How many times are they going to try and reboot this franchise into a movie?
The originals vaguely worked because it leaned fully into the sex appeal angle, and that only got two. Without that Lara Croft is literally a generic action girl that we have dozens of every year, and nobody cares in the slightest. And even then, Angelina Jolie was in her peak "hottest woman alive" phase back then to pull those numbers, and this bitch ain't got nearly that level of draw.
There isn't even morale to degrade. Its a series that was long dead completely on its own because its big claims to fame were made irrelevant by technology. The "reboot" game series barely made one game before people started ignoring it.
The only justification I can find for these movies is the license has become so cheap, by aforementioned irrelevancy, that you can just slap it on generic action girl scripts for maybe a slightly higher return.
How many times are they going to try and reboot this franchise into a movie?
The originals vaguely worked because it leaned fully into the sex appeal angle, and that only got two. Without that Lara Croft is literally a generic action girl that we have dozens of every year, and nobody cares in the slightest. And even then, Angelina Jolie was in her peak "hottest woman alive" phase back then to pull those numbers, and this bitch ain't got nearly that level of draw.
Reboots will continue until morale degrades.
There isn't even morale to degrade. Its a series that was long dead completely on its own because its big claims to fame were made irrelevant by technology. The "reboot" game series barely made one game before people started ignoring it.
The only justification I can find for these movies is the license has become so cheap, by aforementioned irrelevancy, that you can just slap it on generic action girl scripts for maybe a slightly higher return.