Mr Cat Dog
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This sorta sprung up out of the discussion in the Dark Knight Rises thread when it was announced that the new president of Warner Bros. has plans to 'reinvent' Batman after the conclusion of the Nolan trilogy, as well as develop a new Justice League movie without Bale-as-Batman or Cavill-as-Superman.
It's not just Batman though: The Amazing Spider-Man, to be released around the same time as TDKR next year is Marvel's attempt to reboot the Spider-Man franchise after director Sam Raimi refused to hurry the development of Spider-Man 4; Zack Snyder of 300 and now Sucker Punch fame (or infamy?) is on course to make a new Superman film, just 5 years after Superman Returns did merely OK at the box office and with fans; and let's not forget poor Bruce Banner - played by Eric Bana in 2003, Edward Norton in 2008, and now Mark Ruffalo in 2012 - the Hulk is probably the sorriest example of this recent culture of rebooting unpopular franchises.
So, what do people think? Is it a good thing that the studios can just reboot whole franchises if they weren't massively popular at the box office, or do they owe some debt to the fans to truly treasure their favourite superheroes and begrudge what's becoming of them?
It's not just Batman though: The Amazing Spider-Man, to be released around the same time as TDKR next year is Marvel's attempt to reboot the Spider-Man franchise after director Sam Raimi refused to hurry the development of Spider-Man 4; Zack Snyder of 300 and now Sucker Punch fame (or infamy?) is on course to make a new Superman film, just 5 years after Superman Returns did merely OK at the box office and with fans; and let's not forget poor Bruce Banner - played by Eric Bana in 2003, Edward Norton in 2008, and now Mark Ruffalo in 2012 - the Hulk is probably the sorriest example of this recent culture of rebooting unpopular franchises.
So, what do people think? Is it a good thing that the studios can just reboot whole franchises if they weren't massively popular at the box office, or do they owe some debt to the fans to truly treasure their favourite superheroes and begrudge what's becoming of them?