History Quotes / CashCowFranchise

'''Franchise/SpiderMan''': Wait, why do we ''want'' to end this again?\\

->'''Deadpool''': If we can find him, we can end this.\\
'''Spider-Man''': Wait, why do we ''want'' to end this again?\\

->''Seeing as [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]] copy and pasted last year’s ''FIFA'' onto [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] again this year – once again saying it has the same gameplay [[CreatorsApathy "without any new development or significant enhancements"]] on its store page for the full price of [=$49.99/£44.99=] – I’ve decided to do the same and copy and paste my review of ''FIFA 20'' on Switch below as my review of FIFA 21.''
-->-- '''[[https://www.ign.com/articles/fifa-21-legacy-edition-switch-review Simon Carey]]''' on ''[[VideoGame/FIFASoccer FIFA 21 Legacy Edition]]''

->''Film threatens [[ItCanThink to become a nearly self-sustaining medium]], imbued with enough depth and concepts to simply retread existing ground over and over again. Narrative without people. Having [[DeathOfTheAuthor killed the author]], we've now killed the audience.''
-->-- '''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for-tea-77-snapshots-of-2010/ Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

->''We were wild-eyed fanatics to rival the loopiest [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom thugee cultist]] or member of the [[UsefulNote/CharlesManson Manson family.]] We were True Believers.''

Labor conditions in my shop?\\ [[{{Pun}} I don't sweat 'em]]\\

->''We were wild-eyed fanatics to rival the loopiest [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom thugee cultist]] or member of the Manson family. We were True Believers.''

-->-- '''Creator/WaltDisney''' to Creator/JimHenson and Creator/StanLee, ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', "Jim Henson vs Stan Lee"

-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/2013-comic-reviews/c-review-2013.php?topic=smallville28 Marc Pritchard]]''' on Bryan Q. Miller's ''{{Series/Smallville}}'': [[{{Continuation}} Season 11]]'' -- Chapter #28

->''Artists begging me to stop; [I won't let 'em!\\
Labor conditions in my shop? I don't sweat 'em!]]\\
I'm powerful enough to make a mouse gigantic!\\
With only three circles, I dominate the planet!''

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->'''Lone Starr:''' I wonder, will we ever see each other again?\\

->If it ain't broke, '''don't fix it.'''
-->-- Traditional [[{{Eagleland}} American]] proverb

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

->''"This industry's "in flux"\\
It's run by mucky-mucks!\\
Pitchin' tents for tent poles\\
And chasin' [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld Chinese bucks!]]"''
-->--'''Creator/JackBlack''', 87th UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (shortly before Creator/AnnaKendrick hurls a shoe at him)

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->''"There is something relentlessly cynical about ''Film/JurassicWorld''. The film is based around attempts at Ingen to build a designer dinosaur, one assembled from random bits of other dinosaurs. Nobody except the geneticists seem to know exactly what’s in it, but it doesn’t matter. It’s bits and pieces of what everybody’s seen before, and they’ll love it, right? The fact that ''Jurassic World'' basks in this [[TakeThatAudience meta-commentary]] hints at a sly subversive streak, but the film seems more smug than sophisticated."''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/06/10/non-review-review-jurassic-world/ Darren Mooney]]'''

->''"I’m no casting director, but it’s pretty obvious who should play the rest of the characters from ''Beauty and the Beast''. [[Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians Khloe Kardashian]] ''IS'' the Beast. [[Creator/JonHamm The Hammaconda]] ''IS'' Gaston. {{Music/Rihanna}} ''IS'' that slutty feather duster and [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Leo DiCaprio]] ''IS'' the horny feather duster-humping Lumière. Music/JustinBieber ''IS'' Mrs. Potts’ annoying teacup son Chip who we all hope “accidentally” gets put in a box marked FREE and thrown on the curb (seriously, Chip is [[TheScrappy THE WORST]]).\\\
And it goes without saying that Creator/AngelaLansbury better be cast as Mrs. Potts, or so help me god, [[PokeThePoodle I will only see this movie 26 times.]]"''
-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/01/26/emma-watson-will-play-belle-in-disneys-live-action-beauty-and-the-beast-movie/ DListed]]''''', "Emma Watson Will Play Belle"

->''"To be honest, I don't know how any ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' nostalgia still survives. Every seven seconds, Creator/SquareEnix takes an existing game, adds characters with ridiculous haircuts, puts its name on it, and leaves it a little bit worse. The Final Fantasy brand is the "Guy Fieri Ate Here" sticker of software."''
-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}'''

