Umm I've been reading and colecting comics since I learned to read in 1964. This is (at the end of the day) escapist .
There is no particular wrongdoing in revising fiction. It isn't real. You can't infringe on another's copywrite without permission, but that is different. In the 1920s through the 1940s when Street and Smith produced The Shadow they made the character a brilliant detective for their magazine version, and a paranormal adventurer for their radio version at the same time. No harm was done.
This is make believe.
They did not tie in the continuity of tv, radio, cartoons, comics, or strips. That's fine. Separate continuities.
They are saying that films are all a series. This is like saying the second and third planet of the apes movies didn't count and neither did empire strikes back.
They are saying it IS the same franchise.
It jumped the shark and they are trying to recover.
I already posted that they are all made up. They ask me to suspend belief. Then they tell me "ignore those movies we made". I won't be returning.
The Bond series moved on. No need to pretend that View To A Kill wasn't made.