Excited that Curtis is back but..

That actually makes 4.

Yes I know what you mean but I'm still excited

I find this so funny. H20 could've been a worthy conclusion to the original timeline (not my personal favorite but still), but they went ahead with Resurrection and brought Michael back and [spoilers?] killed Laurie off. And now this one? They clearly said "fuck it!" and will again completely ignore what happened in the previous installments. Personally, I am GOOD with it. If H20 wasn't the answer, then I want a more proper continuation to the original timeline.

Whether this one will feel closer to the first two films, or go in a completely new direction, I am really looking forward to it. Not counting Zombie's movies, frankly for the longest time I wanted to see Michael on the big screen again. And it's even better now that the real Laurie will come back.

Agreed. Tolerable enough in the X-Men franchise, or Star Trek, or LOST, where time travel is an element, so it makes sense (even though I personally by and large do not care for time travel as a plot device but that's a whole different thing).

It's easy enough for them to do it, and it's a horror franchise, so it's not like it's taken over-seriously anyway. But still. Annoying to have producers and directors of the interim films be all "Oh forget all the sequels, they don't really count." Like what were they just practice runs? It sucks that retconning timelines has become so popular and trendy. It's hard to be fully invested when you're wondering if they'll pull the rug out from you with another "never mind." Just hate that the industry is at such a point.

You forgot the rob zombie Halloween.

I think it has to do with them simply being to lazy to deal with what has come before. To me its perfectly acceptable to perhaps gloss over some things from the previous films you did not like or failed story wise. The motivations introduced for Michael Myers in Parts 5 and 6 for instance. But I do not think you should ignore the previous films. H20 could have easily acknowledged what came before without going into the less than stellar elements of the previous films. It kind of annoyed me when H20 came out because quite frankly while I liked seeing Curtis back i still think Part 4 was a better film than H20, and I am not sure there is a worse film in the series than Resurrection.