Worst Cinematic Universes (That Also Failed) 

"An interesting shared universe is being started" "Ooo that sounds good" "It's being done by Sony" "oh."

The Gordon Ramsay cinematic universe is my favourite. Spanning several tv shows and even web shows. I don't know where it's going, but it's damn good.

My favorite universe by far is... The Rob Schneiderverse. And he’s about to learn that being his own universe... is harder than it seems.

"the valiant universe" "I'm on board with that" "It's Sony" "Ahhh"

I think the best way to kickoff a cinematic universe is to not do it. Just make a movie, and if it works make a sequel and if THAT works make a spinoff and if THAT works you've got a universe. People have this thing where they like to see a good movie instead of a 90 minute trailer for a cinematic universe

"That may be a fantastic _____ or, it may be a Fantastic 4". Ok, I'm using that phrase in my life every chance I get. Your royalty check is in the mail.

Air Bud. The Air Bud universe is one of the greatest cinematic universes of all time, maybe even good enough to rival the MCU. Literally there are like 15 Air Bud films/spinoffs on Netflix and I have no idea why.

Two great shared universes that no one talks about anymore: 1) Tarantino’s shared universe 2) Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse

Key to making a cinematic universe: Make a good movie first, shared universe second.

In the beginning, The Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Kick-ass already did the shared universe concept in comics, so it could be just similar to that. Also - Percy Jacksons problem was that they tried to condense about 5-6 books in 2 movies.

In any King Arthur universe, everyone forgets about Sir Ghalihad; who's virginity gives him power

Bruh what about the *Barbie* Cinematic Universe spanning over 30 films!?!?

LEGO bionicle cinematic universe is the best hands down

I wouldn't call a lot of these YA movies shared universes. Just movies with sequels. I guess they term might be "franchises". Shared universes are separate movies with different characters, but in a single continuity. John Wick, for example, sounds to me like a movie with sequels and spinoffs.

Lol I never even thought about the fact that all the amazing Spider-Man 2 sinister six suits were backpacks

I can't wait for the Pennywise Cinematic Universe, where he just pops into unsuccessful franchises and preys on the fears that they don't know what they're doing.

Part of me is like, "Not everything needs to be connected!" but I'm also sitting here like, "What's the point of making Venom if it's not gonna be connected to the MCU or Spider-Man? What a waste of time."

*Favorite Cinematic Universe* 1. MCU 2. Monsterverse 3. Everything else is a steaming pile

That WHOLE backpack bit had me in tears 😂😂 “just pick up a backpack and become a villain”

When are we getting a Nick Mason spinoff movie? He was a very well developed character in the Weekly Planet spinoff series, I think he deserves to have his own solo film. Only then will the Mr. Sunday Movies Cinematic Universe (MSMCU) be complete.

The split, unbreakable and glass is a good universe

I legit cracked up when Valiant was brought up and all the enthusiasm died the second Sony was mentioned.

To be fair The Dark Tower/Stephen King Universe has taken off. It 1&2, pet semetary, dark tower, and the shining reboot. Plus the others planned. So they have 4 movies with a 5 on the way which is in the works

The Spy Kids/ Machete Universe is great lol

It's crazy how successful the MCU has been, especially when all these other studious have tried to replicate it, and have failed. (besides the Monsterverse they're doing well)

Universal already had the absolutely over the top, crazy, and hilariously fun Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) to spinoff for shared universe of B-movies based on classic monsters.....victorian era classic monsters having a romp through a serious of connected b-action/horror? Yes? Yes.

I hope the dark universe comes back. The Universal Monsters are my guilty pleasure.

Universal Monsters universe was the original yet when they intentionally tried to start it in Dark Universe, they screwed it up horribly.

The Mummy was wriiten by the same guys who wrote TASM2 and noth movies had the same "teaser" scene with items from other characters in tubes

Best shared universe: The Mummy with Brendan Fraser Its sequel featuring the Scorpion King with Dwayne Johnson. Then that movie's prequel showing the backstory of the Scorpion King. Then that movie's prequel showing the origin of the Scorpion King with different actor. Then the first standalone movie's 2 sequels but still The Mummy trilogy's prequels with yet another actor. Then the upcoming sequel to these 2 movies but still a prequel to The Mummy movies (even though The Mummy has been rebooted since) with yet another different actor. Best shared universe.

I love how we all know what "That one universe that worked" besides Godzilla is without them even mentioning it.

I DEMAND A MR SUNDAY MOVIES CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

I think most of the books they talked about could be great movies. The problem is that the people who make the movies don't see a new fantastik concept, they see the next Harry Potter, and try to make the next Harry Potter. Which fails misserably, and then they've made a bad version of Harry Potter and a terrible version of a great book.

The thing that worked with the MCU is that the first few movies are standalone. I'm not sure when Marvel decided to do the whole Avengers MCU thing, but Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, all of them work as standalone films with the exception of the occasional cameo or mention of a character, but that is just something that happens in superhero movies anyway.

Good editing Matthew. I really appreciate your style and humor. "Added more depth..." adds depth of color. That got me haha.

Do the current line of Lego movies count as a cinematic universe?

