6. Star Trek
After so much negative response, I feel we need a case where fan disservice made a film infinitely better. When he came onto the Star Trek project, J.J. Abrams was far from a fan of the cult show, so was more than happy to act liberally with the mythology. Following on from the disappointing Nemesis, Star Trek was left by the general public for superfans to pick over. A reboot needed to get both sides on board, so Abrams did the impossible and worked together a new and old continuity. Although Into Darkness greatly messed with fan favourite Wrath Of Khan, it stayed on the right side of homage, twisting the events of that film to make something both new but still reverential. The first film was less reserved. Erasing most of the previous series with time travel and destroying Spocks home was a risky move, but for the most part it worked. In disregarding the events that Trekkies loved while still keeping focus on the characters and themes (a lot more destructive than some lesser franchises on this list) Stark Trek was different, but still felt like, well, Star Trek. Sadly and predictably, the age old paradox of wanting something new and something exactly the same kicked in and some of the more serious fan boys weren't all too happy. Still, the majority didn't care.