nah, the hollywoodshit-train was at full speed long before Ledger died. Although his stellar performance and the massive profits on BB/TDK no doubt gave the shit-train another boost.
The problem is more to do with the timing of the new spidey film. When batman begins was released, the old (by which I mean burton-era) batman movies had been forgotten for a few years. People were ready for a new batman movie, and the studio recognized this, recognized the great source material, and out a great team on it. And the results were great. Sony, with the new spidey, are putting a cheap team on it (about 1/4 the budget of the spiderman 4 film that got cancelled) and are effectively releasing it in lieu of a sequel. That's a recipe for good-old-fashioned home cooked turd stew right there.
(The problem is more to do with the timing of the new spidey film. When batman begins was released, the old (by which I mean burton-era) batman movies had been forgotten for a few years. People were ready for a new batman movie, and the studio recognized this, recognized the great source material, and out a great team on it. And the results were great. Sony, with the new spidey, are putting a cheap team on it (about 1/4 the budget of the spiderman 4 film that got cancelled) and are effectively releasing it in lieu of a sequel. That's a recipe for good-old-fashioned home cooked turd stew right there.
Damocles wants no part of your debauchery,
Fri 14 Jan 2011, 12:30,
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Well I know the shit didn't start there, but I think the reasoning for all the reboots have started there.What I meant to say was it's the popularity of such reboots - some darker, some merely taking an unconventional spin on the material, Batman Begins, Casino Royale have inspired studios to not worry about keeping with a film canon which might have been so important a while ago. I do know that there were many Batman films is pre-production after Batman and Robin, including one with a script by Frank Miller, all of which never really got off the ground. So it seems apparent that as the shit Burton/Schumacher ended the studio released the campy stuff whilst mildly amusing was shite.
Maybe when Marvel movies have made their escapade into a massive Avengers film and other films to introduce you to the characters they'll focus on actually telling a fucking cinematic story.
(Maybe when Marvel movies have made their escapade into a massive Avengers film and other films to introduce you to the characters they'll focus on actually telling a fucking cinematic story.
Christian's Bolt and Ski,
Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:20,
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