tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post6080453012559205385..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: For the good of the industry: Why The Amazing Spider-Man must not be a smash...Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-5984785842709224792011-11-18T22:25:42.976-08:002011-11-18T22:25:42.976-08:00Amazing Spiderman was going to happen after Spider...Amazing Spiderman was going to happen after Spiderman 4 was shot no matter what.I AM MYSTERIONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-3019681034310628172011-08-09T22:01:32.515-07:002011-08-09T22:01:32.515-07:00I think you mean the Joel Schumacher Batman films....I think you mean the Joel Schumacher Batman films.Tony Dedrickhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=166400270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-57862691995966225062011-08-09T13:57:55.826-07:002011-08-09T13:57:55.826-07:00"Ghostbusters (starring Seth Rogen, Jason Seg..."Ghostbusters (starring Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and Paul Rudd)"<br /><br />Hey, I would watch this remake in a heartbeat. Those are some genuinely great and funny actors you casually threw in there. Why not pitch it somewhere and try to make some money of this throwaway-but-actually-good idea.mjredderhttp://pulse.yahoo.com/_NPAIXJ5D3VNY2GUCEF4QB6VDFMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-40992125778386603612011-08-03T01:12:09.311-07:002011-08-03T01:12:09.311-07:00This is really a few months too late. X-Men First ...This is really a few months too late. X-Men First Class was a reboot after 3 movies. Hell, even X-Men Origins: Wolverine was a reboot, but I like to think that didn't happen.Zxqyv37noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-76668986147745102482011-07-27T17:03:46.497-07:002011-07-27T17:03:46.497-07:00I wish it was completely about a lack of creativit...I wish it was completely about a lack of creativity, but it's not. In Spidey's case, Sony looked at their books, and saw they were having to share profit participation with Sam Raimi and Tobey McGuire,a nd they didn't want to share anymore. So instead of bringing them back, they relaunched.<br /><br />Now, in some cases, a relaunch is required. After the disaster (at least to me) of the Tim Burton themed Batman films, Batman Begins was a welcome respite. I don't know if it was absolutely necessary to relaunch Bond, though a serious argument could be made given 26 years of continuity, but it seems to have worked creatively and financially for Sony.<br /><br />I agree with the author the new Spider Man is an amazingly bad idea. I would at least tolerated them recasting, and moving forward, but to start everything over from scratch? Please.Malcolm Johnsonhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Malcolm-Johnson/1205723378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-19914729122641008162011-07-27T16:59:35.100-07:002011-07-27T16:59:35.100-07:00Was all ready to argue based on the headline, but ...Was all ready to argue based on the headline, but I gotta agree with your logic here. Much as I'd like to think quality should determine a film's success, studios just don't seem to see it. It's not so much that reboots are inherently bad, there are good reasons to reboot a creative disaster of a franchise like say the Fantastic Four or even Daredevil but the Spidey reboot is simply a cash grab ... and if Sony gets away with it, they'll try it with everything they possibly can. And beyond a wave of "it's too soon reboots," it's easy even to see a situation where things like Dark Knight Rises would start getting turned over to cheaper directors.Dirk2112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-33566170813587894042011-07-27T11:18:51.592-07:002011-07-27T11:18:51.592-07:00" What we have here is a studio arbitrarily t..." What we have here is a studio arbitrarily throwing out an ongoing franchise in order to save money and have more creative control."<br />- I think you contradicted yourself in the same sentence. How can it be arbitrary if they are doing it to save money and have more creative control?<br /><br />While I think you are correct (to a point), I think you go way too far overboard. There are tipping points. Not every reboot is successful, and no one knows how long the trend will go on before it becomes unsuccessful. <br /><br />On top of that, is their a huge difference between 'Die Hard' spin offs and a 'Die Hard' reboot that takes it into a different creative area with some new ideas? The horror reboots didn't really do that, but I don't think that doesn't mean there isn't room for creativity and originality in reboots, in the same way that sequels contain the potential for it.Kyle Leamanhttp://www.facebook.com/KyleLeamannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-21248903353232098102011-07-27T10:19:49.915-07:002011-07-27T10:19:49.915-07:00This is inevitable in the case of Fox. Regardless...This is inevitable in the case of Fox. Regardless of whether Amazing Spider-Man succeeds or fails, reboots and tales of Daredevil, Fantastic Four and X-Men are going to come at a fast rate. They have something at stake that is entirely unrelated. If they don't do something with these properties they lose them. That is also the same strategy behind Spider-Man. If nothing was going to be done, it was going to be lost. And since Spider-Man is such a marquee name, Disney was going to do it anyway. It was unavoidable. <br /><br />Its gotta root back to the success of the horror genre. That's where we begin this.<br /><br />However, its confusing whether the reboot is our friend or not.<br /><br />Would we prefer a series getting to parts 5, 6 or 7 and being completely out of gas, director changes, cast changes, with forced awkward story movement because of said changes? Continual embarrassing entries into a series we stick with only because we loved the first few. Only once in a blue moon do we get a part 6 following multiple lackluster entries, like the saw franchise or a series with full studio backing and strong efforts through 8 installments like Harry Potter.<br /><br />Would we rather another tired Brosnan entry to James Bond...and have Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace and Daniel Craig never happen? DS9 Star Trek films or JJ Abrams movie?<br /><br />But then again, there's A Nightmare on Elm St, Halloween and Gus Van Sant's Psycho that drive me to despise the reboot/remake.Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-6230090627431313982011-07-27T10:12:46.707-07:002011-07-27T10:12:46.707-07:00I think you're right. It's absurd they'...I think you're right. It's absurd they're remaking Spider-man, It's been only a few years!Christian Guzmannoreply@blogger.com