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

[Kadamon]

Pokemon. From the pokemon's side.
Chilling.

 

[lacktheknack]

Mirror's Edge.

Imagine what would happen to the aesthetic.

 

[Isalan]

Postman Pat. Jess is dead, and Pat has hit the bottle pretty hard...

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Pokemon

You're already capturing wild animals and forcing them to fight eachother, the change to gritty hyperviolence would only be a stylistic one.

I think this might interest you:

 

[VivaciousDeimos]

Spoiler: My Little Pony

Maybe something along the line of...Four Ponies of the Apocalypse...

Spoiler: But then again, this already exists, so maybe it doesn't need a reboot

EDIT:

was it as awesome as this?

That is probably the most awesome thing I've seen today. *High fivez*

 

[zidine100]

pocoyo, there even try imagining it.

 

[CrystalShadow]

Pokemon

You're already capturing wild animals and forcing them to fight eachother, the change to gritty hyperviolence would only be a stylistic one.

Been done. XD - I read some really messed up fanfiction... Not to mention the trailer for that fan made film...

The results aren't even that bad, ironically.

 

[Nico III]

Animal Crossing. Tom Nook stops pretending that you're not his slave for all eternity.

 

[Mittens The Kitten]

funniest pic evar

 

[subject_87]

Maybe something along the line of...Four Ponies of the Apocalypse...

How about that, that was one of the possibilities I was considering to kick off this thread...

Are you sure you aren't a dream thief, a la Inception?

 

[thahat]

The Dark Knight.

See, it's absurd because it's already gritty.

warhammer40k. you wold need over 9000! writers to pull that off XD

 

[baddude1337]

Barney?
Um...wait that was done wasn't it...

was it as awesome as this?
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/8/3/7/2837.jpg?v=1

LOVE IT.

 

[Cogwheel]

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

Sorta yes, sorta no. The older final bosses (why hello there, Zero/02) and Kirby himself are practically eldritch horrors already.

As for my submission, Touhou.

It wouldn't work. Not one bit.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

I'd say that.

Or better yet, the Chao in Sonic Adventure.

 

[OreWaUsopp]

From the pits of hell, and far away, the Skeletubbies come to slay.
Tho, sadly, I'd pay to see a movie about undead teletubbies devouring innocent people.

 

[Red Right Hand]

Maybe a CSI style version of Mario. Lots of brown included, obviously.

Did you not see that series on the escapist a while back, "There Will Be Brawl" I think it was? Thats pretty much exactly what you said, but it was still awesome.

 

[Professor James]

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.

The berenstain bears: The bears having a debate on whether or not they should keep being friendly and have homes and schools, or go back to their roots, living in the forest and fighting other animals.

 

[Ghengis John]

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!

The snorks. They now live at the mouth of a polluted river, possibly in China. Their city is of course now filled with tiny sky scrapers, crab gangs, sea slugs pushing hallucinogens on the street corners and all set against the back drop of a protracted war for steam.