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Message: [QUOTE="Tonberry, post: 370966, member: 124861"] I don't want to sound cynical, but this is one of those instances where it automatically turns me cynical because I completely agree with you. I think there's a reocurring trend that sometimes loops back where people/execs think kids are explicitly brainless idiots, so there are certain time periods where they don't feel like making stuff specifically geared towards them, which is just a colossal shame. There's a part in my brain also that suggests that superheroes (which would fall under franchise entries as you said) sort of bridged a demographic gap in a new way that kind of let people of most ages to share in one big thing. It's happened before with things like Lord of the Rings or Pirates of the Carribean (not to mention Star Wars), but those were self-contained universes that didn't take 15 years to realize (except for Star Wars but it's different still). Then the other reason might be that, as with so much nowadays due to ballooning production costs, executives are afraid of putting a lot of money where they're not sure if it'll work. That imaginary friends movie made by John Krasinski was apparently a massive flop, but definitely qualifies for "original live-action childrens' film" so I'm not sure what the solution might be. Computer-animated movies are getting a sort of resurgence because Spiderverse showed that it's worth it to actually make movies with a lot of artistic freedom, but I wonder if that makes them more expensive to make too, they certainly look the part. [/QUOTE]

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