From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated   
   From Address: jameskuyper@verizon.net   
   Subject: Re: New American series   
      
   On 10/12/2012 12:44 PM, Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:   
   > On 08 Oct 2012, YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:   
   >    
   >> Whether one of these silly "reboot" / "change" shows / movies actually   
   >> "works" in terms of being successful or popular is completely   
   >> irrelevant. The point is that if it doesn't fit with what came before,   
   >> then it's obviously not actually part of the same franchise and   
   >> therefore should have it's own name and franchise.   
   >>   
   >> The idiocy is compounded by things like the Batman and Superman movies   
   >> which are rebooting the franchises almost every year.  :-\   
   >    
   > Take that argument to its limit and there shouldn't be any Batman or    
   > Superman movies at all, since none of them have ever been compatable with    
   > the comics.   
      
   It isn't the continuity that's the issue; it seems as though no one can   
   make more than a few Batman movies before the next one has to start all   
   over again with his origin story. I can understand a creative person   
   feeling that they want to write about a Batman so different from the   
   previous ones that his origin story must have been significantly   
   different - but that doesn't mean you have to re-tell that story. All   
   you have to do is put a reference to the differences in your new story.   
   If you want to re-use the name "Batman", then you should be able to   
   count on most of your audience being familiar with (and maybe even a   
   little tired of) the origin story, and get on with some completely new   
   story of your own.   
   Better off - don't re-use "Batman" - create your own new story about   
   someone else - but I suppose that's too much creativity to ask of Hollywood.   
   --    
   James Kuyper   
      
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