Chris Wallace
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I know I 'm not alone. Post after post, thread after thread, "Reboot, reboot, reboot. Recast recast, recast." Like the only worthwhile interpretation of a story that's been told in perpetuity for 40+ years is yours.
This is how I see it. If the movie was a total flop-just straight crashed and burned, then perhaps a reboot is in order.
Maybe. Maybe it can be rescued with some minor tweaking. Who knows? If the movie was just a complete bastardization of everything about the character and/or took a bizarre turn away from how the franchise started out,
then I can see where they may need to start fresh.
If the actor either did not gel with the director, did not get into the character, got busted with drugs/a hooker/a dead body sometime after the movie wrapped, spoke ill of the project or was not well-received overall, then maybe they should be replaced. If the actor just doesn't want to come back & the show must go on,
then they should be replaced.
If, however, the movie was a huge hit despite the incessant naysaying of whiny internet fanboys
whose expectations are based on a lifetime of reading comics religiously & are prone to get pissy over the slightest deviation from their preconceived notion of how the movie should be, this doesn't mean that they need to fire everybody, start over from scratch & just pretend that the last film never happened. Complain all you want about how they changed the costume or slightly altered the character's origin, (or wasted your time telling the origin since you feel like it should've gone straight into the action) how they should have gone with this actor over that one because this one-in your eyes-looks more like a particular artist's interpretation of the character than the person who the director hired, how your beloved favorite villain was underused/misused/killed off/whatever,
keep in mind that you are only doing so after giving them your money. (Unless you're doing it before the movie goes into production, which is even harder to get anyone to take seriously) No studio is going to ignore box office receipts over message board posts. Nor should they. These people are not swayed by the reviews of professional critics who are paid to give their opinions. They are really not going to throw away millions of dollars based on yours.
Either lay aside the script you've been writing in your head for the last 12 years & just try to enjoy the movie you're getting or leave it alone! You are not the only person who loves these characters, & many people do not share your views on what makes them cool. That doesn't mean you're wrong, it doesn't mean they're wrong-it's just a different point of view.
This is how I see it. If the movie was a total flop-just straight crashed and burned, then perhaps a reboot is in order.
Maybe. Maybe it can be rescued with some minor tweaking. Who knows? If the movie was just a complete bastardization of everything about the character and/or took a bizarre turn away from how the franchise started out,
If the actor either did not gel with the director, did not get into the character, got busted with drugs/a hooker/a dead body sometime after the movie wrapped, spoke ill of the project or was not well-received overall, then maybe they should be replaced. If the actor just doesn't want to come back & the show must go on,
If, however, the movie was a huge hit despite the incessant naysaying of whiny internet fanboys
whose expectations are based on a lifetime of reading comics religiously & are prone to get pissy over the slightest deviation from their preconceived notion of how the movie should be, this doesn't mean that they need to fire everybody, start over from scratch & just pretend that the last film never happened. Complain all you want about how they changed the costume or slightly altered the character's origin, (or wasted your time telling the origin since you feel like it should've gone straight into the action) how they should have gone with this actor over that one because this one-in your eyes-looks more like a particular artist's interpretation of the character than the person who the director hired, how your beloved favorite villain was underused/misused/killed off/whatever,
keep in mind that you are only doing so after giving them your money. (Unless you're doing it before the movie goes into production, which is even harder to get anyone to take seriously) No studio is going to ignore box office receipts over message board posts. Nor should they. These people are not swayed by the reviews of professional critics who are paid to give their opinions. They are really not going to throw away millions of dollars based on yours.
Either lay aside the script you've been writing in your head for the last 12 years & just try to enjoy the movie you're getting or leave it alone! You are not the only person who loves these characters, & many people do not share your views on what makes them cool. That doesn't mean you're wrong, it doesn't mean they're wrong-it's just a different point of view.
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