The Venom movie is probably gonna have Carnage sequel bait at the end as per typical cinematic universe fashion

"what's your favorite universe" Well... Call me when Disney buys Warner Bros and gets the DC rights and you'll have your answer

"Im on board with that!" "Its Sony....." "Ahhhhhhh :/" lol

My favourite cinematic universe is the Air Bud cinematic universe. It’s a real thing, look it up.

I’m very excited about Godzilla: King of Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong

"... It's sony" pause as the mood in the room changes. "Awwwwww"

My favorite universe is the Everything Cinematic Universe, also known as the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Cinematic Extended Universe/Multiverse (6DoKBCEUm). It is insanely varied in tone (and quality). Seriously, it goes from Kung Fury to Oldboy, from Sharknado to No Country, from Birdemic to Citizen Kane, from Just Cause to The Looking Glass Wars, from CGPGrey to Fact Fiend.

I was honestly expecting this to be *ANOTHER* big crack at DC.

Imagine if Mattel made a "Masters of the Universe" Cinematic Universe

Don't forget Push, the covenant ,The Host, 5th wave... World building. Harry Potter has one of the deepest world building we've seen in a long time. My favorite shared universe other than Marvels, is probably Abbot and Costello.

Love the timed editing in this

Not-so fun fact: Alex Kurtzman is the screenwriter of both ASM2 and the mummy. Maybe basements that lazily establish cinematic universes is just his thing? Also he likes magic blood for some reason?

1. MCU 2. MonsterVerse 3. ConjuringVerse 4. The rest.

Oh my God, just because a film has sequels *_DOESN'T_* make it a Cinematic Universe!!! I've seen this idea thrown around quite a lot of late, and it pisses me off in ways only a nerd like me can be pissed off. A cinematic universe is where there are _seperate series of films_ that intersect and intertwine. Thor: Ragnarok is not a direct sequel to Doctor Strange, but features a crossover cameo _with_ Doctor Strange, establishing that they are separate characters in the same cinematic universe!_ The Golden Compass or Eragon or King Arthur, etc., wouldn't count because they'd just have direct sequels, like the Dark Knight Trilogy they mentioned at the opening!

I love it so much that you guys did a plug for Final Fantasy live, even though I’m three years late

So far the MCU and Monsterverse seem to be the only cinematic universes working. Hopefully the Toho Japanese Godzilla cinematic universe works out.

I think the reason these cinematic universes don't work, is because no one takes the patience to introduce everything. They try to show everyone "here's our plan for the next five movies" by putting in easter eggs that are way too obvious. But i think that plan should just be kept with whatever company is doing the movies. If they just waited it out and patiently released one movie at a time, by the time the characters from those movies come together, everyone will be like "wow i didn't see that coming" or "wow all these individual characters from all those movies are together now!". Patience and not getting over excited to release movies is the key

Where's the Mel Brooks cinematic universe? C'mon. Everybody's been asking for that.

I love clicking on a Mr Sunday Movies video and waiting to see if Mason's in it

A Robin Hood story bought in 2004 is supposed to kick off a cinematic universe in which each of the Merry Men gets a standalone movie. We're talking a Robin Hood origin, Little John: The Movie, Will Scarlett: The Movie, Friar Tuck: The Movie, and then they all come together for the Robin Hood story we all already know... and which studio planned this spectacular adventure? I don't even have to say, do I?

I'm still looking forward to seeing Aquaman, Shazam! and Wonder Woman 1984. Looks like DC is righting the ship.

1.MCU 2.Monsterverse They are the only cinematic universes that work and haven’t failed...

3:35 Warner Brothers did a similar thing in BvS, but instead of a room, it was a laptop.

Ok, ok, but the Cornetto Trilogy is amazing. Is it a universe? Who knows? But it's good.

How's about the Cheers/Frasier universe? 😁

1) MCU 2) Godzilla 3) Harry Potter That's about it

My favorite that you left out is the Askewiverse, Kevin Smith's View Askew. All of the Jay and Silent Bob stuff, for which they cross over into the Scream movies and Sweet Valley High.

The 'Real life' shared universe is cinematic garbage. It's slow-paced, it's boring, it's poorly written and directed, and everyone who experiences it ends up clocking out before the end. Kind of like the DC Cinematic Universe!

Hahaha, that "uhhhhh" after stating Sony is taking charge of Valiant CU.

Venom was so bad i almost walked out the theater, then remembered that i paid to see it.

The DUCU is iconic. Who could forget the amazing "the game is on" scene?

I'm still mad about the eragon movie.

Only upcoming cinematic universe I'm looking forward to is the John Wick one. The two films so far have been great, I'm really looking forward to the third, and I'm interested to see what they do with the TV series, The Continental. Plus I think they're working on a spin-off film as well. But the MCU will always be the best universe, IMO.

“It’s Sony” *collective grown including me*

The first shared universe I was aware of is The View Askewniverse - Kevin Smith's movies, and I love that one.

Dark Universe? More like... Not very good. Like at all.

