation: Don't reboot, Make a better sequel!

[SethRex]

This is for discussion sake, not arguements.

I think the studios today should not just reboot their franchises. When a film does not do well at the box office, chances are there is something wrong with it that audiences did not like. But rebooting the franchise in question does not mean you're learning from the mistakes of the last one. What studios should do, is take what is already established, learn from what worked, and especially what failed, and make a sequel that's better. The audience will be more forgiving of the sequel if it actually turns out good. Take Fantastic 4. You've already established the universe. Now, make a sequel, and fix what didn't work last time. If all turns out well, you'll have your sequel, the fans who did like the first one will probably like the second one just as much if not more, and the ones who didn't like it, but gave the sequel a chance anyway, might come away with an appreciation of the film, and alltogether thankful that at least the studio actually had the brains to fix its mistakes.

What do you think? I know there are those who are tired of reboots and sequels, but I figure the lesser of two evils would be to just fix things and make the sequel instead.