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Post #499800

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Bingowings
Parent topic
Does Romero's Dead series depict the same zombie apocalypse?
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Date created
16-May-2011, 6:40 PM

TheBoost said:

Bingowings said:

Film series aren't new (my hatred for the word 'franchise' being used in this context is on record).

I think "franchise" best applies to modern ganre-films that are plainly and statedly trying to launch a connected series of films.

Carl Lemme wasn't trying to start a "Dracula" film series.

Kenneth Branaugh is plainly trying to start the "Thor" series, happy meal toys, cartoon spin-off.

I dislike the term because it implies (correctly 99.99% of the time, I know but there's no need to vulgar about it) that the sole purpose of the franchised set of projects is to make money and telling a story is a side order with special sauce.