RoboCop cartoon

PRECISELY! I think that Fox went about this all wrong.

And yes, whomever will be the next Wolverine will be put in an unfair spot in terms of being compared to Hugh.

You said it!!! They should leave Wolverine be.

Spot on. They would have to wait quite a while and make sure that the audience can be eased into a new Wolverine actor in a timely manner.

I agree.

Sorry for the late reply. Happy July btw!

Yes, it's truly bizarre and surprising that back in the day, they used to produce toys for children from R rated franchises. It's the very definition of an oxymoron. The Robocop, Rambo, Terminator, and even The Toxic Avenger franchises are all not very appropriate for children due to the violent and adult content they have. But that didn't stop children from seeing and enjoying them. Movie studios and toy companies noticed this and decided that they didn't want to leave the children out of the adult-aimed fun. Now, keep in mind that the toys they made for children are of characters who're ultra-violent among other things. And children aren't really supposed to know about things like violence, gore, and sex as of yet. However, here it was where kids were playing with toys in the likenesses of Robocop, The Terminator, the T-1000, etc. I guess that Robocop, Rambo, Terminator, and The Toxic Avenger were such huge hits with children that movie studios and toy companies thought that it was a good idea to make merchandise aimed at younger audiences WHO AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO SEE THESE FILMS. And due to how some parents are, they didn't think how it may not be appropriate to do this and how "it might give the kids ideas to behave violently like these characters". Again, it's not illegal for children to see R rated movies but a lot of those films tend to be inappropriate and there are some children who are able to handle adult content while other children can't which is why necessary caution should be taken by the parents.

I bet if they were still doing that today, and they probably are or they're trying to, they would probably make Deadpool and John Wick toys for children. Heck, let's add It/Pennywise into the mix while we're at it!

Also, another crazy thing about this is that it affects other types of films due to how some parents tend to freak out on any little thing. With the Happy Meal toys from Batman Returns, they had to recall them because parents complained that the movie was too sexual (due to Catwoman) and too violent. And the kicker with that is that the film is PG-13!!!!!!

I vaguely heard about the unreleased Aliens animated series. That's very interesting that the Aliens toys were based on the designs from the cartoon. Yes, it definitely goes to show how popular these types of characters became with the mass public despite being R rated. Nowadays, they'd be crazy to try and market popular R rated characters to children like that again. We have too many parents who're already a little too extreme when it comes to content. Nowadays, they'd blow their stacks if this kind of marketing happens.

Exactly right. In the end, it ultimately backfired when they watered down the next two Batman films after Batman Returns and almost a decade later into the next century, they had to go back dark with Batman, and the result was Batman Begins. I happen to LOVE Batman Forever. It's a guilty pleasure of mine. But, Batman & Robin was TERRIBLE. I'll admit that I liked it at first. But after a while, it didn't sit well with me. There was something about it that felt negative. I was around 6 or 7 when this came out and even at a very young age, I felt that there was something not right about this film. I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who felt this way. Though, I personally think that Batman, as a property and a character, is versatile when it comes to tone. He can be outright goofy and lighthearted like the Adam West Batman, the Brave and the Bold Batman, and even the low-key hilarious Lego Batman. He can be a mixture of light-hearted and dark like the Kevin Conroy animated Batman and to a certain extent, Michael Keaton's Batman. Or he can be really dark like Christian Bale's Batman and "Batman: Damned" Batman.

Exactly. For me personally, I don't think they should've marketed toys based off of R rated properties toward children in the first place. As I've said before, it's an oxymoron and it can cause confusion to some parents and their children who don't pay attention to adult content in certain films that are R rated. But the violence that unfortunately keeps happening in America like school and mass shootings are caused by things like the failure of properly raising children and teaching them that violence is not okay. It also shows how some parents don't take responsibility for the way they raise their children. 

You said it! As much as I also enjoy Batman being occasionally funny, they definitely took the hilarity way too far with Batman & Robin. That version Batman was lackluster, uninteresting, and rather unlikeable(and I adore George Clooney btw). I can't truly pinpoint a lot of good qualities about George Clooney's Batman except that he's handsome. And yes, Batman v Superman definitely took it way too far in terms of going dark. This version of Batman was psychotic, diabolical, and unlikeable AF to the point where I found him detestable, and I didn't think it was possible to actually HATE Batman. Sure, there have been times where he has acted like an asshole, yet he eventually made up for it later. But in this instance, he was just a REALLY HORRIBLE person. I get that he had been through so much shit and all, but the way he behaved was inexcusable. Now, Superman wasn't on his best behavior in this movie either, but of the two, Batman was worse. Like Clooney's Batman, I can't pinpoint a lot of good qualities about Ben Affleck's Batman except that he's also handsome, he's an excellent fighter, and he has better gadgets. This version of Batman was a borderline villain who was a loose cannon and a lot of fans couldn't take that. And I think that's one of the main reasons why, to this day, people are still rightfully disappointed and upset over the film. You have to be extremely careful with how you handle characters, especially iconic characters like Batman. Both of these cases show what happens when you don't balance out Batman in terms of tone and depth, and don't make him at least likable. Yes, Batman is supposed to be dark, brooding, and serious but not a complete insufferable, despicable, unlikeable piece of shit. For example, Christian Bale's Batman was dark, brooding, and serious but he was still likable.