Of course not, it's the same with most of the other superhero movie franchises today. Unless you're not planning a team-up for said character then it's automatically underwhelming now that audiences had a bite of that Avengers Cake. Again refer to the Summer of The Avengers vs The Dark Knight Rises, people are hungry for big crossovers now. We live in a different world now and I like it.
Yet Nolan made the most acclaimed and successful superhero trilogy while stating that his Batman lived in his own universe and would never cross paths with any other superhero, and so it happened.
And TDKR might have made less money than Avengers, but still over a billion dollars. I don't know anyone in the industry calling that 'part of the past' or something that shouldn't happen again.
Of course it's a decision. It's a decision they've been brewing for some time now. Unfortunately they've hit a snag delaying the movie 10 months. Henry Cavill slightly hinted at a Batman team up months before MOS.
I didn't know Cavill had said it. But my question is not whether DC was planning a JLA movie or not, but if they would make just one Superman film and then jump directly to it. Because so far this has been defined as a Superman movie with Batman and Wonder Woman (you did it yourself), not a JLA movie. No other franchise has included two other superheroes just to spice things up.
Again we live in a different world now, where audiences have seen the Avengers and are tired of every countless attempt on solo films after the 2000's. Doing a solo sequel just doesn't do it well for audiences anymore, WB has seen the competition with Avengers and Star Wars films on the horizon. A solo movie just doesn't work in this day and age.
No, they're not tired of solo movies. That's why after Avengers, many successful solo superhero movies have been made. They didn't jump to Avengers 2 as it should have happened in this "new world" where TDKR is seen as a failure or "not as good as Avengers."
That's because Spider-Man and Batman are more popular superheroes and have more audience goodwill compared to Superman, hence the greater numbers.
Not to mention those were better movies. Because last time I checked, Superman is still the most recognizable superhero of them all.
But, as you see, nobody in the industry would suggest that being TASM or TDKR is something they don't want to be, as you claimed.
As for those Nolan Bat films and most of Marvel's solo movies pre- and post-2012, The Avengers says sup.
And Thor 2 and Captain America 2 say "you were cool, Avengers, but solo movies are still happening. It's not over by a long shot"
They ruled out a sequel for SR because the people who actually pay for movie don't like it and wanted their money back after watching Stalkerman: The Movie. Again, they've planned those movies ages beforehand, it's not a response to "bad"(as in you classify bad by beating out every Marvel Phase I solo and Batman Begins?) box office return.
No. A sequel to SR was discussed for at least a year time after SR release. When it was eventually cancelled, the official word was that it hadn't met financial expectations.
Transformers 2 only got that amount of traction from the previous movie which a good amount of people liked. It's called momentum.
Some momentum. Transformers 2 had had two sequels so far and counting. That's not called momentum, that's called financial success, regardless of the general opinion about the movie itself.
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