With multiple timelines, planets and even Batmen, are the new frontiers of comic-book films works of genius – or confusing cash-ins?
Franchise movie-making is a little like quantum physics. It begins with one simple event, but things rapidly splurge out into a complicated mess that very few people will ever really understand: the laws of the universe, say, or the Terminator franchise. Mere sequels are no longer enough in the franchise game; now, it’s all about universes.
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