I never said that it did. All I said was that I judge films within a franchise by the standards of the better films in that franchise. I consider the Incredible Hulk bellow average for a MCU film, but it's still an above average superhero/action film. If a film is a stand alone, I will judge it on its own merits. If a film is part of a franchise or connected to other films, I see no problem in judging that film by how it compares to other films in that franchise.Batgirl III wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:30 pm Batman: The Animated Series certainly wouldn’t exist without the successful Tim Burton films; However, it’s existence doesn’t make the Joel Schumacher Batman films good.
I never compared the Prequel films to the Clone Wars/Rebels TV show in terms of quality. I merely said that the Prequel films gave us our first glimpse of Anakin and his story, and that laid the ground work for others to more fully flesh the character out and make me appreciate the character more. The existence of the Clone Wars cartoons does not make the Prequels good or bad, but it makes the Prequels necessary for the Clone Wars existence.A film’s quality must be measured by the content of the film, not the quality of a separate production in a different format.
I don't feel any problem in comparing the novelization of Revenge of the Sith and the movie, however, since it is the same story just told in different mediums. Allowances have to be made for the adaptation process, but I have no issue in saying one told the story better, or that the film could have been as good as the novel had different choices been made.