Worst Franchise?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

So I'm watching my first Fast and Furious movie right now, the one with the Rock. Jesus F Christ, how have they made 8 of these? Only a total moron would like them.

What's the worst movie Franchise ever?

punisher5112

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So I'm watching my first Fast and Furious movie right now, the one with the Rock. Jesus F Christ, how have they made 8 of these? Only a total moron would like them.

What's the worst movie Franchise ever?

Its pure muck....
How its still going is unreal....

Also not a film but bam margera and his show what the folk.

Bit like final destination..

VW 1

First fast and furious was good, downhill from there.

Pirates of the carribean went downhill after the second.

Oceans eleven was excellent, next two nowhere near as good.

Not many sequels/franchises are as good as the first.

Harry Palmr

Worst franchise (I really hate that word - a franchise is a locally managed company that is funded by that management under the auspices of a brand owner)

Lorelli!

Well I only watched about 10 minutes of the first one so can't be completely sure but im 99.9999% sure that the Twilight movies are up there with the worst!

nix

Yeah the twilight movies by far, followed by the hunger games

Harry Palmr

Old Mother Riley is in with a shout.

Lorelli!

nix wrote: »

Yeah the twilight movies by far, followed by the hunger games

Ye i was the same with The Hunger Games. Only watched a few minutes of it. I thought I'd really like it but couldn't get into it although I'd be willing to watch it again and give it another try.

Oops!

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So I'm watching my first Fast and Furious movie right now, the one with the Rock. Jesus F Christ, how have they made 8 of these? Only a total moron would like them.

What's the worst movie Franchise ever?

I'm a mechanic, Into motorsport, started serving my time in 2000 around the time when the first one came out... Mates were amazed at the time why i had no interest in going to see it... Some of them went more than once! To this day i've never seen any of them... Pure muck.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Oops! wrote: »

I'm a mechanic, Into motorsport, started serving my time in 2000 around the time when the first one came out... Mates were amazed at the time why i had no interest in going to see it... Some of them went more than once! To this day i've never seen any of them... Pure muck.

I'd be a big car guy myself which is a testament to how bad they are.

Lorelli!

Hunky Monster wrote: »

I'd be a big car guy myself which is a testament to how bad they are.

I always thought they sound a bit like the Sharknado of car films

punisher5112

Human centipedes

rawn

Transformers. Hands down.

Charlie19

I've not seen any of the movies in the Sharknado franchise but I can imagine how bad they are.

5 movies in total, wtaf.

Lorelli!

Charlie19 wrote: »

I've not seen any of the movies in the Sharknado franchise but I can imagine how bad they are.

5 movies in total, wtaf.

I think they're in the "so bad, it's good" film category

RobbingBandit

Scary Movie, Step Up, Ice Age.

Charlie19

Lorelli! wrote: »

I think they're in the "so bad, it's good" film category

The first one gets a rating of 3.1 on imdb. How was there second made, never mind 5.

Erik Shin

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Old Mother Riley is in with a shout.

They were brilliant!!!

rawn

rawn wrote: »

Transformers. Hands down.

This X 10000000000000000000000000000000000

Lorelli!

Charlie19 wrote: »

The first one gets a rating of 3.1 on imdb. How was there second made, never mind 5.

Because.. it's sharks in a tornado!!!

razorblunt

Fantastic Four.

It's a blatantly misleading title too.

EPAndlee

razorblunt wrote: »

Fantastic Four.

It's a blatantly misleading title too.

There's been 3 or 4 of those and they are as bad as each other.

Transformers is absolute rubbish. I've tried watching them a few times and can not finish a single film

Not Being Pedantic But

Taken!! Good Lord the first was bad enough but what was Liam Neeson thinking?! I'm still chuckling when thinking about Taken II:)

EPAndlee

Not Being Pedantic But wrote: »

Taken!! Good Lord the first was bad enough but what was Liam Neeson thinking?! I'm still chuckling when thinking about Taken II:)

I wouldn't really rate him as an actor

TerrorFirmer

Charlie19 wrote: »

The first one gets a rating of 3.1 on imdb. How was there second made, never mind 5.

