10 Movie Franchise Staples Nobody Actually Cares About

1. The Fate Of The Dinosaurs - Jurassic Park

Though Steven Spielberg's original Jurassic Park did an incredible job depicting the awe-inspiring wonder of the genetically engineered dinosaurs, the lustre wore off incredibly quickly with a glut of thoroughly naff sequels, which in turn caused audiences to care a whole lot less about the dinos themselves.

The franchise has been utter schlock for four straight entries now, which clashes harshly with its continued attempts to make audiences feel something for the creatures, especially in the hilariously tone-deaf fifth film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

The movie misguidedly finds its "heroes" fighting to save the abominations of nature, despite Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) making a convincing case for their extinction. When the creatures are accidentally unleashed upon humanity at the end, one can safely assume it resulted in plenty of death (both human and dino).

These movies aren't scoring billion-plus box office paydays because people are emotionally attached to the dinosaurs - it's because the trashy spectacle is popcorn-munching fun. That's it.

Fallen Kingdom's famous Brachiosaurus death scene ultimately came off manipulative and try-hard, and even trotting the classic T-Rex out for the umpteenth time no longer roused any feeling.

The series' cringe-worthy attempts to lend the dinosaurs personalities have fallen almost universally flat, because at the end of the day, people just want to see dinosaurs eating people and running riot.

At least if the next film fully leans into the ridiculous potential carnage of dinosaurs among civilisation, it could favour brainless fun over straining sentimentality.