It is my duty as part of Hater Week to defend franchises. I’ve not read Nathan’s piece, but I’m sure he’s going to go all in on them as being repetitive, infinitely inbreeding, and responsible for much of the creative death of the industry. I’m sure he will posit that resources are better spent on creating new narratives and stories. And while I will concede that franchises can get disgusting, I think that is less a function of franchises so muc…
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