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Good Movie, Bad Sequels: Franchises That Turned Bad | Flickering Myth Movie Chat

April 16, 2021 by EJ Moreno

EJ and Allen discuss good movies that launched bad franchises…

Sometimes a great movie could launch a great franchise. Sadly, the series mentioned in the below video all had promising starts but fizzled out into something less than stellar. On the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat, hosts Allen Christian and EJ Moreno dive into some of the biggest mainstream film franchises and try to figure out what went wrong.

From Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, and even Die Hard, check out the discussion here…

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Which movies do you feel launched bad franchises? Let us know in the video comments, or on our social channels @FlickeringMyth…

 

Originally published April 16, 2021. Updated April 25, 2021.

Filed Under: Allen Christian, Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Die Hard, Jaws, men in black, Pirates of the Caribbean, Predator, RoboCop, Saw, The Karate Kid, Transformers

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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