Which Franchise Do You Feel Marvel Studios Did the Best/worst Job at Rebooting?

Marvel Studios has had to reboot three movie franchises from the early 2000s (Blade is never coming out let's be honest) in order to fit them into the MCU. Which do you think worked best as a movie as well as an adaptation/reintroduction to these characters? How would you rank them from best to worst?

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The-Mandalorian2025-11-18 18:43

Best: Daredevil

Massive-Cherry96902025-11-18 19:55

yeah daredevil really nailed that gritty vibe, way better than the others tbh

Araakne2025-11-18 21:11

If you mean the Netflix show as a reboot of the old movies sure.

The MCU show as a reboot of the Netflix show I wouldn't call it great.

The-Mandalorian2025-11-18 21:20

MCU show is a continuation of the Netflix series (not really made by Netflix as it was made by Marvel Television just distributed by Netflix for a few years).

But yes, the movie was the original.

DryEstablishment2742025-11-18 22:18

for sure, that one’s got a solid mix of nostalgia and new energy

jrodfantastic2025-11-18 18:43

It’s Spiderman. Obviously. Those movies made a babillion double dollars.

bushwickauslaender2025-11-18 18:46

Idk I think in terms of quality jump, Fantastic Four and Daredevil were comparatively much better than their previous entries than the MCU Spider-Man, even if Spider-Man made a morbillion dollars.

mrbaryonyx2025-11-18 19:27

Marvel fans describe why they like something without mentioning the box office challenge

AdmiralCharleston2025-11-18 20:25

You realise that spiderman 3 had the biggest opening weekend of all time when it released right?

Trump_is_Mai_Dad2025-11-18 18:45

Spider is a complete reboot -> Worked fantastic.

Hulk is a soft reboot -> If you have seen incredible hulk, its like a soar thumb for you to see general ross and hulk work for same group. And also, you cant wrap your head around on why bruce is no longer caring for betty and is falling in love with natasha.

Fantastic four -> Currently (as of nov 2025) , these guys are in thier own universe and are no where related to our MCU. Lets see how these team will gel with the already established universe of MCU.

NOTE(Edited/Added):

>these guys are in thier own universe and are no where related to our MCU.

This i mean, these FF guys are in thier own universe, where none of our guys like steve, tony, bruce, peter are there. So, their explorations, innovations, wins are very much in its own universe/world. When they come to the universe which we were used to (i.e, 616) then we can JUDGE on how well they had rebooted the fantasti four.

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Cantelmi2025-11-18 18:57

You should see the post-credits scene to Thunderbolts

peeniehutjr2025-11-18 18:57

Isn't Fantastic Four literally directly related to the MCU? It doesn't take place in Earth 616, but it's still an MCU movie. Also, >!the post-credits scene of Thunderbolts places them, or at least their ship, in Earth 616!<

JargonJohn2025-11-18 19:01

Fantastic Four is MCU. It's not Sacred Timeline/616.

AgentCooper862025-11-18 19:20

I assumed the OP is referring to the Norton Hulk as the reboot given the Bana Hulk preceded it and, canonically, Ruffalo is the same character as Norton… I think??

mrbaryonyx2025-11-18 19:26

> Hulk is a soft reboot -> If you have seen incredible hulk, its like a soar thumb for you to see general ross and hulk work for same group. And also, you cant wrap your head around on why bruce is no longer caring for betty and is falling in love with natasha.

yeah people forget that it was a soft reboot.

like, I remember following updates about that movie; it was written as a sequel, that's why Bruce and Betty aren't talking and Bruce is in South America. Then Batman Begins came out and everything was a "reboot" now, so they did that. There was also *kind* of a push to make it an adaptation of the tv show (the setpiece of the lab, and the music that plays when Bruce is wandering are throwbacks to that).

Then they realized that the only thing anyone cared about was the Stark cameo and so they kept the Hulk character and that's it (or that was it for like five years)

InoueNinja942025-11-18 18:46

The Fantastic Four really needed an adaptation that did them justice so my point goes to them
I know a lot of people harp on the Home trilogy of Spider-Man but I feel it works precisely because it's the first time a movie version of the character is allowed to be inside the Marvel Universe; it does suffer from Sony not allowing Marvel Studios from using its full potential though

I'd say the Hulk is the one with most issues. Not to say TIH 2008 is a bad movie, but not having the rights from Universal really hampered how to use the elements of the Hulk IP properly.

mrmonster4592025-11-18 18:49

Looking solely from a quality perspective (not box office) I'd say Fantastic Four.

El_Quetzal2025-11-18 21:49

Fantastic 4 was the worst of them all

i_like_cake_962025-11-18 18:53

I reckon the best adaptation was Netflix Daredevil.

Worst is the MCU Hulk.

Tandy20002025-11-18 21:01

I'd watch The Incredible Hulk 5 times before I even looked at a DVD of Age of Ultron again.

i_like_cake_962025-11-18 22:41

Big fan of the incredible Hulk.. especially the look. I think they nailed it with the Hulk CGI in that movie.

FoxMcCloud31732025-11-18 18:55

For the longest time I thought Incredible Hulk was a sequel to 2003 Hulk, because 2003 ends with Bruce escaping to south america and IH opens with him in south america

graveybrains2025-11-18 19:25

Yeah, the development story on the 2008 movie is fucking weird, and you aren't wrong for thinking that

Crater_Raider2025-11-18 19:38

I think it was orginally written as a direct sequel.

I like that it almost works.
Hulk 2003 has a lot of faults, but outside a couple small details (like hulk growing bigger the angrier he gets) it mostly works as a character introduction, and blends right into the MCU.

