I'm not sure what is going on at Marvel Studio's lately. I really would like to know. I'm not kidding....really, because it seems like they are making some really strange and uninformed decisions of late. Some of these decisions seem to imply that someone in the "upper management" part of the company doesn't have a clue about how to make a good superhero movie, and yet feels the need to tell people that know what they are doing, what to do.
After just two Fantastic Four movies, they have made the decision to "re-boot" it. Really...already...just because the second move (which was not too bad) didn't make enough money for you? The film grossed $289 million worldwide. So what is your issue with it? Then there is their Spider-man franchise. So, not everyone was a fan of the last one. It could have done with a few less villains, to be sure, but all together the three movies have grossed nearly $2.5 billion worldwide. So again... why the re-boot?
Now, it seems that the role of Bruce Banner will not be portrayed by the very talented Mr. Edward Norton. It seems that Dr. Banner will be played by Mark Ruffalo. Nothing against Mr. Ruffalo, not that I have seen much of his work but, I personally liked Mr. Norton's take on Banner.
All of this just stinks of someone in a position of power being greedy and making these decisions based on how much money can we make NOW! Screw the long term! As with anything in life, when a creative endeavor is placed under the control of un-creative people who don't understand or care about it, the quality of that creative work will suffer. God help us.
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