Exactly right Jeff, and that "new/hip/fresh" angle is what scares me too. I can see them pushing a Bart Allen Flash now, or something equally "hip". I hope that the griping is for nothing though, we can still get some high quality movies of some of DC's icons. We've gotten to a point now where many comic book/superhero movies can be taken somewhat seriously (Spidey, Batman Begins, X1/X2, etc.) and it would be nice to see that quality continue instead of watering down the genre with crappy movies. I know next to nothing about this new director for Flash, aside from he has been behind movies like Pink Panther (Steve Martin), Cheaper By the Dozen, and Night at the Museum - which sort of scares me. I'm thinking the box office success of Museum might have something to do with this too. I'm going to hope that this isn't as bad as it sounds initially.
You know, on a side note, I recently watched X2 again - and it really made me realize how much more I enjoyed that movie (and the first one) compared to X3. As cool as it was to see Beast, more Colossus, and Angel in the X-Men movies, it really would have been nice had it worked out for Bryan Singer to stick around. There really is a big difference it seems. I enjoyed parts of X3, but looking back now and comparing them, they do seem a little different quality-wise.