Talk:List of multimedia franchises originating in films

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List of video games based on films

If you haven't seen List of video games based on films already, you might get some mileage out of that! BOZ (talk) 19:59, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pirates of the Caribbean not on this page???

It seems so obvious to me that I had to ask here first... but what is understood as a fact, need not be discussed. Somebody please just add the PotC franchise to the 'live-action' list! 38.65.144.97 (talk) 05:23, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pirates of the Caribbean didn't originate in a film. It started as a Disney ride (in 1967), which was adapted into a film. It is on List of multimedia franchises originating in games, toys, and merchandise. BD2412 T 05:50, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DCEU and MCU should be removed from this article

They don't belong here, as these characters didn't make their first ever appearance on screen but in comic books that is the point of this article. Thus the including MCU and DCEU is misleading and confusing, DCEU and MCU are both sold to the public as comic book movies. They have never been sold to the public as just movies. Thus they are not comparable to say Star Wars or Indiana Jones for example which have always been sold as movies first. Another counter example of why DCEU and MCU don't belong here, is the fact that we are not including the Transformers films here since they they are based on Toys. Even if the films themselves have been bases for video games for example. So inclusion of DCEU and MCU Which are not their own completely independent media franchise as none of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or Iron Man, Hulk, Ant-Man, THor for example none of these were created originally for film but for comic book. While we might version of these characters created for film, that doesn't mean DCEU or MCU belongs here. In same manner we are not including James Bond here as Bond originated in literature while both screen versions (1st: Connery/Lazenby/Moore/Dalton/Brosnan or 2nd:Craig) of Bond's completely different from the Book Bond and both Screen version have inspired video games that have nothing to do with the books DoctorHver (talk) 20:06, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Originate, as in the first piece of media that is part of the franchise. The MCU began, or originated, with the Iron Man film in 2008. The character of Iron Man in the comics isn't part of the MCU, so how can we say that the MCU "originated" from the comics? Same thing with the DCEU. The Transformers and James Bond film franchises are not multimedia franchises, they're film franchises. InfiniteNexus (talk) 20:18, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strictly speaking, the Transformers started as toys and were then cartoons before becoming films. James Bond starte as a series of novels by Ian Fleming. BD2412 T 21:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those are the Transformers and James Bond franchises, not the Transformers and James Bond film franchises. InfiniteNexus (talk) 17:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

These lists are for multimedia franchises, not merely film franchises; otherwise this would be titled List of film franchises. The content of the individual lists reflects the first use of the characters from which the multimedia franchises originated. BD2412 T 18:11, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely my point, DoctorHver's argument that the MCU and DCEU should not be included here similar to Transformers films and James Bond films is unsound. The MCU and DCEU are multimedia franchises, the Transformers films and James Bond films are not. InfiniteNexus (talk) 18:17, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, MCU and DCEU did not originate in films thats the key point, MCU is orgin is comic book Iron man for example was first publiced in the comic book Tales of Suspense #39 (December 1962) not in the Iron Man (2008). and Superman did not first appear in Man of Steel (2013) the first apperance was Action Comics #1(cover-dated June 1938; published April 18, 1938) So pretending MCU and DCEU orgins are something other than comic books is simple wrong this article called after all List_of_multimedia_franchises_originating_in_films, another list called List of multimedia franchises originating in print a sub section for MCU and DCU would be fine on there in the comic book section. As For Transformers those orginated as toys, and James Bond orginated as novel, both have spawned multiple other forms of media from, comics, to video games to live-action movies and animation. DoctorHver (talk) 08:54, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am coming around to the argument that the MCU and DCEU should not be listed here, as they are in fact merely extensions of the original comic book properties into other forms of media, which is what makes a franchise multimedia in the first place. BD2412 T 12:08, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]