Franchise freaks...

I'm watching "The Mummy" with Brendan Fraser right now on an HD channel, and it's a terrific movie!

But did it need to become a (rotten) franchise???

I'm really sick of the "business" side of Hollywood creeping way too far into the "art." (okay, this may not be ART, but it was a very good movie...)

If something hits, they HAVE to turn it into a multi-movie franchise. And they're NEVER any good. NEVER. They need to make 17 sequels, and sell lunch boxes, iron-on patches and DVD box sets.

I HATE it. It's so pathetically desperate.

Hollywood has 3 fresh ideas, and parlays it into 37 movies. I'm SO over it!!

(end of rant)

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I have 4 words for you:

Children. Of. The. Corn.

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I understand when movies were intended to be trilogies or "chapters" in a legacy...

BUT... I hate how Hollywood tries to turn everything into a trilogy. EVERYTHING.

Just you wait... Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-EEEEE, and probably TITANIC will end up with sequels.

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Exactly. It actually has a negative effect on the first film, which usually has some merit.

So they crap on everything, just to make a buck.

I know...

(wwaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!)

I'm just over it.

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I loved the last Rocky, and think it is just a hair below the original film. I agree, though, that mostly, the sequels are inferior to the first films. The Mummy is the prime example of this. It is, easily, my favorite adventure film of all-time. The sequels are even something that I ever wanted to see, again.