History FranchiseZombie / LiveActionFilms

* The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise was never originally intended to be so. Only after the incredible success of [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]] was it turned into a series (see the ''Literature/JurassicPark'' example in [[FranchiseZombie/{{Literature}} the Literature subpage]] for further information). And now there are three more times ''Jurassic'' movies than novels, outliving [[Creator/MichaelCrichton the original author]] and deviating greatly from the books in numerous aspects, while still picking out bits and pieces to use as scenes in each movie at random. None of the movie sequels are considered as good as the original film, with general reception ranging from passable but still inferior for the [[Film/JurassicWorld fourth film]], mixed opinions for the [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark second]] and [[Film/JurassicWorldDominion sixth]] entries, to just plain bad for the [[Film/JurassicParkIII third]] (which was a FranchiseKiller until the series was rebooted fourteen years later) and [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom fifth]] entries. Not helping this is the perceived devolution from trying to portray the dinosaurs as semi-realistic animals and keeping the science grounded, to just another generic action blockbuster series that depicts the dinosaurs as plot-convenient movie monsters.

* The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise was never originally intended to be so. Only after the incredible success of [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]] was it turned into a series (see the ''Literature/JurassicPark'' example in [[FranchiseZombie/{{Literature}} the Literature subpage]] for further information). And now there are three more times ''Jurassic'' movies than novels, outliving [[Creator/MichaelCrichton the original author]] and deviating greatly from the books in numerous aspects, while still picking out bits and pieces to use as scenes in each movie at random. None of the movie sequels are considered as good as the original film, with general reception ranging from passable but still inferior for the [[Film/JurassicWorld fourth film]], mixed opinions for the [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark second]], [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom fifth]] and [[Film/JurassicWorldDominion sixth]] entries, to just plain bad for the [[Film/JurassicParkIII third one]] (which was a FranchiseKiller until the series was rebooted fourteen years later). Not helping this is the perceived devolution from trying to portray the dinosaurs as semi-realistic animals and keeping the science grounded, to just another generic action blockbuster series that depicts the dinosaurs as plot-convenient movie monsters.

* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' certainly fits the bill. Going from [[Film/{{Highlander}} a cult classic film]] with a self-contained ending (the writers wriggled out this one by simply retconning everything), to a series of awesomely terrible sequels, TV spin-offs, cartoons and video games (only ''Series/HighlanderTheSeries'' gets a pass from fans). One might argue that it was the least desired "franchise" of all time. There's also a lot of mixed feelings toward Bill Panzer, the producer of ''Highlander'' who died in 2007. On the one hand, ''Highlander'' was definitely his baby: Panzer was very active in the franchise's fan circuit, and even appears in the DVD featurettes while revisiting old shooting locations from the TV show. The man clearly cared a lot about the ''Highlander'' 'verse and wanted it to succeed. On the other hand, his zeal in pushing for more, more, '''more''' ''Highlander'' was likely motivated by profit. By the time ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'' came around, all artistic merit had been drained from the series and nobody had a clue how to prolong the story. There's some hope that the ContinuityReboot starring Creator/HenryCavill can infuse some merit in the live-action corner of the franchise again.

* ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' was made six years after [[Film/LethalWeapon3 the previous installment]], mainly because Warner Brothers was running into financial trouble and the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series was just about the only CashCowFranchise it could count on to deliver a good box office return up until the smashing success of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''. For its own credit, ''Lethal Weapon 4'' is a rare case of divisiveness approach instead of typical FanonDiscontinuity.

* The ''Film/HomeAlone'' series of films has kept on being produced long after Creator/ChrisColumbus, Creator/JohnHughes, and Creator/MacaulayCulkin were involved, to negative critical and audience reception each time.

* ''Film/TropicThunder'': The ''Scorcher'' action film series, starring [[Creator/BenStiller Tugg Speedman]]. Once a top box office but now a commercial and critical failure.

* ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'' parodies this in the end {{credits gag}} which features increasingly bizarre sequel ideas, from ''23 Jump Street: Med School'' to ''29 Jump Street: Sunday School'' (in which Jonah Hill leaves and is replaced by Seth Rogen) to ''2121 Jump Street'' (RecycledInSpace).

** This was taken further when ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which had a completely new production team, came out years later, seeking to re-launch the franchise. Although no direct follow-up to it has been made yet, it left door for another film, ''Film/{{Spiral|2021}}'', whose reception was arguably at the same level as the first three films.

* The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise was never originally intended to be so. Only after the incredible success of [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]], was it turned into a series (see the example in [[Literature/JurassicPark the Literature subpage]]). And now there are three more times ''Jurassic'' movies than novels, outlived [[Creator/MichaelCrichton the original author]], and deviate greatly from them in numerous aspects, while still picking out bits and pieces to use as scenes in each movie at random. None of the movie sequels are considered as good as the original film, with general reception ranging from passable but still inferior for the [[Film/JurassicWorld fourth film]], mixed opinions for the [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark second]], [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom fifth]] and [[Film/JurassicWorldDominion sixth]] entries, to just plain bad for the [[Film/JurassicParkIII third one]] (which was a FranchiseKiller until the series was rebooted fourteen years later). Not helping this is the perceived devolution from trying to portray the dinosaurs as semi-realistic animals and keeping the science grounded, to just another generic action blockbuster that depicts the dinosaurs as plot-convenient movie monsters.