Also looking at the release dates of the moviesABED wrote:I would argue that CBM's didn't really die. In fact they were in their infancy. Throughout the 90s, they didn't make all that many, with the most high profile being the Batman movies. I would also argue that it was Blade that really started the boom and that came out in 98. Even if it's not Blade, certainly X-Men is responsible for it, not Spider-Man.soppa saia people wrote:Alright fair point but I think it did ruin Comic Book movies for a bit. Not until Spider-Man did they recover (IMO).
Batman and Robin June 1997
X-Men July 2000
Spider-Man May 2002
Would show that even if Batman and Robin killed comic book movies for a while it would only have been 3-5 years. Which isn't really anything since they easily could have already been working on all those movies by the time Batman and Robin came out (and in X-Men's case they were). Heck I don't even think it completely killed Batman movies, if the batman wiki is right they did cancel the planned sequel but they had all kinds of big names working on various batman movies (including a Batman Beyond, Batman Year One, and Batman vs. Superman) all the way up till 2003 when they hired Nolan to make the 2005 reboot. (Also side note, somebody must of really wanted Christian Bale to be Batman since he was offered the role for Batman Year One and Batman vs Superman back around 2000 and 2001 and was Batman for the Nolan movies.)
And now.... back to DB. Personally I don't think that Evolution would really hurt any new DB movie since its been so long. Though I still don't think a live action movie would really work. But if they were going to make one, don't try a reboot. Just give us a live action flashback type sequence that quickly retells everything up through Z or Super and then go from there. Just make it a continuation of the story.