#I'm increasingly becoming a fencesitter

[philomaela]

What do you think of action/adventure/hero movies using the plot gimmick of the "multiverse" to bring back actors who played characters in previous film continuities? It allowed them to bring Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland all together as Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." And it looks like DC is using it to bring back Michael Keaton as Batman for the upcoming Flash movie. Is it endearing or just some cynical way of getting attention from prior fandoms?

I mean I think it can be both of those things? Like I think from a marketing/studio perspective it's obviously a way to generate buzz and capitalize on previous films. For the actors it's most likely depends on how they felt about their original film, but for a lot of them it probably is a great experience and it's certainly endearing for the fans.

IDK, I do tend to think most blockbusters (not just Marvel and DC) are formulated in a sort of cynical way, there's just too much money involved for them not to be. However that doesn't mean that there isn't also passion and genuine joy involved in creating them.