The Upside Of Having So Many Superhero Movies
As everyone already knows, there are a truly staggering amount of superhero projects coming to the big and small screens each year. Most have described this as far too much, and while they are correct, fans do still gain some benefits from the constant outflow of new superhero media.
Back in the nineties and early 2000s, the landscape of superhero cinema was a drastically different environment. From Blade to Raimi's Spider-Man to Batman & Robin, fan expectations were set at an all-time high. Fans weren't demanding perfection out of simple ignorance, but out of a history of being taught how easily it could all go away. The eight-year period between the release of Batman & Robin and Batman Begins is longer than any gap in Batman film releases since. The internet and surrounding superhero fan infrastructure weren't what they are today, so there was a very real fear amongst the fanbase.
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After the disappointing release of Batman & Robin, fans began to fear that Batman wouldn't get another chance on the big screen. This was the animating philosophy behind most of the early superhero film efforts. Superman was off the big screen for almost 20 years after The Quest for Peace. When Sam Raimi took the reins of Spider-Man, it was the first cinematic outing for the most popular superhero in the world. Fans lived in fear of Tobey Maguire's first time in the costume ending in disaster, in which case Spidey might never get to the movies again. Of course, those fears were assuaged the moment fans saw Raimi's Spider-Man, but other examples weren't so lucky. Blade: Trinity seems to have laid The Daywalker to rest for around two decades.
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