Where we speak of bad movies.

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Also, any weak link in the collaboration of artists can ruin the entire film.

I think you hit the nail in the head on this one. Viacom chose M.N.S. to direct A:TLA, and gave him all the creative control. The creators of the show were not on board with that decision, which in turn hurt a lot of things, and meant that M.N.S. was in turn re-envisioning something that wasn't old enough for us to forget the finite details of.