722699, I think it depends on the approach taken to adapting the IP
Posted by Cold Truth, Mon Jun-12-17 09:23 PM
MASK, GI JOE, Transformers, Visionaries, there's a way to connect all that into a cohesive story.
Trim the fat, focus on the compelling aspects of each and pepper each standalone with strands of connective tissue.
Real Steel was a movie based off Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and they found a way to create a compelling story with heart and it was fantastic.
There's no way in hell you or anyone else heard about a movie about Rock 'Em Sock Em Robots before reading a script and thought "That's a great idea!", but it was a fantastic movie.
If you had told pro wrestling fans 30 years ago that a giant zombie would become one of the most enduring, beloved and iconic pro wrestlers of all time? They'd have laughed at you the way most laugh at the "it's still real to me" guy. .
It's all about the right people in the right roles executing in the right way. Micronaughts could, in theory, be a huge success if someone with the right vision drove it.
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