9 Movie Franchises That Said F**k You To The Fans

Title Pretty much every major blockbuster now arrives from a pre-existing franchise, meaning each new release comes with a large base of die hard fans the filmmakers can offend. Bad word of mouth can kill a film and if enough fans intensely complain there could be a severe box office toll. Production companies tend to put a lot of stock in events like the San Diego Comic Con, using what the truly dedicated fans make of their upcoming releases as a barometer for general audience. To follow this is a rather foolhardy exercise; Green Lantern was met with cheers while Avatar left people empty. Sure, what the fans think is important, but they make up only a small fraction of the audience; Avatar, The Avengers and The Dark Knight all succeeded because the general public wanted to see them and there€™s nothing a disgruntled fan could have done to change that. But sometimes for that reasons films go the other way, ignoring what makes people love the source material exactly because they don€™t effect the box office. Often general audiences won€™t realise anything is up, so to fill you in on all the fanboy angst, here€™s nine franchises where the producers ignored the fans in pursuit of the regular joe's dollar. It's worth noting the response from big fans wouldn't have a made massive impact to the success of these films, either coming out at a time before the rise of the Internet or being too minor complaints for the general public to take much interest in.
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.