Universal Monsters

[FunkMiller]

This series is going to let us know whether Marvel's universe building method is the one all studios should copy.

You mean slow and steady wins the race, as opposed to DC's here's the kitchen sink, ****ers?

 

[Doctor Jones]

The Mummy was disappointing and boring. That's probably my least favorite.

 

[2kt09]

This series is going to let us know whether Marvel's universe building method is the one all studios should copy.

You mean slow and steady wins the race, as opposed to DC's here's the kitchen sink, ****ers?

Well, then it's a good thing Fast and Furious was so ironically slow and steady,
it fell under the radar.

 

[TheFuture]

I watched Frankenstein and Dracula back to back even though I've always loved the latter as a character, Frankenstein in its whole is a much better film.

 

[Fallen Angel]

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[terry78]

I remember Jolie talking about that role.

 

[TheVileOne]

This series is going to let us know whether Marvel's universe building method is the one all studios should copy.

Is it really though? Is this really the film series to do it with?

 

[Silvermoth]

Well it's like what people always say...

"If you're looking for a good time, you should always bring a Condon"

 

[Matt]

Is it really though? Is this really the film series to do it with?

I'm with Vile One. There is no real indication that people are lining up waiting for a reboot of old 1930s monster movies, much less a shared universe. If this crashes and burns, it doesn't mean that the notion of a shared universe is flawed. It means that there is no market for these characters having a shared universe.

 

[Warhammer]

I will say that making a Universal Monsters franchise is ambitious. You can see the logic behind it from a creative standpoint but not really from a financial standpoint. Well, we'll see.

 

[Loki882]

They've also done it before (The Universal Monsters was like the first series to do that in fact).

 

[jmc]

Is it really though? Is this really the film series to do it with?

Well, what is the 'correct' type of series to do it with then?

 

[Warhammer]

They've also done it before (The Universal Monsters was like the first series to do that in fact).

People like to keep saying that but if you watch their big team up film, they don't even interact. And the few versus films were one-offs. Marvel truly is the first to have a cinematic universe.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

id kill to see a decent revival of the classics a new creature is just too tempting and the bride if my utmost favorite film

but i cant see how a whole connected universe comes together to a big avengers style pay off. we'll either get the monsters having to team up to fight another monster which is stupid or basically a remake of monster squad which means everyone is once again reduced to draculas minions

 

[2kt09]

Well, what is the 'correct' type of series to do it with then?

The one with the cars. > <

 

[Arachnerd]

People like to keep saying that but if you watch their big team up film, they don't even interact. And the few versus films were one-offs. Marvel truly is the first to have a cinematic universe.

Technically speaking, Toho is the first movie studio to have done a cinematic universe with their Showa and Heisei Godzilla movies. Mothra and Rodan had their individual movies outside of their Godzilla appearances, and Destroy All Monsters could be considered the Avengers of kaiju films.

 

[Warhammer]

You're right. I totally forgot about the kaiju films. How continuity heavy were they?

 

[Arachnerd]

Very tenuous compared to the MCU, so that's not surprising. I forgot to mention Kong had his own spin-off back then with King Kong Escapes after the original GvK.

 

[2kt09]

Too bad you can't merge Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Dracula Untold and develop that revisionist history with monsters.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I'm shocked we don't know what the next movie in this universe will be...

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'm a little annoyed Luke Evans isn't still Dracula. Sure, Untold underperformed, but why not treat him like the Hulk of this franchise and just leave him to make appearances?

 

[TheFuture]

Studios will look for reasons why something underperformed, even if they're not entirely true. Evans certainly wasn't the worst thing about DU but the approach was just all wrong. At least now they can read think Dracula's place in the universe.

I'm more peeved about losing Charles Dance tbh.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Was Del Toro's Wolfman ever considered to be part of the extended UM Universe? Or was that always a one off?

Yes, I'm aware they killed him at the end...

 

[Matt Mortem]

Del Toro's Wolfman was it's own thing. I'm sure it would have spawned a great many more monster films had it been successful, but it seems a one off to me. Besides, their new batch of monster movies take place in modern day and Wolfman was not.

 

[dark_b]

Del Toro's Wolfman was out in 2010. 2010