What do you think 20-30's year olds in 1993 where saying about PR? That kids have taken lame to a new level...its no different
I was 11 at the time. PR had more older fan than you'd expect. You had martial arts and a hot pink ranger. That was enough reason to have older men check out the show. lol. Remember this was at the time when Baywatch was the most watched you in the WORLD. lol.
The difference between Batman and Bond, is that Bond really hasn't redone old villains or old story lines,
There has been four different versions of Blofeld, Thunderball was remade into Never Say Never Again, and
You Only Live Twice,
The Spy Who Loved Me, and
Moonraker pretty much have the same plot.
Batman is a literally redoing of the franchise
When you count the serials from the `40s, the Adam West show, Superfriends, the Burton/Schumacher movies, the DCAU, Nolan movies, and The Batman on Kids WB there has been SO MANY different versions of Batman that its basically whats keeping the character fresh to the general public.
Nolan will do one more movie and he'll be replaced by a director who'll take the franchise into a new direction. Will that direction be the right or wrong one? We'll see. But...its whats gonna keep the franchise fresh.
Thats how James Bond has survived for over 40 years. Some Bond movies are good and some Bond movies are bad, but all the different approaches have kept the franchise fresh and alive. And thats how Batman has been and will continue to be. Whether you like Burton's Batman or not its silly to think that the movie will be forgotten or belittled in the coming years. The movies were just a different take on the character. Some people like it and others don't. To each his own.
I'd like to see spielberg turn that mediocre book into a masterpiece.
Spielberg and Rowling got into a fight over the casting of Harry Potter. I doubt he'll ever be involved with this franchise.