"Plus, there’s also a feeling among the fans that they’re the 'true believers' and the movie audiences are just tourists—so their tastes and their preferences should matter more." Um, isn't this precisely true? That's like saying your opinion about Spider-Man means as much as the third script doctor brought in to polish a script for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 - you know a lot more about Spider-Man than most anyone, so I'd DEFINITELY cede priority to you on that.