First of all, let me just say I am new here. I just made my account minutes before writing this article. I just wanted that fact known in case there are certain things I do wrong in my articles.
The subject is that a number of comic book films are all being set for 2012. Comic book movies have been dominating in cinema for a good while now, and like all fads, it is certain that some day comic book movies will begin to downfall. Could 2012 be the beginning of the end?
To refresh all of our minds, here is the release dates set so far in 2012:
February 17, 2012 - GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
May 4, 2012 - THE AVENGERS
June 29, 2012 - STAR TREK 2
July 3, 2012 - SPIDER-MAN
July 20, 2012 - BATMAN 3
December 2012 - SUPERMAN
Added to those, THE FLASH, FANTASTIC FOUR, WOLVERINE 2, JUDGE DREDD, and even RUNAWAYS (based on the fact it is going to be filmed in February 2011, 2012 would be most realistic to release the film) have been all talked about for 2012 (specifically FANTASTIC FOUR and JUDGE DREDD).
That is a lot of comic book films. It seems awfully hard to believe the movie goers would NOT get sick of the genre with all this being thrown down their throats seemingly at once.
Especially when you count the fact that Spider-Man may be hard for many to accept due to the fact that many of us today grew up with Tobey and the other crew in the films. Thus, seeing new actors in the reboot may hurt it. Another important (though more unlikely) thing to point out is many movie goers have complained that "The Avengers" has been pushed down our throats too much, most notably with "Iron Man 2." Also, it may be a bit too much for some people to stand with all the comic book elements being there.
Batman 3: while it will be a great film given how great Nolan is, it could disappoint. Why? "The Dark Knight" is very overrated, and people may expect Batman 3 to be even better, but without the Joker (the main reason TDK was so well liked), can it do as well?
Superman, Ghost Rider, and Fantastic Four have all gotten shady portrayals recently. It is debatable as to whether these films will really rake in any real money. "Ghost Rider" did moderately well, and the FF films were just fine. Superman, on the other hand, is the one that needs the most fixing being that people just hate Superman as a character, added with the fact "Superman Returns" was a huge failure.
"Star Trek 2" is debatable whether it is actually looked at as a comic book film. I would say "Star Trek 2" will be fine. Same goes for Judge Dredd.
"Wolverine 2" may just be a bore. Runaways is hard to say how it will do. It could be a hit or miss, unfortunately.
Then there is "The Flash," which could be good if Warner Bros. and co. figure out a realistic way to bring him to the screen and make him interesting.
Funny enough, being that we are only in late 2010, there still is the next three months and a year left for even more 2012 comic book movies to be announced.