Differences between reboot, remake, reimagining - is my understanding correct?

Question

I know that reboot is a term often used by the media to mean a comeback of a franchise from scratch, but is my understanding correct of the terms:- **Reboot**: To start again from scratch, all previous continuity/canon is null and void. - **Hard reboot**: None of the previous continuity is canon any more - entirely new canon - **Soft reboot**: Some of the previous canon/characters/continuity carry over to the new movie, but not all. Partially new, partially related to previous continuity.- **Remake**: Re-making the original film, with minimal or no changes.- **Re-imagining**: Similar premise as the original but different in some ways (e.g. Christmas Carol films, The March Sisters at Christmas (a remake of Little Women, as I understand it).- **Alternate continuity**: It's canon, but the continuity is different from the original. Not quite the same as a spin-off. (Transformers is about the best example I can think of, apart from Marvel/DC Comics).Is my understanding correct?I am aware that many film series can be continuity-heavy, e.g. Freddy vs Jason, Captain America etc.Just checking to ensure my understanding is correct.

Answer 1

In my opinion, your understanding seems pretty spot on. I don't believe there's hard definitions for the terms and they're used interchangeably. But most people use reboot when it's the same cast or roughly the same timeline/canon, remake when it's the same movie made again with different cast, and a reimagining when the story is altered and reinterpreted.