> "they're comfortable these days watching reboots of the same superhero movies"
This in particular. I don't mind the odd superhero movie, but they seem wildly overrepresented in big budget movies.
It feels it's also frequently a retelling of Spiderman or Batman. I don't think I can stand another Spidey or Batman origin story, or another "...and the next villain is hinted at to be the Joker!". Occasionally there's a "superhero team" (usually the Avengers, but sometimes a more obscure team) or some other lone hero. Even with less known superheroes, the story beats and plot structure is always a familiar one.
I'm sure there are exceptions, and I'm sure my mind is playing tricks on me (as I get older, I tend to consider a "recent reboot" something that actually happened 10 years ago!), but still...
Sony literally cannot stop making spiderman movies. Part of the deal when they bought the rights from Disney in 1998 was they have to make at least one spiderman movie every 5.75 years, or the rights are forfeit. https://www.octalcomics.com/when-does-sonys-spiderman-rights...
Innocent mistake on OPs part I assume. Marvel sold the rights of X-men and Fantastic Four to Fox and Spider-Man to Sony. Paramount made a big mistake not doing anything except being the distributor for set periods of time.
Batman currently is the only profitable DC franchise...
For example there was an article making rounds about how of the Top40 most sold DC comics recently, Batman is in 37 of them.
Basically, Batman sells, other DC properties, not so much. Even Superman is struggling.
I have no idea why is that, but I suspect that is because most DC characters require too much skill to write well (for example superman is literally invincible and indestructible, the only conflict you can have in his stories are psychological, ethical, etc... ones. But instead crappier writers kept relying on the stupid kryptonite, because that is the only way to force Superman to have a not-boring action sequence if there are no psychological, ethical, sociological, etc... restraints).
I liked Watchmen's take on a Superman-like character. Morally gray stuff like Dr. Manhattan being used to win the Vietnam War (as an analogue of nuclear weapons) and him becoming so powerful he becomes detached from mankind. Why would Superman care about us, when we are like ants to him?
There's also Red Son, a truly interesting take on... commie Superman.
But there's so many times you can tell those stories, I guess. Superman is a really boring character.
This in particular. I don't mind the odd superhero movie, but they seem wildly overrepresented in big budget movies.
It feels it's also frequently a retelling of Spiderman or Batman. I don't think I can stand another Spidey or Batman origin story, or another "...and the next villain is hinted at to be the Joker!". Occasionally there's a "superhero team" (usually the Avengers, but sometimes a more obscure team) or some other lone hero. Even with less known superheroes, the story beats and plot structure is always a familiar one.
I'm sure there are exceptions, and I'm sure my mind is playing tricks on me (as I get older, I tend to consider a "recent reboot" something that actually happened 10 years ago!), but still...