Why Megamind Shouldn't Be a Franchise

Love how he just calls Minion by his name without a second thought. No correction. No disclaimer. No acknowledgment of anything other than his true identity.

Not every story needs a followup. Megamind ended perfectly. While some part of me would love to see more of the characters and the world around them, there just really was zero need for a sequel.

Watching the first Megamind then the second one right after is like watching a beautiful masterpiece be painted only to then have someone kick thorough the canvas right after

I’m just now realizing that technologically they went from flip phones to late model smart phones in the span of two days.

I think you're totally right about the time gap between the two releases, the audience of kids that would have been interested in this kind of output immediately after the first movie are grown up now. The trailer for this new sequel had that tagline "You're welcome!", I think they made this with more mature fans in mind... and well, it's not gone over well at all. Also a terrifying realization, you had said that the screenwriters of Doom Syndicate didn't understand the first Megamind? They literally are the same writing team. Either there's been a massive fluke, or there was some EXTREMELY heavy studio interference.

Even though Megamind deserved the success of Despicable Me, I feel its success later on in life was meant to be. It feels like it hasn't aged at all and only gets better with each year. And it doesn't need anything else associated with it if it doesn't have Will Ferrell. And if there was a need for a sequel, this piece of shit was not it.

"The button of doom " should be the only sequel to Megamind 😭

It made more sense when Megamind and Metroman were the only 'super' characters, considering the fact that they're basically aliens on a regular Earth, where other superheroes/villains are never mentioned to even exist. The Doom Syndicate (and the annoying kid sidekick they added) not only stick out like a sore thumb due to their awful designs that seemingly came from another franchise entirely, but it also messes with the original rules of the first movie. While it would've been cool to see a GOOD Megamind sequel after BoD, the movie worked great being a standalone self-contained story.

One of the KEY ASPECTS of the original Megamind was that his seemingly "egotistical" nature was a direct result of him trying to cope with the lack of love and attention he received from those around him. When he's alone though you can clearly see him being down on himself and feeling inadequate... But the writers of the sequel obviously didn't understand that.

Megamind is definitely iconic, thats why everyone is so mad about it being disrespected like this

I don't mind it being a franchise, as long as they put the hard work and do something decent. But it's clear that with this, they didn't even bother to try

Weirdly the movie and show look worse than shows like Legends Of Awesomeness. I don't completely blame the animators because they were clearly rushed and likely a smaller team.

100% agree on Megamind and the Incredibles resonating more with older audiences while still being fun for kids. Both films are still some of my all-time favorites to this day. Also, I would genuinely recommend Tales of Arcadia. It was the only show from Dreamworks in the 2010s that wasn't based on a pre-existing film or franchise. It was a completely original animated series overseen by Guillermo del Toro of all people, and ended up kickstarting its own cinematic universe with three separate shows following different protagonists and their connected individual experiences in the fictional city of Arcadia Oaks. It's a phenomenal series (except for the movie. We don't talk about the movie), but it sadly never saw the success of the other established-franchise tie-ins that Dreamworks put out alongside it.

Yeah, fun fact: this movie was written by the SAME PEOPLE WHO MADE THE FIRST. The fact that they fumbled this bad is anomalously astounding.

Megamind’s one of those movies that don’t really need a sequel cuz the story and character arc of the protagonist wrapped up in the first movie that started it all. Unlike Dreamworks franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda that can expand the lore and develop the character furthers since their first movies left room for more stories to be told. Megamind came across as a one and done film and should’ve stayed that way

My nephew would probably cry watching megamind 2

Thanks for giving race to the edge a shout out. That show is so good

Fact: The Minions are the name of the group of Minions, I don't see how Minion should give up his name

I'm a major fan of the movie Labyrinth (in case my pfp didn't give it away lol). Everyone in the Labyrinth community (or everyone I have ever spoken to since 1995, when I first saw the movie) says they would never want a sequel. There are been countless rumors of it getting a sequel over the years, but they were never true. If you know the movie, you probably understand why that is. It's a cult classic for a reason. One major reason is David Bowie, who plays Jareth the Goblin King. No on else could ever capture the character the way he did. Plus the story is perfect as-is. It's a movie that stands alone, and we love imagining all the possible sequels, but we don't want an "official" one... We don't want anyone else playing our beloved characters.

Here's something I would have done if I was given the task to make a megamind sequel first things first I would re-watch the original film 2 to 3 different times so I can get a really good grasp on what the concept of megamind is about Then I would bring in the Doom syndicate into the sequel but give them a new origin story making the megamind video game not canon to the franchise at all which is perfectly fine since nobody really played it or cared about it Possibly give them new designs to make them more intimidating as villains And give them a new origin story an origin story that could be as simple as this One of the members of the Doom syndicate could be a scientist while other folks could be random civilians who happen to have gotten power similar to that of what we see in the actual sequel itself but they actually look interesting The first try to use their powers to mess with megamind and then they tried to take it a step further of trying to take over the city and possibly the entire world and megamind and his new crew have to stop him For that girl character who's meant to be a sidekick I do one of two things either write her out of the story entirely or try to make her either be a parody of the sidekick archetype while also making her an interesting character in her own right that makes her worthy of being part of this new team megamind tries to form with her and Roxanne along with minion speaking of him I would also have him keep his name Another thing I would do is that if I want to make it as a sequel where it expands upon the themes and ideas that the first film did I would take the themes of the first film did and expand on them without contradicting the original themes and characterizations of how the characters were in the first movie (basically not pulling a Toy story 4) I will expand upon its themes and ideas that the original film had did without making the characters feel out of character or without retreading the same ground That is probably what I would do if I were to be given the task of making a true megamind sequel it probably won't be perfect but it'll at least be something Even if I wouldn't have the budget of the first movie to work on a project like this I would at least put some form of care into it as not only a standalone movie but as a true sequel to megamind if I were to be given that task I hope you had the time to read this and I hope you guys really liked what I have to say 😁