Have you ever noticed that if you phone an IT technician with a computer problem, their response is always, “Have you tried to reboot it?” Well, in Hollywood, the same principle applies. If your franchise isn’t successful, you hit the reboot button and start again. Comic book movie fans, especially, have seen more than their fair share of this over the past few decades.
Unfortunately, a reboot doesn’t always guarantee instant success, though. In some cases, it actually makes the franchise even worse than before. And when this happens, we throw our hands up in the air and wonder what the eff these clowns are up to.
So, what we’ve done is to go through the ages and single out the comic book movie reboots that have failed to light up the characters they’re meant to reignite. As always, you’re welcome to agree or disagree with our picks, just as long as you leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Now, with that out of the way, let’s jump right in. Here are the 9 comic book movie reboots that failed to live up to the hype.