{"id":1023361,"date":"2021-11-17T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023361"},"modified":"2021-11-17T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T17:29:34","slug":"6-movie-franchises-that-went-on-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-movie-franchises-that-went-on-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Movie Franchises That Went On Too Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F6-movie-franchises-that-went-on-too-long%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>We\u2019ll never get tired of watching Bond, James Bond, save the world.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s assuming, of course, the next Bond won\u2019t fret over the right pronouns or mansplain to future Bond Girls \u2014 sorry,&nbsp;Bond Birthing People.<\/p>\n<p>Some movie franchises maintain our affection for years, if not decades. The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, for example, started out solid and ended with a bang with the eighth and final installment.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d series hit its current formula during part four (\u201cGhost Protocol\u201d) and remains as good as ever. The \u201cRocky\u201d saga sputtered with the fifth story, but \u201cRocky Balboa\u201d and the \u201cCreed\u201d films found it rising from the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Other sagas show their age, though. The following six franchises typify this cinematic decline. We may have loved them long ago, but they overstayed their welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Jones<\/p>\n<p>Imagine being the actor who brought Han Solo and \u201cBlade Runner\u2019s\u201d Rick Deckard to life and still having a third iconic character in your hip pocket. Harrison Ford\u2019s Indiana Jones starred in three of the most beloved action films of all time. The 1981 gem \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d kicked off the franchise, delivering near-perfect thrills in an ode to cliffhanger serials of yore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Temple of Doom\u201d and \u201cThe Last Crusade\u201d proved \u201cRaiders\u201d was no fluke, but the franchise went into cold storage for 19 years before Ford snapped his whip once again. Sadly, \u201cIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\u201d proved as ghastly as its title. And no, we didn\u2019t want Shia LaBeouf to take over for his cinematic pappy.<\/p>\n<p>Three out of four ain\u2019t bad, but Team Indy decided Ford should bring the character back for one more round. The problems with that plan are plentiful. The great Steven Spielberg is no longer behind the camera for part five, and while director James Mangold of \u201cFord v. Ferrari\u201d fame is a solid replacement, he\u2019s no Spielberg.<\/p>\n<p>Who is?<\/p>\n<p>Even more depressing? Ford is in his late 70s, and while he looks heartier than most septuagenarians it\u2019s hard to square Father Time with the Indy of his youth. The film already suffered a delay due to a Ford injury, and audiences won\u2019t be able to see the results until 2023 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>The whole fifth installment feels like a feeble attempt to extend a franchise without having an organic reason for doing so. Can great art spring from such a scenario? It\u2019s possible, but would you bet on it?<\/p>\n<p>Fast &amp; Furious<\/p>\n<p>It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll never get tired of watching Bond, James Bond, save the world.That\u2019s assuming, of course, the next Bond won\u2019t fret over the right pronouns or mansplain to future Bond Girls \u2014 sorry,\u00a0Bond Birthing People.Some movie franchises maintain our affection for years, if not decades. The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d series, for example, started out solid and ended with a bang with the eighth and final installment.The \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d series hit its current formula during part four (\u201cGhost Protocol\u201d) and remains as good as ever. The \u201cRocky\u201d saga sputtered with the fifth story, but \u201cRocky Balboa\u201d and the \u201cCreed\u201d films found it rising from the canvas.Other sagas show their age, though. The following six franchises typify this cinematic decline. We may have loved them long ago, but they overstayed their welcome.Indiana JonesImagine being the actor who brought Han Solo and \u201cBlade Runner\u2019s\u201d Rick Deckard to life and still having a third iconic character in your hip pocket. Harrison Ford\u2019s Indiana Jones starred in three of the most beloved action films of all time. The 1981 gem \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d kicked off the franchise, delivering near-perfect thrills in an ode to cliffhanger serials of yore.\u201cThe Temple of Doom\u201d and \u201cThe Last Crusade\u201d proved \u201cRaiders\u201d was no fluke, but the franchise went into cold storage for 19 years before Ford snapped his whip once again. Sadly, \u201cIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\u201d proved as ghastly as its title. And no, we didn\u2019t want Shia LaBeouf to take over for his cinematic pappy.Three out of four ain\u2019t bad, but Team Indy decided Ford should bring the character back for one more round. The problems with that plan are plentiful. The great Steven Spielberg is no longer behind the camera for part five, and while director James Mangold of \u201cFord v. Ferrari\u201d fame is a solid replacement, he\u2019s no Spielberg.Who is?Even more depressing? Ford is in his late 70s, and while he looks heartier than most septuagenarians it\u2019s hard to square Father Time with the Indy of his youth. The film already suffered a delay due to a Ford injury, and audiences won\u2019t be able to see the results until 2023 at the earliest.The whole fifth installment feels like a feeble attempt to extend a franchise without having an organic reason for doing so. Can great art spring from such a scenario? It\u2019s possible, but would you bet on it?Fast &#038; FuriousIt might be the most unlikely franchise of all. The first film in