Taking a popular franchise that is familiar to fortysomethings and remaking it for modern audiences is a difficult proposition and a calculated risk. More often than not such undertakings fail. Consider The Wild Wild West, The Avengers (no not that one, the other) and more recently The Lone Ranger. The problem lies in trying to make a film that can please all audiences. Often the finished product is too different from original material to appeal to the “get off my lawn” brigade. Younger viewers often have no connection to the franchise or knowledge of the era it came from. This results in the film failing to find a market and leads to box office failure. However it doesn’t necessarily indicate that the movie is poor per se.