It’s not just TV/movies, it’s also video games and really any fiction with more than one entry. Always see zoom zooms going on about muh favorite franchise. I don’t really care, it doesn’t annoy me that much, just something I’ve noticed. I don’t think this was prevalent even 10-15 yrs ago, definitely not in the 90s. It seems to mostly apply to shit still getting sequels as I don’t hear it as much with old shit, never really hear ‘the Back to the Future franchise’ or Ernest or Police Academy or Rocky franchise etc. I generally just prefer to say ‘series’ or something along those lines. While we’re at it, it also mildly annoys me when people are recording with a digital device and say they are ‘filming’.
MCU, anon. Became more of a thing then since is heavy with licensed merch, and with rotating creators, it’s not that far off from what you’re used to hearing for ‘franchise’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_(franchise)
>>218652843Wikipedia is edited by people that already have this in their lexicon. People did not call BTTF muh franchise in the 80s and 90s.