I honestly hope Venom is legitimately good. I know that announcing a shared universe before making a decent movie a la the Mummy is not a good idea, but I really just want Sony to show they've learned that the key to doing this movie strategy is MAKING A DAMN GOOD MOVIE FIRST. I think the main reason this is happening is Sony wants to "extend" their deal with Marvel, and if Venom turns out to be good, they can confirm it's story connects to the MCU (it happens in San Francisco btw so it's not contradicting the MCU at all) and the other movies they have planned out are more of a selling point towards Marvel. That way both Sony and Marvel benefit from having each other's characters connected between their movies, which is legitimately fascinating. All this hopefulness may all just be because I'm a Spider-Man fanboy, but I HATED TASM2 and at this point I just want to see the shared multiverse concept done right just so I can have some hope left for this idea. ... At least Into The Spider-Verse looks good though right!

The thing about the John Wick Universe ties into the Payday game since John Wick is a member of the gang, which connects both too Hotline Miami and Hardcore Henry since Jacket and Jimmy are both members of the same gang.

I think what makes the Godzilla/Kong universe work is that they don’t seem to take themselves too seriously nor do they try to be overly funny. They just sort of exist as fun monster movies that you can just turn your brain off and have fun for the most part; much like many of the old Godzilla movies from toho

Thank you for leaving us with footage from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. 🖤🖤🖤

CINEMATIC UNIVERSES RANKED: 1. MCU 2. The rest are shit

Listening to Celes' Theme performed by a live orchestra would be life changing

The golden compass, Eragon, The Seeker/dark is rising (they didn't even make the first book into a movie 😅), Percy Jackson... ah all books I love that were trashed... Inkheart is another one that never got a sequel (but I actually love that movie) 😅 the new HDM is fantastic though and well worth the wait.

Oh god, the DCEU also has thier own origin room (okay its an origin email but it does the same thing).

Percy Jackson could’ve easily been great because the books have the appeal for both young and older readers but the movies sucked

I love how these guys are talking about movies and things that they’ve never even seen. And you’re confusing sequels with cinematic universe.

My opinions Justice League Dark universe is gonna be good. They should get the man who played John Constantine in the arrowverse

The universe we actually live in. Real bad. MCU is objectively and always will be the best real/fictional universe.

Me: "ayy I should probably go to sleep I have school tomorrow" Also me: "ayy Mr Sunday did a video. Better watch it"

I’m excited about the unbreakable split universe!

im a believer in a crazy old fashioned notion that you work to make a good film and then worry about sequels if the first film works, but hey im sure flushing money down the toilet works just as well.....

Pixar has the best CU

Good cinematic universes: MCU (20 movies) Unbreakable (2 movies) Monsterverse (2 movies) Any others?

"And the last one is the Valiant universe." "I'm onboard with that.." "Its Sony" "æh"

You missed the View Askenverse by Kevin Smith that consists of Clerks movies, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay and Silent bob strikes back. That was a decade ago and I think people forgot about that.

I would call most of these "franchises", rather than shared universes. To me a shared universe is multiple franchises existing in the same continuity, not a single franchise that has a few sequels and spin offs. I wouldn't call Buffy a shared universe just because it has an angel spin off.

Leave my thoughts on the universe we live in? Ok I hate that if i want to move from place A to place B i need to travel the space inbetween, its just inconvenient!!! Why can't the laws of this universe be more convenient for a lazy guy like me? That is all

I will never get tired of hearing James and Mason talk about Dracula Untold.

That Final Fantasy transition was so jarring i genuinely believed FF was entering the ECU-trend Zeitgeist I had to stare down the noose around my neck for a full 20 minutes before I removed it and placed it back into my work desk's compartment.

LOL....Marvel Studios is still the only one that made this work.

Honestly, the major things to make a shared universe are: - Somewhat well known characters - Somewhat well known actors to play those characters - A secret organization to bridge the gaps between the characters and tie them together - Make the movie watchable That's it. If they have that then they've already made it easy for themselves. I seem to be one of the only people who didn't hate The Mummy, it wasn't anything spectacular, but it was a fun movie to start a universe off with and I think that the Prodigium organization was a cool idea, even if it's just the B.P.R.D. from Hellboy. But it works as a way to tie all the characters together. S.H.I.E.L.D , Argus, Prodigium, etc are all decent examples of organizations bridging characters and adding a b it of world building to the universe. ALSO. I thing that the Tom Clancy shared universe has a decent groundwork and I know that they plan to make The Division into a film and (I think) they planned on a Splinter Cell movie as well. Just make those films and Jack Ryan within the same universe. I'm not talking about the Chris Pine nu-Jack Ryan film, I'd rater him be an older more veteran agent from the Cold War era and they can imply that all the older films with him are still canon, while being played by totally different actors, but still happening within the universe. And honestly, The Division agents are a really cool concept and having an actor like Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role will be interesting, seeing as how he seems to pick his roles very deliberately nowadays and he hasn't really done a BAD movie in a while.

You forget to mention how MASK was supposed to be in a shared universr with GI Joe and Transformers and a couple other old 80s toylines Thank God that plan was canceled But they are are continuing with rebooted extended (but separate) universes of Transformers and GI Joe

Kevin Smith's Askewnaverse. Good stuff.