ChainsawAsh said:

How are the Star Wars prequels reboots in any way? They don't de-canonize the films they take place before,

* Single raised eyebrow*

And I don't know where all this "sequel" reboot/"prequel" reboot business is coming from. A reboot is a reboot, plain and simple. None of the Bond films are reboots except for Casino Royale. They just have very "fuzzy" continuity.

I think there's always been an undertone that the different Bonds were, in fact, different Bonds. It's hotly debated amongst fans, but the debate is there. Is Dench's M in GoldenEye a new M? She's played that way. Is Brosnan's Bond a new Bond? Is Craig's Bond a new Bond or a rebooted Bond? Dench's M seems to be an interesting variable in that argument.

Depending on your definition of reboot, changing the cast and making a new movie may be all that it takes to make it a reboot. Hulk -> Incredible Hulk? (sequel reboot, by the way) :)

Think of it this way - is every episode of The Simpsons a reboot?

Erm... of course not.

Of course not,

That's what I said! However, they did reboot the origin (or retcon, if you prefer) of how Homer and Marge met... but that was after I stopped watching the show, so I'm not sure how much that has stuck.

it's (in its own way) a "sequel" to the episode that came before it. But how can Bart have stayed ten years old for 21 years?! "Fuzzy" continuity, just like Dr. No through Die Another Day.

Possibly. Like I said, it's a hotly debated question.

And the new Star Trek is still a reboot, it's just that the rebooting is built into the story, unlike Casino and Batman Begins, which simply pretend anything before it doesn't exist.

Yes, but it's a reboot prequel/sequel. It has Spock from the sequel-verse and Kirk (and Spock again) from the prequel verse. And then it's a reboot.

And I don't know where all this "sequel" reboot/"prequel" reboot business is coming from.

I think it came from Godfather II, but apparently we're not allowed to discuss it here. ;)