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Poll: Very Confusing Film Franchises

A poll by mykolayeriomin
Some franchises are quite straightforward with a string of direct sequels and sometimes a spin-off or two or a reboot following the original succesful movies. There are cases however, when franchises are quite hard to follow with numerous spin-offs, reboots, sequels being apocryphal or in-name-only follow-ups, original plot continuing after ignored and averted remake continuity or TV spin-offs clashing with original continuity. Of such confusing franchises which one seems the most confusing to you?

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Results of 692 votes:

  1. 1.

    X-Men (2000)

     
    Followed by two direct sequels in 2003 and 2006, in 2008 it did it's first spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It then followed with a prequel X: First Class which featured the same version of Wolverin…
  2. 2.

    Psycho (1960)

     
    Original Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece was followed by a direct if very belated sequel Psycho II (1983) which is not based on a sequel of the original novel of the same name. After Psycho III (1986) fr…
  3. 3.

    Friday the 13th (1980)

     
    Completely unrelated to a previous horror movie known as Friday the 13th: The Orphan (1979), movie spawned numerous more or less straightworward sequels and a TV Series which, while officially a part …
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