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Ultimately, the industry faces a crucial crossroads: restore creative integrity or accept irrelevance. The "corpse" of these franchises may be beyond saving if current trends persist, but for fans and cultural historians, the hope remains that a genuine return to quality storytelling could revive these icons for a new generation. Until then, we are left sifting through the ashes of what once was, waiting for a phoenix moment that might never come.