Because they make loads of money, why else! They're good campy fun with a few friends and a few beers though, they're so ridiculously bad they're somehow....good.

Worst franchise - I would say at this point has to be Transformers maybe, considering it's still active.

Fast and Furious is a pretty good franchise. The first few movies are genuinely very car centrist (and I'm not a fan), but the last few movies have more in common with James Bond and Mission Impossible than the original movie.

Erik Shin

The Godfather...yawn.... Marlon Brandos cotton wool should have gotten all the plaudits in the first...and it just went downhill after that

Staplor

razorblunt wrote: »

Fantastic Four.

It's a blatantly misleading title too.

Fantastic Four is wrapped up in a rights issue. They keep making crappy ones to hold on to the rights.

rockatansky

Hunky Monster wrote: »

So I'm watching my first Fast and Furious movie right now, the one with the Rock. Jesus F Christ, how have they made 8 of these? Only a total moron would like them.

What's the worst movie Franchise ever?

Poor acting, ridiculous story lines, gravity defying stunts etc....

I've been to the cinema to see every single one of them. I'll continue to go if the make more of them.

They are what they are, stupid brain dead action flicks. When you accept them for what they are then you start to enjoy them.

EPAndlee

rockatansky wrote: »

Poor acting, ridiculous story lines, gravity defying stunts etc....

I've been to the cinema to see every single one of them. I'll continue to go if the make more of them.

They are what they are, stupid brain dead action flicks. When you accept them for what they are then you start to enjoy them.

I think the big fan base for those was the whole modified car sise of things. Was the first you seen modified cars in a big Hollywood film

BuilderPlumber

Karate Kid, Transformers and Police Academy are three obvious ones that come to mind. Another less wellknown one is Braddock. The sequels in each of these are among the poorest films ever made.

monkeysnapper

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Karate Kid, Transformers and Police Academy are three obvious ones that come to mind. Another less wellknown one is Braddock. The sequels in each of these are among the poorest films ever made.

Police academy 1 was OK , karate kid 1 was OK so in my opinion they don't count , fast and furious was just trash .

BuilderPlumber

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Because they make loads of money, why else! They're good campy fun with a few friends and a few beers though, they're so ridiculously bad they're somehow....good.

Worst franchise - I would say at this point has to be Transformers maybe, considering it's still active.

Fast and Furious is a pretty good franchise. The first few movies are genuinely very car centrist (and I'm not a fan), but the last few movies have more in common with James Bond and Mission Impossible than the original movie.

Fast and Furious is a good franchise I think too. It managed to reinvent itself and the sequels get better and better which is a good thing. I agree: Transformers is awful as are the Karate Kid and most Police Academy sequels. Too much of the same thing.

titan18

monkeysnapper wrote:

Police academy 1 was OK , karate kid 1 was OK so in my opinion they don't count , fast and furious was just trash .

Except some of the later Fast and Furious films are great action films. 5 in particular is one of the best action films of the last 10 years

dudara

All the Spider-Man films since Tobey Maguire onwards

lazybones32

I'm going to be prescient and say the Avatar franchise will be sh*t. Maybe veganism will be the next message they push?
James Bond has gone crap.
Terminator has gone crap.
Alien franchise has equal no. of good and bad films, with AvP films taken into account.
Iron man was good but all since have been crap.

I have avoided most other franchises, so can't honestly say if they've improved or deteriorated.

I fcuking hated Harry Potter (but had to go). With regards the current crop of DC superhero franchises, i was never interested and see them as being designed primarily to appeal to demographics, rather than an idea for a good story to be told.

jacksie66

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Snake Plisken

The Star Wars Prequels

Bacchus

Ernest...

Ernest Saves Christmas
Ernest Goes to School
Ernest in the Army
Ernest goes to Jail
Slamdunk Ernest
Ernest goes to Africa
Ernest Rides Again
Ernest Scared Stupid

razorblunt

Bacchus wrote: »

Ernest...

Ernest Saves Christmas
Ernest Goes to School
Ernest in the Army
Ernest goes to Jail
Slamdunk Ernest
Ernest goes to Africa
Ernest Rides Again
Ernest Scared Stupid

Well, I for one, am thankful you recognise Ernest Goes Camping for the classic it is.

