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I hate this trend of endless franchises. I understand the risk factor of new, untested stories for something as expensive as a movie or video game, but christ it’s as dull as it is disheartening to see everything spun out to complete saturation.

Not to mention that, when you keep something going forever, it will eventually turn to shit. I dislike long running TV shows for the same reason: give me two or three seasons of your best, not six seasons where I’m questioning why I’m still watching between the premiere and finale of each.

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Unfortunately, the apparently make money, so they’ll keep coming.

If you’re gonna do a franchise, at least do something that doesn’t have already widely successful media.

Not franchises, but I’m also sick of remakes that are complete total ass. I came across the “new” Hawaii 5-0 on TV and was actually livid at how they ruined that series. Every character felt like a douchebag, and they really put effort into making it as corny as possible.

Questioning each new season is probably related to shows that only have a budget, staff, and cast allocated season by season, which forces the writers to start and stop any ongoing plots within that single season timeframe. I started to see that pattern and came to hate a majority of made for TV shows that should have been something far more grand than their fetters allowed.

But we celebrate a multiverse of possibilities and reimaginings in the comic world. They're explained but they are essentially just a rewrite, a different artist, a different vision.

I'm not sure where you draw the line. Some of my favourite LotR and Star Wars content wasn't what people would consider the main event, so if it meant not being able to have things like KotOR or various Middle Earth games, I'd rather we didn't draw a line at all.

I know, I'm focussing on the good, and there is some absolute trash out there... But I think both sides are important to consider before banning rewrites and spin-offs.

The fact you are still watching despite not knowing why is what keeps them going.

Game of Thrones was the one weird exception to that. Would have been so much better if they had given themselves 10 more episodes to wrap up, rather than the crazy schedule they set themselves.

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