the series, 2001\u2019s \u201cThe Fast and the Furious\u201d delivered B-movie thrills, but it was hard to spot the saga embedded within. By the third entry, \u201cTokyo Drift,\u201d we had new main characters and franchise star Vin Diesel makes but a cameo appearance.Part 4 reunited Diesel\u2019s Dom and ex-cop Brian O\u2019Conner (Paul Walker), and the \u201cF&#038;F\u201d magic kicked in big time. Like \u201cMission: Impossible,\u201d the series creators snagged a can\u2019t miss formula of insane stunts, larger-than-life personalities, and a dash of family.Except \u201cFate of the Furious,\u201d AKA part 8, showed that formula wearing thin. The most recent entry, the economically titled \u201cF9,\u201d found the franchise in full meta mode. The crazy stunts now defy every molecule of logic, our heroes head off into outer space like a Looney Tunes cartoon and the \u201cfamily\u201d sentiment feels manufactured, not relatable. This franchise is running on fumes, but we\u2019re about to get two more installments in the years to come.Die HardBruce Willis wasn\u2019t always a VOD star for hire. Sure, today he\u2019s famous for walking through a half dozen B-to-C movies a year, but in the 1980s he was the dashing half of ABC\u2019s \u201cMoonlighting.\u201d That all changed when he took a role originally considered for Frank Sinatra (really), the feisty New York Cop John McClane in 1988\u2019s \u201cDie Hard.\u201dThe film changed Willis\u2019 career forever and delivered one of the decade\u2019s best action films. Naturally, Hollywood handed Willis as many sequels as he could handle. The first two, \u201cDie Hard 2\u201d and \u201cDie Hard with a Vengeance,\u201d couldn\u2019t replicate the original but showed we\u2019d follow this rogue cop anywhere.And then the generic machinery kicked in.\u201cLive Free or Die Hard\u201d and \u201cA Good Day to Die Hard\u201d offered more panache in their titles than the actual films.Hollywood suits have spent years trying to remake\/rebrand\/re-imagine \u201cDie Hard\u201d and\/or its iconic hero with no luck \u2026 yet. To paraphrase Richard Crenna in \u201cFirst Blood\u201d \u2026 \u201cIt\u2019s over Johnny \u2026 it\u2019s OVER.\u201dSawYou could argue the franchise offers one bona fide treat, and the rest were glorified torture porn features. Director James Wan, who would later deliver superior scares with \u201cThe Conjuring\u201d and \u201cInsidious,\u201d served up a can\u2019t miss story of two men trapped in a near-impossible puzzle. The film introduced us to Jigsaw, brilliantly played by Tobin Bell, along with his puppet doppelganger.Gory? You bet. It also grabbed us by the throat and wouldn\u2019t let go.Subsequent stories killed off Jigsaw, a terrible move the franchise attempted to erase with clumsy results. The franchise formula now spent, the saga spat out a cash grab 3D installment before taking a seven-year break.\u201cJigsaw\u201d tried to recapture the franchise\u2019s early glory, but fewer moviegoers seemed to care.\u00a0Horror franchises, like their respective monsters, never truly die. So we got \u201cSpiral,\u201d an attempt to revive the story courtesy of Chris Rock. Because \u2026 when you think horror, the first actor who springs to mind is the comedian who took a satirical knee when President Barack Obama took the oath of office.\u201cSpiral\u201d offered little save a few sparks generated by the great Samuel L. Jackson. Please \u2026 let this franchise die.AlienIs there a better origin story and sequel combo than \u201cAlien\u201d and \u201cAliens?\u201d That\u2019s rhetorical, of course, although \u201cAliens\u201d director James Cameron came close with \u201cTerminator\u201d and \u201cTerminator: Judgment Day.\u201dThose aforementioned hits ensured the franchise would live on for years, but what we\u2019ve seen since then has been a mix of dispiriting and disappointing. \u201cAlien3\u201d is a curiosity, with a young David Fincher flexing his muscles with its grim storytelling and occasional highlights. \u201cAlien: Resurrection\u201d brought a campy tone to the saga, one that no one asked for at the time (or since).\u00a0\u201cAlien\u201d director Ridley Scott returned to the scene of the crime with \u201cPrometheus\u201d and \u201cAlien: Covenant.\u201d Both offered some new ideas but weak new characters who couldn\u2019t compete with Sigourney Weaver\u2019s Ripley. And, by the final scenes of \u201cCovenant,\u201d it was clear Scott had little ability to push the story in fresh directions.The less said about the repugnant \u201cAlien vs. Predator\u201d films, the better.Star WarsGeorge Lucas created three space adventures in the late 70s, early 80s that drew near-universal acclaim. Sure, those Ewoks had their detractors, but the \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy transformed pop culture, period.So when Lucas brought the saga back with 1999\u2019s \u201cThe Phantom Menace,\u201d fans worldwide cheered the news. And then they saw the actual film. Yeesh. The second \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy got progressively better, but hope returned when Lucas sold the saga to Disney and the Mouse House prepared a third and final trilogy.Luke! Leia! Han! All together again. Not so fast.\u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d killed off Han Solo and kept Luke Skywalker off-screen until the very last moments. \u201cThe Last Jedi\u201d offed Luke, and by the time \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker\u201d hit theaters Carrie Fisher had passed, leaving only scenes she shot prior to her death.That only scratches at the trilogy\u2019s problems, the lot of which turned many fans against the IP. Yes, Disney+\u2019s \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d lured a few fans back to the fold, and the prequel film \u201cRogue One\u201d proved superior to all the recent trilogy.Still, this is one comatose franchise, and news that \u201cRogue Squadron\u201d just got delayed means it won\u2019t have the chance to win fans back for a few more years. Stick a fork in cinematic \u201cStar Wars.\u201d It\u2019s done.The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}