Let me come right out and say that this needing less of the superhero movies does not apply to the current Batman franchise. Nor would it apply to Aquaman if Entourage was real.But everything else can pretty much go. Don't get me wrong, there are some good movies from this genre here and there, but for the most part they suck. For every Batman movie there's 10 Incredible Hulks or Punishers. And judging by the rate that they keep remaking the Incredible Hulk or The Punisher, there might actually be a 10:1 ratio.
The Punisher first came out in 1989 starring Dolph Lundgren. I confess I've never seen it, but since I haven't even heard about it until I searched "punisher" on IMDB, I can't imagine it was that good. Even assuming it was the best movie of all time, do we need to really have a remake in 2004? Or a sequel in 2008? How about yet another remake in development coming out in 2014? Will the world be a better place because of this? I doubt it.
And that brings me to the Incredible Hulk, one of my favorite TV shows as a young lad. There was something about the green make-up and Lou Ferrigno. Oh Ferrigs. Anyway there was Hulk in 2003, which was so bad that it needed to be remade and renamed back to the original the Incredible Hulk in 2008.
Instead of trying to remake old versions of the movie that failed, maybe studios, actors, and directors should realize that instead of the movie being the problem, maybe it's the character. Some storylines and characters just don't translate well into 2 hour movies.
