EDITORIAL: How to keep Comic Book Movies going without Rebooting it!

My Idea is simple, I call it Selective Continuity Continuation, or in other words:

James Bond.

Now granted some comic book movies Need to be rebooted (Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, Transformers, and G.I.JOE to name a few) And others really won't need them, where as they can be serviced by sequels or other mediums where they can be rebooted (Such as Batman, Spider-Man, Punisher to name another few)



Demonstrated in this picture is Actors of James Bond (Almost used Doctor Who, but this somehow felt more appropriate). Each actor has Played James Bond and each film is part of what is currently a 22 Film Long Continuity, but selected entries in the series aren't that well done. For Example: Say you love Casino Royal and hated Quantum of Solace (I know writing imitating life) the pleasure of James Bond is that you can skip that one, and say that maybe the Brosnan films come before hand, or go back and say that Dr.No is it's direct sequel. The fact that this universe is so widely open offers opportunity for selective Continuity.

As Example let's say I made three Spider-Man films that just recast-ed but continued the story, I could make reference to 1 and strike 2 and 3 out, or i can make reference to all those films but re-introduce characters, example: if Doc Ock was the Villain in Spider-Man 5 all I would have to do is explain a simple way of him coming back, like the Fake Sun created a miniature atmosphere in which Doc Ock's Body was preserved. or I could create My Own Doc Ock, or Reboot the Character, while stating that Mj did date Col.Jameson yet those too events would be separated by the re-introduction.

So in short a filmmaker could select events from previous ones and do a sequel and later on the character be re-introduced or we could continue off it, and reboot the character in small fashion as to fit continuity that when said and done is ultimately the fan's choice whether or not they consider the film cannon. The only thing we'd have to stop doing is throwing a Number in front of Films and use the good ol' subtitle. Now of course for some films this would start after it's reboot in process, but afterward it would be open game for both filmmakers and fans to choose a continuity and stick with it, or break it off so that this takes place then, and then takes place now. It's a flawed idea granted but it would be a step in a better direction in my honest opinion.

Leave a comment on whether or not you agree, thank you.