>Logan (2017)
>Radical idea: "bleakquel"
>Bad End™ for epic hero
>Life gone to shit
>Friends dead
>Every victory turned to ash
>sad old lonely failure
>Young woman appears
>She's him... but BETTER!
>Wolverine character literally THE ONLY HERO ANYWHERE EVER this concept can possibly work
>His character is literally about suffering
>makes mega-millions
>Naturally; it's Logan
>Holywood producers:
>HOLY SHIT MORE OF THIS PLS
>BAD ENDINGS FOR ALL HEROES
>Luke Skywalker
>Han Solo
>Indiana Jones
>Captain Picard
>Willow
>Sarah Connor
>Joel Miller
>Every single epic hero must be turned into a sad old failure that loses everything and all victories turned to ash and then dies while the Take No Shit™ young female replacement takes the torch.
The asbestos curse of Logan will one day end.
But not yet.
Not yet.