Filmmaking / Directing : Interesting Tim Burton interview by Sam Sokolow

As a moviegoer, I can't count how many Batman, Superman, etc. there are. I do understand the importance of franchises, but I also understand that creating the same things over and over can become tiresome for someone who enjoys movies. I understand that a lot of it boils down to the business side. There is risk in movie making; just like investing in stocks, the past isn't always indicative of future results. I think you can also have the law of diminishing returns working against you. Mixing it or spreading it out between new concepts and new stories could help revitalize it. The thousand Marvel movies released in the last five years may play a part.

I think his comments have less to do with superhero films per se than the current expectation a superhero film is the launch of a franchise. Burton (and everyone else at that time) took decades of source material and distilled it into a single immersive interpretation of that material. Now we have the opposite, taking a single concept and maximally expanding it into dozens of films and mini series. Neither is good or bad, but the latter certainly goes against the concept of film adaptation most of us are accustomed to. I think when the expectation is that superhero movies can be stand alone films again, filmmakers like Burton would contemplate a return.

Sam Sokolow I think I would love to see more neo noir meets Superhero. The issue here sounds like it’s one of the need for more artistic freedom. and that likely coincides with the outdated cartoonish comical nature of franchises. there possibly is a hunger for more ultra realism and relatability from the characters and their worlds.

Mike Childress Yes I think it tries to. For me a level of depth was missing in it though. How did it land in you?