What would be the most absurd 'gritty reboot' imaginable?

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Oooh! How about about a dark gritty Sonic reboot about a side character?
And you would use guns and stuff! Boy, I'm glad no studio is THAT stupid.

Spoiler: Oh wait

[image/]http://www.dan-dare.org/Dan%20Sonic/ShadowTheHedgehogWallpaper800.jpg[/IMG]

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Little Big Plan-oh wait, they already made Limbo. Howw about Zelda: Wind Waker then? A lot of potential there for grizzly infaticide anmd to turn Ganondorf into some kind of Freddy Krueger esque pedophile, giving him an even more insidious motive for kidnapping Zelda. I know, even as I right this some moron has probably already thought of this idea, and thinks its brilliant.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

"Veggie Tales"

I don't even know how it would be done, but I kind of want some one to try now...

 

[captaincabbage]

The Mario Brothers, and after seeing this GTA4 machinima, I reckon it'd work.

 

[RatRace123]

[HEADING=1]kirby[/HEADING]
I think this wins the thread.

My friend, Kirby is already gritty.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanKirbyIsHardcore

Side Note: Very very sorry for linking to Tvtropes, hope you don't have to do anything for the next few hours.

 

[AnthonTheSkabot]

Sponge Bob, that would be ridiculously amazing.

 

[Professor James]

Phineas and Ferb.

The titular characters would be mad inventors who constantly unleash reality-warping abominations upon the populace, all the while maintaining a carefully constructed false innocence. Candice is a completely ignored, constantly arrested protagonist slowly being driven insane by her futile efforts to convince the people that P&F are evil. Isabella and the Fireside girls would be P&F's logistics team (thieves essentially), Bufort would by the bodyguard and Baljeet would be the twisted messwork guy. Stacy would be a cop sympathetic to Candice's cause, even if she doesn't quite believe her, and is the one who is always bringing Candice in.

what about perry the platypus and Dr. Doofensmirtz(not sure if I spelled that right.)

 

[Toriver]

Toy story: Woody as an old retired cowboy, Buzz as the new tough guy in town. I don't even want to imagine the rest.

I can see it now: No Country for Old Toys

Buzz gets a little out of control with some air-pump action...

As for mine,
Scribblenauts: In a dark and dystopian future, a team of ordinary Joe-shmoes must take on the brutal dictator Max, who has the power to summon anything or anyone he can think of at will.

 

[zfactor]

I'd have to say one for Minecraft where every texture is some shade of gray, the main character now monologues to him/herself in a voice like they just ate an entire gravel pit, and slicing up zombies and creepers produces graphic showers of blood and dismemberment.

So, your candidates? Providing details on it is always a plus!

But Minecraft hasn't even come out yet, so it wouldn't be a reboot, but a pre-release-knock-off.

 

[RatRace123]

EDIT: I remembered this little video after writing this. It's fake, of course:

Is it sacrelige to say that that would be cool? You know just as a one off thing.

 

[Ultraman950]

The Power Rangers.

... Just... the Power Rangers.

 

[shogunblade]

Contra done live action.

Murder done pure and simple.

There would be more bullets fired than words of dialogue spoken....if done correctly.

...There are trailers of Contra...


And if there was any way to create something in an awesome gritty reboot way, I would definitely say Mega Man X. No, not Mega Man, I'm talking Mega Man X.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

Pac-Man Noir.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Phineas and Ferb.

The titular characters would be mad inventors who constantly unleash reality-warping abominations upon the populace, all the while maintaining a carefully constructed false innocence. Candice is a completely ignored, constantly arrested protagonist slowly being driven insane by her futile efforts to convince the people that P&F are evil. Isabella and the Fireside girls would be P&F's logistics team (thieves essentially), Bufort would by the bodyguard and Baljeet would be the twisted messwork guy. Stacy would be a cop sympathetic to Candice's cause, even if she doesn't quite believe her, and is the one who is always bringing Candice in.

what about perry the platypus and Dr. Doofensmirtz(not sure if I spelled that right.)

Perry is a womanizing, violent, corrupt, drunken agent and Doofenschmirtz is a psychotic genius who has grown tired with the world and beats his daughter (who herself is in an abusive relationship with Ferb).

 

[DR3AMCATCH3R94]

a gritty reboot of the i believe 60s era movie white christmas. think about it

 

[SilverUchiha]

While it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, I feel the need to come up with an original idea (that is, one not mentioned on the first page of responses).

How bout a dark and gritty reboot of Sims? Everyone in the game is a crack addict or a psychopath. All the fun of torturing your creations goes away when they are already torturing themselves.

 

[Souplex]

[HEADING=1]kirby[/HEADING]
I think this wins the thread.

You mean the game aboot a mass murdering cannibal who commits regicide for the hell of it?
You don't get much darker than that buddy.

 

[VanillaBean]

[HEADING=1]kirby[/HEADING]
I think this wins the thread.

Yea because cannabalism is frowned on by many countries.

 

[That's Funny]

How about a gritty reboot of Mickey Mouse, yeah I can totally see it working.

 

[Fenra]

Kinectimals.... your tiger has grown up... and is now hunting you... better start running...