Tim Burton, Please Stop

Holy shit. This may be old news, but I just found out: In 1998 there, there was almost a Superman Movie called Superman Lives that was/contained (and I'll list these out so you can savor each one individually):

• Directed by Tim Burton
• Starring (yeah, starring) Nicholas Cage
• "Reimagining" of the Superman suit as a multi-colored, semi-translucent suit with glowing fiber optics
• A main villain that was a giant spider

Not that Superman Returns was a gem, but could you imagine the cinematic abortion that would have resulted if this movie had been made? I can only fathom that it would be the inbred offspring of Ghost Rider and Burton's Batman Returns (which itself was grotesquely campy and tastelessly done).

If you want details and images of the screamingly flamboyant Supersuit, check the links.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/11/01/costume-tim-burton-superman-lives/

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/12/13/more-superman-lives-bad-designs-tim-burton-nicolas-cage/

This is similar to my old post about why movie directors and producers feel the need to 'make their mark' on well established franchises. There are ways to assert your creativity without destroying all previous efforts. And Tim Burton is the worst. Sleepy Hollow, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; all of them corrupted by his "unique reimaginings." He makes me so god damn angry. You're fucking weird- we get it. Now stop making movies that star the same six people as overly costumed neo-gothic characters in a one-off world. PLEASE.