An in depth explanation for why I don't want to see the Green Hornet? Okay. I'll start first with some analogies. How about that? I don't want to see Seth Rogen play the Green Hornet anymore than I want to see Bill Murray play Superman. Does that mean I hate Bill Murray? Of course not. Does that mean I'm a die-hard Superman fan? Of course not. Does it mean I have to go spend money on a ticket to know Bill Murray is not right for the part? Of course not. Do I have a problem with comedy in the hero genre? Nope. I encourage it. It helps take the weight off any camp elements in most superhero stories. But the purpose of that comic relief is to remove camp, not create it. The Green Hornet IS camp - all out. I don't like that. As a matter of fact, it's a cancer to all of these other films being made. Other films meaning Captain America, Ironman, Batman, etc.
As you already know, we're in the midst of a very creative period for hero films. This genre is considered potential "blockbuster" material if handled properly. Since I don't know your age Jezza, I'll assume you were not around in the 60's,70's and probably not grown up enough in the 80's to have an opinion of those decades. When Batman came out in '66, the show was HUGE. Nobody had seen anything like it. It was also CAMP. The idea of treating Batman like an idiot, hit the sensibilities of grownups, while going right over the heads of the youngsters. The kids took it seriously because they didn't understand their hero was THE "joke". Well, this formula wore off quickly. Batman was out for three "seasons", but in truth that only lasted a little over two years (The first was a mid-season replacement so it was very short).
The fallout after that show lasted literally for DECADES. The public not only rejected the show, it began to apply that treatment of camp to the entire genre. If you mentioned comics, you were immediately thought of as someone who lacked intelligence since the medium was considered ignorant and CAMP. Heroes had no medium except television. And those treatments were low budgeted and subsequent poor productions...for the most part. When there was a good one, like the Hulk, it was popular, but the stigma from the industry was still very much in play. It was canceled, not for low ratings, but because the studio simply didn't want to pay the high costs for the series because it was a comic book. During the 70's and most of the 80's there was only ONE hero who got recognition in Hollywood - Superman. We wouldn't see another big budget film until 1989 and Batman. The industry ran from Adam West. They distanced themselves from any association with him because they feared the public would view their product as CAMP. As you know, that Batman, and every incarnation since, has NEVER wore anything that resembles tights. It's because they STILL want no association with CAMP.
Batman's success was HUGE. It told Hollywood you could invest big money and big actors in the comic book genre and find success. What killed off that franchise? Batman and Robin. Why? Because the director tried to install CAMP as a treatment.

It was rejected and the series closed down for years to let the public forget. Then came a string of huge films that went on to be big franchises - X-Men, Spider-man, and then a new Batman franchise. The last film grossed over a BILLION dollars worldwide. Amazing. Now you have Iron Man as a franchise, and so many more coming together. It's just a huge property now. But it's because the public and industry have accepted that CAMP is no longer a main ingredient in this genre.
So, what I have tried to do is illustrate a historical perspective of what CAMP does to this genre. It's a cancer Jezza. And you don't want anything to do with it. The Green Hornet is a HUGE cancer. It will fail because it's camp. And you know what? The industry will count that as a strike against this genre for 2011. That will be the talk within the industry leading right up to Thor, Captain America, and Green Lantern. God help us if any of those under perform. Because when it comes to genre's and money, it doesn't take too many miscues to send studios packing back to the old attitudes. If you like this genre, you don't want films like Green Hornet which laugh at the concept. This was not a $30 million dollar production that can be swept under the rug. With production AND marketing costs, this film is close to $200 million in the red. It's a huge mistake and Seth Rogen was simply trying to take advantage of a big property to try and make a quick buck for himself. It backfired. And it not only hurts him, it hurts this genre. History says so.