As someone who grew up with the TV movie versions of Spider Man, the Hulk, even Batman *KA-POW*, I have to wax poetic on just where the reboots of these beloved heroes are headed.  I mean, back in the 80’s it was almost GUARARNTEED that any move that came out with a superhero in it was going to suck.  There was a brief flash of light when Tim Burton’s delightfully psychotic Batman came out, but then we relapsed into movies that only die-hard comic book fans could love (and sometimes not even they could stomach the tripe being shoveled into the theatres).

But NOW.  Hehehe.  Now something has changed.  We have Superman Returns, an all new Batman, The Hulk (the new one, with Norton), Iron Man (talk about a role Downey was BORN to play!).  Gone are the spandex-suits, the over-steroided actors (sorry guys, I know you had to go that route to make the spandex work), the line-by-line recreations of the origin stories.  In many cases they are staying true to the spirit of the original while allowing the IP to evolve and mature. They aren’t all perfect, but I will buy every single one just to make sure Marvel, DC and all those Hollywood guys keep pushing the content forward.