While I don't expect any more Iron Man or Avengers movies after the next ones and Batman will take probably a 4-5 year break after Nolan is done in 2012, we'll have a new Superman series (3 movies), as well as possibly a Green Lantern sequel and, if the reboot is a success, more Spider-man movies.

Agreed. I don't have a problem with the studios mining all the big comic book titles – in fact, it's exciting to see some classic heroes come to the big screen.

HOWEVER (and that's a big "But").

Doing all the titles at once (summer of 2011 – I'm looking at you) and without possible quality control undermines the excitement of seeing icons come to the big screen. It's cheapening.

I'm a HUGE Green Lantern fan. But I immediately had misgivings with the casting. Now I'm concerned about the design and effects. Of course, I'm not going to judge until I see the actual movie. But given the recent cheap onslaught (caveats including Nolan), I am concerned.

I don't think the studios should completely stop producing comic book movies. But they should ease up and focus on quality. Audiences may be stupid and fall for hype, but they're not THAT stupid.

Oh and X3 – what a huge opportunity loss.

I think you hit the nail on the head, though, that certain tentpole franchises such as Batman and Superman don't need to rely on any trend to be huge. A Nolan Batman film could be the only comic-book film of the year and be huge, but it could also tower above a field saturated with them.

I like Vaughn, and I do think he's right that he could have made X3 100 times better, but he IS an arrogant bastard too, and it's a bit crass of him to say it outright.

But as to the comic book fad? Yeah, it seems to be getting more and more saturated, with many of the Titles transistioning to the big screen seeming vastly unnecessary in the first place, and poorly executed in the second.

Hollywood needs to A) choose titles to adapt more carefully and B) step up quality control in a major way.

The comic book craze has made for some interesting cinema, but as the number of comic book movies per year increases, the quality decreases just as much.

Cunt!