Bacchus

razorblunt wrote: »

Well, I for one, am thankful you recognise Ernest Goes Camping for the classic it is.

Every bad franchise has at least one classic.

Tylerdurex

Not Being Pedantic But wrote: »

Taken!! Good Lord the first was bad enough but what was Liam Neeson thinking?! I'm still chuckling when thinking about Taken II:)

The first Taken was good

AMKC

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Karate Kid, Transformers and Police Academy are three obvious ones that come to mind. Another less wellknown one is Braddock. The sequels in each of these are among the poorest films ever made.

The police Academy films are fun films if you want to just relax and watch something funny.

titan18 wrote: »

Except some of the later Fast and Furious films are great action films. 5 in particular is one of the best action films of the last 10 years

And 6 is excellent too.

dudara wrote: »

All the Spider-Man films since Tobey Maguire onwards

For me I don,t like any of the Spider-man films after him

Tylerdurex wrote: »

The first Taken was good

I think Taken 1 and 2 are good 3 was not great do. Hope they leave it at that.

For me The Hunger Games has to be the worst.

Twilight as well is just terrible.

Slattsy

All the Bourne's

Its like watching the same movie on repeat - awful stuff.

mikhail

There's no way to do this truly objectively, but imdb ratings aren't a bad start.

Police Academy (7 movies): 6.7, 5.7, 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4.2, 3.3.
Pirates of the Caribbean (5 movies): 8, 7.3, 7.1, 6.6, 6.7.
Transformers (5 movies, ignoring 80s movie): 7.1, 6, 6.3, 5.7, 5.2
Karate Kid (5 movies, including remake): 7.2, 5.9, 5.0, 4.3, 6.2

Fast & Furious (8 movies, ignoring just a few!): 6.7, 5.9, 6.0, 6.6, 7.3, 7.1, 7.2, 6.8 (remarkably consistent, really)

Hard to argue against Police Academy, I think. Oh, and there's rumour of a remake. Someone hasn't accepted that the horse's corpse has been flogged to the bone and sold for dog food.

conorhal

The Hellraiser flicks, another franchise that has seen movies (including the upcoming one) made just to hold on to the rights. To really jump the shark you need to go into space (Bloodline) and then do something related to an online or reality TV gimmick, or both (Hellworld). There's a great series to be made from a rich mythos but damn has the corpse of this franchise been well and truly fecked. Not least of all by Clive Barker BTW who churned out a sequel novel that tries to start a 'clive-verse'. Well that was as bad as any of the direct to DVD movies.

EPAndlee

lazybones32 wrote: »

I'm going to be prescient and say the Avatar franchise will be sh*t. Maybe veganism will be the next message they push?
James Bond has gone crap.
Terminator has gone crap.
Alien franchise has equal no. of good and bad films, with AvP films taken into account.
Iron man was good but all since have been crap.

I have avoided most other franchises, so can't honestly say if they've improved or deteriorated.

I fcuking hated Harry Potter (but had to go). With regards the current crop of DC superhero franchises, i was never interested and see them as being designed primarily to appeal to demographics, rather than an idea for a good story to be told.

Do you enjoy any films?

darkdubh

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Karate Kid, Transformers and Police Academy are three obvious ones that come to mind. Another less wellknown one is Braddock. The sequels in each of these are among the poorest films ever made.

I was about to mention the Police Academy films. My brother insisted on renting out every single fecking one of them when we first got a VCR (apart from Mission To Moscow which hadn't yet come out) they just got progressively worse and worse.

Turtyturd

The Hangover.

TerrorFirmer

Turtyturd wrote: »

The Hangover.

Second one was pretty OK, more of the same basically, but the third one was just awful - "We know it's a comedy franchise but let's keep the title, ditch the laughs and make a half baked attempt at something completely different".

ClashCityRocker

Not Being Pedantic But wrote: »

Taken!! Good Lord the first was bad enough but what was Liam Neeson thinking?! I'm still chuckling when thinking about Taken II:)

He was thinking $$$ i assume

Agricola

All of the ones featuring people in lycra who have superpowers.