AdmiralCharleston2025-11-18 20:26

Hulk 2003 has less faults than you're acting like it has. It's better than anything the hulk has been in the mcu

Crater_Raider2025-11-18 21:04

Dude, I'm pretty sure I like that movie more than most people.

AdmiralCharleston2025-11-18 21:06

You definitely don't like it more than I do lmao

Crater_Raider2025-11-18 21:24

lol, I can believe it.

Confident-Gur-32242025-11-18 22:59

Not only that but in the first Avengers movie when Tony is looking at videos of the Hulk it shows some footage from the 2003 movie which made it seem even more like the same Hulk.

Human-Speech64732025-11-18 18:57

Spider man worst

Gilded-Mongoose2025-11-18 19:22

They haven't gotten close to replicating the thrill I felt with Tobey or even Andrew's entries. That's what I'm hoping for with the second trilogy - and I think that could very readily outperform both of the previous iterations.

*Could*.

Algae_Mission2025-11-18 18:58

Worst? I guess Hulk, but even then Incredible Hulk isn’t that bad. It’s better than some of the more recent MCU movies like Eternals or Quantumania.

Best? Spider-Man. Casting Tom Holland as Peter Parker in hindsight is going to be a top 5 casting decision Marvel Studios ever made. Marvel’s most iconic character was important and the Jon Watts trilogy did a pretty solid job.

Fantastic Four First Steps was good too, and very much an improvement over all previous attempts, though that’s not saying a ton.

Head_Beautiful_12932025-11-18 20:13

What's wrong with Eternals

RoxyFan20012025-11-18 18:59

I have liked the Spider-Man the most so I would have to say Spider-Man and worst would have to be The Incredible Hulk since we haven't had a Hulk movie since and as somebody who grew up watching re-runs of the original show with Bill Bixby with my Aunt I am pretty disappointed over that 'cause The Incredible Hulk was one of Marvel's most popular superheroes and because that movie didn't do well enough Universal won't let them make any more Hulk movies.

I am actually very excited over the new X-Men movies though 'cause I hated what Fox done to the X Men and they ruined my second favourite Marvel Superhero (Rogue) and stripped her of her powers when Rogue is one of the most powerful female superheroes in Marvel. I like Anna Paquin but she was way too young to play the character and Rogue was 18 when she become a member of the X-Men and is usually depicted as being in her mid to late 20s and not 13 or 14. They took away her connection to Mystique. Mystique is Rogue's adopted Mother who raised her and still loves her in her own way and even tried to give up being a villain and join the X-Men for a while so she could be with Rogue. They were missing her love interest, Gambit in the original trilogy who is a popular member of the X Men too and aside from the name personality wise she was nothing like Rogue at all.

I was glad to hear Kevin Feige say the new X-Men movie is going to be inspired by X-Men: The Animated Series' 'cause that is still the best adaptation of the X-Men to me.

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-_The_Dark_Knight_--2025-11-18 19:23

Imo it's F4

Boozhwatrash2025-11-18 19:27

Worst: Incredible Hulk. Ruffalo was an enormous step down from Ed Norton.

Best: Fantastic Four. The cast was great and refreshing.

MuffledSword2025-11-18 22:44

Ed Norton's Hulk was the reboot version.

paulojrmam2025-11-18 19:40

Worst: of course Hulk, they did nothing with it other than cameos!

Best: Spidey, they saved it and made what to me is the best iteration by far.

NoSummer13452025-11-18 19:49

F4: new Johnny is way less sexy than Chris Evans.

demonoddy2025-11-18 19:50

Best Spider-Man. They followed up on 2 franchises and have managed to make it even bigger than it already was. I don’t think they get enough credit for that

Worst hulk. I still don’t think we have got a truly great hulk movie

Tandy20002025-11-18 21:03

Homecoming doing well was no surprise. It's Spider-Man. He's THE biggest comic book character and it isn't even close - he's bigger than Batman and Superman and the Avengers combined.

demonoddy2025-11-18 21:13

I’m talking about the whole trilogy. It’s definitely close to Batman though

BosPaladinSix2025-11-18 20:06

I love that Vulture suit so much. It is so freaking cool and I am so freaking mad that we'll never see it again.

In a perfect world we'd have a Just Cause style game where you get to fly a mechanical wing suit just like that and blow shit up.

AdmiralCharleston2025-11-18 20:24

I mean the 2003 hulk film is a near perfect adaptation of the character, so the mcu reboot was wholey unsuccessful

Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-18 20:47

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SnakeOilChampagne2025-11-18 21:27

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BedNice71312025-11-18 21:37

Daredevil + F4 are 10x better than other adaptions

Tom's Spider man was good but Raimi >

Hulk 😬

MrBaldyStabbyStabby2025-11-18 21:46

Spider-Man. Tom is perfect for the role but bad writing ruins all his movies and appearances for me. I hate the way they’ve written him in as Tony’s boy and I hate that he relies so much on Tony and everyone guiding him to do anything. He feels like a dumbed down Peter Parker. I was excited for the villains they’ve introduced only to be dissatisfied with the way they’ve written them. Also the fight scenes suck complaired to the Toby and Andrew spidys who knew how to throw hands properly.

BuffaloStranger972025-11-18 22:11

I feel like they fumbled Spider-Man by immediately shoving him into crossovers with other heroes. He should’ve started off with solo stories and then go into crossovers.

achilles_45102025-11-18 22:12

Fantastic four

Flashy-Ad91292025-11-18 22:28

Spider-Man

Prestigious-Fox26872025-11-18 23:01

These three were all really good. It’s hard to pick a favourite but I’m gonna go with Incredible Hulk.