->''"The stories aren't about truth and justice, they're set ''inside'' Superman the symbol, the trademark, the ''brand''. We are meant to feel truth and justice through association with the brand, not through the characterization and dramatization of truth and justice here and now."''
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/2013-comic-reviews/c-review-2013.php?topic=smallville28 Marc Pritchard]]''' on Bryan Q. Miller's ''{{Series/Smallville}}'': [[{{Continuation}} Season 11]]'' -- Chapter #28

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[[folder:Web Video]]

->''"''Film/{{Titanic|1997}} 3D'': 3D so real you can actually feel Creator/JamesCameron stealing money from your pocket."''
-->-- '''''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6mMvBeEPT4&list=SP86F4D497FD3CACCE Titanic]]''

->''"Experience the [[Film/IronMan1 massive success]] that Marvel [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse turned into a formula]] for printing money."''
-->-- '''''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBy-lYxiyyc Iron Man]]''

->''"VideoGame/JustDance: Greatest Hits'', or as it should be called, ''Just Dance: [[LargeHam GIMME ALL YO MONEH!]]"''
-->-- '''''WebVideo/WiiViewer'''''

->'''Deadpool''': If we can find him, we can end this.\\
'''Spider-Man''': Wait, why do we ''want'' to end this again?\\
'''Deadpool''': Yeah you're right! This franchise could pay off the national debt!
-->-- ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''

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[[folder:Western Animation]]

->'''Kirk''': CaptainsLog, Stardate 6051. Had trouble sleeping last night, my hiatal hernia is acting up. [[GrumpyOldMan The ship is drafty and damp.]] I complain, but nobody listens.\\
'''Announcer:''' ''Franchise/StarTrek XII: So Very Tired''.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"

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[[folder:Web Animation]]

->''"Sometimes I think the ideal games industry for these people would be one without any players at all--where they can just shake a jarful of coins in front of a row of applauding monkeys and then go home with all the bananas."''
-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''{{VideoGame/Titanfall}}''

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->''"Film threatens [[ItCanThink to become a nearly self-sustaining medium]], imbued with enough depth and concepts to simply retread existing ground over and over again. Narrative without people. Having [[DeathOfTheAuthor killed the author]], we've now killed the audience."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for-tea-77-snapshots-of-2010/ Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

->''"Hell, I'd even go see ''[[Creator/TylerPerry Tyler Perry's Madea Meets the Muppets]]'', if only to keep myself guessing which of the gang ends up coming to Jesus -- Beaker, obviously."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/03/fanboy_flick_pick_muppets_most_wanted_is_good_but.php Luke Y. Thompson]]''', ''Blog/ToplessRobot''

->''"As movies with budgets you could dive into like [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]] follow their trend of venturing no further than the preamble, ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' was certainly a thing that I saw; a thing of no consequence."''
-->-- '''[[http://franticplanet.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/my-top-20-movies-of-2013-the-preamble/ Stuart Millard]]'''

->''"The fact that [[Creator/DanDidio DiDio]] has referred to ''Watchmen'' [[ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen prequels]] as being their attempt at being bold and creative shows that he [[YouKeepUsingThatWord doesn’t really have much of a concept]] of what creativity actually is."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.rickworley.com/2012/06/18/dan-didio-douchebags-of-comics/ Rick Worley]]'''

->'''Jay:''' What if they just stop making ''movies''? And they just have posters, and [[BreadAndCircuses everyone pays to get into the theater, and plays on their phone for an hour and half?]] And then you have credits roll....and that's how people know to leave the theater.\\
'''Mike:''' Hollywood accountants ''love'' this idea.
-->--''[[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWm5AwOP7Gk on]] the Summer 2014 movie season

->''"The Hollywood machine facing a writer's strike?\\\
Thank ''God'' they settled before ''Revenge of the Fallen'' made over $800 million without a script, because if so, screenwriter contracts would require them to carry around studio executives on their backs."''
-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen''

[[folder:Real Life]]

->''"We were wild-eyed fanatics to rival the loopiest [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom thugee cultist]] or member of the Manson family. We were True Believers."''
-->--'''Creator/AlanMoore''' on growing up a Marvel fan

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'''Announcer:''' ''Franchise/StarTrek XII: So Very, Very Tired''.

->'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''': If we can find him, we can end this.\\
'''Franchise/SpiderMan''': Wait, why do we ''want'' to end this again?\\

-->-- ''[[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'' ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' parody.

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/03/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for.html Dr. El Sandifer]]''' on ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/03/pop-between-realities-home-in-time-for.html Dr. Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

'''Announcer:''' ''StarTrek XII: So Very, Very Tired''.

