For example
What is the worst Cinematic universe you can imagine? : RedLetterMedia
The top comment
Universal monster movie universe. They'd call it something stupid like "dark universe".
I guess the redditor didn't know about this...
Dark Universe | Dark Universe Wiki | Fandom
2016[?]
The Dark Universe was a planned series of monster films that were being developed and distributed by Universal Pictures. The Dark Universe was meant to serve as rebooted versions of past monster films that take place in a shared universe. Plans for the shared universe were shelved following the failure of The Mummy.
There was a period where he was being compared to Tarantino, Soderbergh, Linklater and Rodriguez as the big voices of 90’s cinema.