Comments on: Discuss: Is The Neverending Franchise The Future Of Mainstream Cinema?

By: Dawnrazor

Dawnrazor — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

James and Pat make good points – there's still great standalone stuff being made, and sequel-machine franchises are nothing new. Look at the summer of 1992 – Alien 3, Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon 3. What's different now is the internet, and the massive ubiquity of these franchises is fuelled by this cycle of constant reporting. But in terms of the more populist websites – ie ones that aren't as cool as The Playlist, although I'm sure you find this too – it's really, depressingly the case that these franchise films seem to be the only ones that people are interested in reading about. I write movie news for a website and it's just constantly, massively dispiriting. I can put up a trailer for a movie about Jack Kerouac (as a random, first-to-mind recent example) and see it get like 12 retweets, but some piffling total non-story about Batman will get thousands of likes and retweets despite basically having no content. This is what you want, this is what you get…

By: Franks

Franks — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

Good piece, disregard the dummies.

By: Flint

Flint — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

FAST & FURIOUS is probably the best current example of neverending franchise. It's like an incredibly expensive episodic lunkhead/gearhead ensemble TV show, complete with final scene that leads directly into the next episode.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

why is everyone making such a big deal about the Star Wars origin story movies? I seriously doubt that EVERY Star Wars film for the next 20 years is going to be an "origin story".. chill out everyone.

By: PRESIDENT MAO

PRESIDENT MAO — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

'Is The Neverending Franchise The Future Of Mainstream Cinema?'

Sadly, yes.

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Natalie09 — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

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By: thislalife

thislalife — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

You guys seem to be the missing the point that movies are now essentially becoming TV and video-games. Both of those two mediums succeed at creating massive immersive worlds and now the movies want to "world build" and create this huge interconnected stories. What are the Marvel movies if not just episodes of the Marvel brand?

By: elhombresinnombre

elhombresinnombre — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

I loved Pirates of the Caribbean when it landed originally. It was a breath of fresh air, and that is why it became so successful, spawning a franchise four-and-five movies deep. To quote the late, great Roger Ebert, however, to continue the franchise has been "too much of a muchness."

But who knows? Maybe this fifth installment, with the Kon-Tiki directors, will be another breath of fresh air, breathing new life into the franchise.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

This article should have just been five paragraphs talking about The Best Man Holiday. #TAYEDIGGSPOWER

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

Agree with James. This is nothing new. Before 1990, we had James Bond, Death Wish, Planet of the Apes, The Pink Panther, Dirty Harry, Jaws, Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, 14 Raithbone-Bruce Sherlock Holmes movies, Charlie Chan movies, etc. Sequels/ franchises and knockoffs will always be a part of the movie going experience.

By: James

James — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:01:26 +0000

YAWN same old, same old.

2014 will have Interstellar, Transcendence, Tomorrowland, Jupiter Ascending, Noah, A Million Ways to Die in the West, The Secret Service, etc.

Write something about those instead.