I'm optimistic for the future. Hollywood seems to have finally hit on the magic-formula for making genre flicks of this nature, after decades of getting it wrong. Here's how I see it in 5 easy steps...

1. Get good writers.

2. Get good directors.

3. Get good actors.

4. Don't sh*t on the fanbase and if possible get them on your side by staying true to the source.

5. (The most important rule) Don't make it sh*t (and/or cheap).

Rule five would seem obvious but I was reminded the other day by a random screening of 1994's 'Street Fighter', that not so long ago Hollywood hadn't dicovered any of these 5 rules to cult-fandom box-office gold.