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[[folder:web animation]]

[[folder:web original]]

[[folder:Web video]]

[[folder:western animation]]

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-->-- ''[[ImAMarvelAndImADC Marvel/DC]]'' ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' parody.

->''"Experience the [[Film/IronMan massive success]] that Marvel [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse turned into a formula]] for printing money."''

->''"We were wild-eyed fanatics to rival the loopiest [[IndianaJones thugee cultist]] or member of the Manson family. We were True Believers."''

->''"The manipulation began long before the release of the game. There were already ''Metal Gear'' fans who would have bought it and loved it based on the name alone. It's a bit difficult to remember that this game might've been the most anticipated product of its time: Sony was distributing VHS tapes with trailers. People were buying ''Zone of the Enders'' by the thousands just for a 20-minute demo. It was a massive step-up in terms of fidelity than what we'd seen before... The hype was massive, and throughout it all, they never once showed us what ninety percent of the game was going to look like."''
-->-- '''George Weidman''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-2YuPGYabw&feature=youtu.be on]] ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''

->''"Silly me, that's me thinking "video games could be art" again! --And aren't just empty ships sent out on the waters of mediocrity and charged to come home filled with money. Maybe Creator/RogerEbert was right when he continually sneered at your industry {{Creator/Ubisoft}} "''
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUm0UJc5S_o "Sequel or Slaughter"]]

->''"That time you use to prepare on the front end reaps massive rewards when you get to the end result, but Disney clearly doesn't give a shit. You may as well prepare yourself now for a ''Star Wars'' sequel that looks nice and is passably entertaining and ends up being [[SoOkayItsAverage utterly forgettable.]]"''
-->--'''Drew Magary''', ''[[http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/11/make-it-stop-week-of-102813.html Make It Stop]]''

->''"The implication is that our stories no longer need us. That they can get by perfectly well without us. We are extraneous even to our own cultural objects, which have taken on lives of their own. Tellingly, the other major sci-fi film in this period is ''Film/IronMan2'', the point at which Marvel's movie division really revved up its seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of churning films out of preexisting properties. Film threatens [[ItCanThink to become a nearly self-sustaining medium]], imbued with enough depth and concepts to simply retread existing ground over and over again. Narrative without people. Having [[DeathOfTheAuthor killed the author]], we've now killed the audience."''

->''"It turns out the [[HookersAndBlow cocaine pile]] at Sony Pictures was getting a bit small and they decided to give the ''[=MIB=]'' franchise a fresh take by redoing one-third of a series that isn't even old enough to buy cigarettes yet."''
-->--'''''Website/{{Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-movie-reboots-that-must-be-stopped/ "5 Movie Reboots That Must Be Stopped"]]

-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/01/26/emma-watson-will-play-belle-in-disneys-live-action-beauty-and-the-beast-movie/ DListed]]'''''

->'''Matt''': The only set that really wows is the abandoned subway station, and it feels like it’s only good because [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII they were planning to reuse it.]]\\
'''Chris''': I wonder if they were planning to crank out one of these every year [[FranchiseZombie until the wheels fell off.]] It honestly wouldn’t surprise me.
-->--Chris Sims and Matt Wilson [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-ii-2/ on]] ''[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT II: The Stuff You Already Kind Of Knew About The Ooze]]''

->''"The story of the ''Highlander'' franchise is a tale of rich people gravely miscalculating how far people will follow a stagnant storyline. The {{cyberpunk}}-''Highlander'' didn't work, and the ''Highlander'' cartoon series was so terrible any existing copies should be buried in the deserts of New Mexico along with all the old copies of ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial'' for the Atari. But the live-action ''Highlander'' TV show somehow managed to collect a modest fanbase, and so once again, the studio smelled money and cranked out a fourth movie called ''Endgame''. It turns out [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible it wasn't money they were smelling.]]"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/highlander-series/ on]] ''{{Film/Highlander}}: Endgame''

->''"When Q through the ''Enterprise'' into the Delta Quadrant in 'Q Who?', he teased that it was 'wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross, but it’s not for the timid.' It contained something utterly unlike anything the franchise had ever seen before. Now, it all seems far too familiar, home to familiar clichés and stock set-ups. As we’ll see, even the Borg themselves have [[VillainDecay become far too familiar]]."''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2014/09/17/star-trek-voyager-caretaker-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Caretaker"

->''"As a purveyor of words and a crafter of fiction, I find nothing more reprehensible than the fact that we as creators are given tools that allows us to craft such wonderful stories, and yet so often those powers are corrupted in the name of making a dollar or exploiting a fanatical fan base. A fan base that, don't get me wrong, I love. A fan base so dedicated that [[{{Fanboy}} they follow the character past rationality]]."''
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville-finale1 Neal Bailey]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Finale"

