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Summary It's natural for long-running movie franchises to make some changes along the way, but some franchises become practically unrecognizable. Not all movies are designed with longevity in mind, and they can quickly become victims of their own success. When a movie spawns a big franchise, it often requires a rethink and a change of plan. Otherwise, a franchise can quickly become repetitive.
In order to sustain itself over so many years, the franchise has expanded the narrative to include international espionage and more elaborate heists. The franchise's commitment to crowd-pleasing blockbuster entertainment has stayed the same, even while everything else has changed. With Jurassic World 4 racing toward a summer 2025 release date, the franchise looks set to reinvent itself once again.
Since Disney took over the franchise, Star Wars has changed beyond recognition. Some of these changes have been positive, but many of them have been controversial at best. The Disney era of Star Wars has changed some of the key tenets of the franchise, with movies like The Last Jedi and Rogue One being particularly experimental. They have questioned the nature of the force and the roles of key characters from the original trilogy.
With Rocky IV introducing a robot butler and a Soviet boxer who seems like a superhuman killing machine, it took the franchise to a strange place that it could never return from. The Creed movies have been closer in tone to Rocky, although Rocky Balboa has been receding into the background. Stallone doesn't appear in Creed III, meaning that the movie has very little in common with Rocky, other than boxing.
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