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Late Sequels / Soft reboots 05/28/26(Thu)08:33:30 No.220803024

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Late Sequels / Soft reboots Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)08:33:30 No.220803024 Archived

Has any old franchise ever successfully resurrected itself?

The Matrix 4 was a disaster.
Star Wars keeps digging up dead characters like a necromancer with shareholder obligations.
Terminator has rebooted itself so many times Skynet probably got confused and gave up.

>be beloved franchise
>go dormant for 15 years
>announce "return to form"
>hire writers who openly admit they never liked the original
>make everything self aware and ironic
>legacy characters are exhausted failures now
>new cast delivers Marvel tier quips during apocalypse
>fans called toxic for noticing
>movie underperforms
>studio shocked somehow

Has any franchise pulled this off?

Anonymous
05/28/26(Thu)09:36:17 No.220803818

Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)09:36:17 No.220803818

I'll pull you off

Anonymous
05/28/26(Thu)10:55:53 No.220804812

Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)10:55:53 No.220804812

>>220803024
Axl just REALLY wanted Dr Pepper, OK?

Anonymous
05/28/26(Thu)11:01:02 No.220804887

Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)11:01:02 No.220804887

It kind of works for Terminator, because they're in a time-war in every sequel it's a different future so it's a different SkyNet.

Anonymous
05/28/26(Thu)12:04:56 No.220805794

Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)12:04:56 No.220805794

>>220803024
Return of Godzilla (1984)

Anonymous
05/28/26(Thu)12:09:05 No.220805855

Anonymous 05/28/26(Thu)12:09:05 No.220805855

>>220803024
Rocky Balboa/Creed is definitely a solid reboot strain that brought the franchise back in a unique and more kino way.
The first Rocky is a classic, 2-5 range from hammy fun to sloggy dumb, Rocky Balboa is a good movie on a fun premise and the Creed movies manage to be their own thing while still existing in the same universe.