->''"I continue to find the Superman in ''Smallville'' to be less a symbol of truth and justice and more [[InNameOnly a symbol of a symbol]] (because nor is ''Smallville'' canon) of Superman. The stories aren't about truth and justice, they're set ''inside'' Superman the symbol, the trademark, the ''brand''. We are meant to feel truth and justice through association with the brand, not through the characterization and dramatization of truth and justice here and now. In this whatever year of our industrialization, I'm sure my feelings on this matter put me squarely in the minority, but seeing the writer comment on his own story as a "[[FreudianSlip machine]]" really just cements the impression in my mind."''
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/comics/2013-comic-reviews/c-review-2013.php?topic=smallville28 Marc Pritchard]]''' on Bryan Q. Miller's ''Smallville: [[{{Continuation}} Season 11]]'' -- Chapter #28

->''"Marvel might sell 100,000 issues of [[CrisisCrossover a big-time book]], but the law of diminishing returns kicks in as they [[RedSkiesCrossover load up on books that tie into that big event]]. Marvel and {{DC}} are so obsessed with making sure that they sell more and more to a smaller and smaller audience that they don’t realize that many people are not only skipping those events, they’re giving up on ALL superhero comics that the companies sell."''
-->-- '''Greg Burgas''', "[[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/03/22/how-kurt-busiek-unwittingly-ruined-marvel-and-dc-superhero-comics/ How Kurt Busiek (unwittingly) ruined Marvel and DC superhero comics!]]"

->''"The fact that [[Creator/DanDidio DiDio]] has referred to ''Watchmen'' [[ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen prequels]] as being their attempt at being bold and creative shows that he [[YouKeepUsingThatWord doesn’t really have much of a concept]] of what creativity actually is. Creativity typically involves creation."''

->''"Video game consumers are most attuned to [=IPs=]. And as you can tell from today's mainstream gaming landscape -- saturated with [[{{Sequelitis}} sequels]], [[VideoGameRemake remakes]], and "[[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Brand X Vs. Brand Y]]" titles -- the publishers conduct their business with this fact foremost in their minds. [[GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld The staff is disposable]]. The brands are not."''
-->-- '''[[http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=bo Pat R.]]''' on ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver''

->''"Probably the best metaphor for ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' is the last moment Dr. Wily is seen after [[ISurrenderSuckers bowing for forgiveness]]. The mad doctor arches his eyebrows as he swiftly escapes through a hidden swivel door right next to him, before the fortress self-destructs. It's obvious that he will be seen again and again much like a [[JokerImmunity punch-clock Saturday morning villain]] as the series began turning into a safe and by-the-numbers, annually shipped franchise machine. A good formula yes, but still same ol', same ol' and losing its novel luster fast."''
-->--'''[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaman/megaman.htm Neil Foster]]''', ''Website/HardcoreGaming101''

->''"'War has become routine', much like how game-creation has become routine, you could say. I wouldn't be surprised if the [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMCs]] and their 'Outer Heaven' parent company serve as a reflection of companies like Creator/ElectronicArts, with their reputation for buying up the competition and then producing soulless installments. Where's the heart?"''
-->--'''[[http://www.metagearsolid.org/reports_mgs4_soldout_7.html Terry Wolf]]''' on ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''

->''"No matter that the issue in question featured [[StrictlyFormula the same old mindless fight scenes]] that we’d been through a hundred times before. No matter that the characters had degenerated into [[{{Flanderization}} shallow parodies]] of their former selves. We sent for our MMMS membership kits and erected fiery crosses in the gardens of people suspected of reading {{DC comics}} or [[BrandX Brand Ecch]] as our fearless leader suggested we to refer to his distinguished competition.\\\
We were wild-eyed fanatics to rival the loopiest [[IndianaJones thugee cultist]] or member of the Manson family. We were True Believers."''
-->--'''Creator/AlanMoore''' on losing his innocence

->''"It talks a good game. It talks about how it’s about deep social problems, and how it’s about sociological issues, and that it’s very relevant. It’s about exploration, and it’s about the unknown, and all these [[{{Glurge}} cute catch phrases]], but scratch the surface of that and there is really not much underneath it all."''
-->--'''Ronald D. Moore''' [[http://www.lcarscom.net/rdm1000118.htm on]] ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

-->--'''Creator/JackBlack''', 87th {{Academy Award}}s (shortly before Creator/AnnaKendrick hurls a shoe at him)