Reboots. Do we need them?

Reboots. Do we need them?

Since recent years, there has been a growing number of these "reboots" hitting our screens. But what are they and do we need them?

The term reboot in fiction (mostly film) means to restart a franchise from scratch by re-starting the story-line and changing it.
The first big reboot was Batman Begins in 2005. This is an example of a good reboot. 1997's Batman and Robin had completely destroyed the batman franchise and left it a film pariah. No-one wanted to clear up the mess cause by Schumacher's camp turd-fest. But then Christopher Nolan came along with the complete opposite. Batman Begins took Batman back to his roots, re-told his origin and re-started the franchise with a dark and gritty realism.
But then there came the horror reboot. Where a classic horror film would be pointlessly re-booted to appeal to the new generation. This began with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which was rebooted unsuccessfully in 2003. Then again in 2013. It still hasn't worked.
Halloween was rebooted in 2007 but made a huge mistake in that it gave Michael Myers a backstory. But the reason Halloween was so successful was because Myers was a mysterious character. He had no apparent reason to be doing these horrific things. That's what made a lot of 70s and 80s slashers the works of art they are regarded as today. Halloween wasn't alone. Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, all failed to live up to their predecessors. Because they tried to improved on something that was already great.
There are more and more reboots hitting our cinema screens every-year. We find ourselves constantly watching films we've pretty much already seen.
There is a Robocop reboot, a Godzilla reboot and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot all coming in the next year or so. But the truth is they will never beat our much loved originals. Don't fix it if it ain't broken.
That's the moral of today.
What do you think of Hollywood reboots? What are the best and what are the worst? Comment below!