>That with the hype around After Earth (promos at least looked
>OK), he was bound to... 'bounce back'... somewhat... now, all
>he can bank on is the only movie of his that can spawn a
>sequel.
>
>Has a director ever given so much positive early on only to
>have that revoked late in their career?

But he was never getting a bounce back from this
He wasn't even mentioned in promos or press having directed this.

At all. That's a bad sign and even MORE damage to your career
if a studio refuses to acknowledge your work to a movie because of
your past reputation AND the studio is blaming him for the shitty
weekend box office performance and he didn't even write the movie.

M. Night should even shoulder the L for this. But, since he's movie poison
now, he is.

M isn't getting a career resurgence. Stick a fork in his ass. He's done