People go to franchise IPs for nostalgia, what is really the point otherwise?
It's kind of like going into a McDonalds and throwing a fit inside the restaurant because they "only" serve Bigs Macs, cheeseburgers, fries, and mostly the same stuff from 30-40-50 years ago. You're know what you're going into when you're going into a McDonalds, there's not going to be pasta dishes and a wine menu there all of the sudden, lol.
Same thing for franchise movie sequels especially reboots of IP that is 20+ years old, it's going to be self referential. If you don't like that, go watch something else, just like no one is forcing you to eat at McDonalds. And yes, this is a business, not sure why or when you thought it was something between a charity and artists conclave.







