LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 56
Star Wars. The Avengers. Harry Potter.
Many of us don’t have a “favorite movie” anymore as much as we have a favorite franchise. We watch the movies. Binge the TV shows. Play the games. Buy the toothbrushes.
When the research firm NRG did a study on the culture’s most powerful, most inspiring franchises, the results were interesting—and they inspired us to talk about those franchises as a whole. Why are they so popular? Why do we gravitate to these extended universes that can’t possibly fit in a single movie? And why do the most popular franchises tend to be—at least to some extent—family friendly?
We talk about this and lots, lots more on our newest podcast.
Oh, and once you’ve listened, take a spin through reviews and blogs of everything we’ve talked about.
Additional Resources:
- Gift of Any Amount Offer: Burning Bush 2.0 by Paul Asay
- Plugged In Blog: Why the World’s Biggest Entertainment Franchise has a Very Small Star
- Plugged In Review: The Avengers
- Plugged In Review: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Plugged In Review: Lost
- Plugged In Review: The Mandalorian
- Plugged In Review: Spider-Man
- Plugged In Review: The Lion King
- Plugged In Review: John Wick
- Plugged In Review: Coco
- Plugged In Review: Toy Story
- Plugged In Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
- Plugged In Review: Monk
- Plugged In Review: Psych
- Plugged In Review: Transformers
One Response
-My favorite franchise is easily Harry Potter, all the movies are worth seeing even the comparatively weaker prisoner of Azkaban. That being said I also dearly love the Friday the 13th films, the American Pies and the three Austin Powers and back to the future movies.