Favorite movie franchise and why

Underworld?

I love that you share my love of the Underworld franchise, Dazed, which is, I believe, concluded with Blood Wars. Let me ask a question of this general topic, using Dazed’s linked post as a portal to raising the question and not as the focus of it: Some are calling The Lord of the Rings a franchise. My understanding of “movie franchise” is “an open-ended series of films, begun with no predetermined end.” Bourne, James Bond, Star Trek, Star Wars are obviously franchises. TLOTR and Harry Potter have preordained conclusions; BUT “the works of Tolkien” and “the works of J. K. Rowling” do not. For the former, we have the (sadly, awful) Hobbit series (NOT a trilogy, a three-part blostfest), the prospect of films based on other Tolkien books, edited and embellished by his son. For the latter, we have the prospect of more Fantastic Beasts and whatever else this active writer chooses to create. Then, too, we could identify the Stephen King franchise, which I choose to do right now! I am a stickler for precise use of language. Bond novels and stories have been written by others after Ian Fleming’s death. So far, that that is not true of Tolkien and Rowling; nor of King; therefore, I recommend that the franchise should be named for the author, rather than for her or his specific work. The author is the zeitgeist of the franchise.

The Thin Man series because Myrna Loy and William Powell are as ideal a pairing as one will ever find.

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