IT WAS ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80s: THE SEQUEL
Apr. 30th, 2008 12:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogQUESTION: What is up with Hollywood making sequels to films that came out 20 years ago?
You had Rambo a couple of months ago, and you’ve got the new Indiana Jones movie coming up. I can sort of understand those, since they’re already an established series.
Then you’ve got the sequel to War Games that involves no one involved in the original film.
Then you’ve got a sequel to The Lost Boys that brings back The Two Coreys (of all the people from the 80s we hoped would never come back).
Which, by my calculations, all adds up to a big bag of 'What The Hell?'.
If the sequel trailers are anything to go by, Hollywood is in an unstoppable death spiral, because they’ve had up to 20 years to think of a good idea for a follow-up, and THAT’s the best they can come up with?
Looking forward to seeing Porky’s: The Next Generation and The Last Starfighter 2.
DISCLAIMER: I actually love War Games. And Porky's. The Last Starfighter was okay, too (though I haven't seen it since high school, mind). And The Lost Boys was all right, if a little cheesy.
Deja vu,
This is dF
You had Rambo a couple of months ago, and you’ve got the new Indiana Jones movie coming up. I can sort of understand those, since they’re already an established series.
Then you’ve got the sequel to War Games that involves no one involved in the original film.
Then you’ve got a sequel to The Lost Boys that brings back The Two Coreys (of all the people from the 80s we hoped would never come back).
Which, by my calculations, all adds up to a big bag of 'What The Hell?'.
If the sequel trailers are anything to go by, Hollywood is in an unstoppable death spiral, because they’ve had up to 20 years to think of a good idea for a follow-up, and THAT’s the best they can come up with?
Looking forward to seeing Porky’s: The Next Generation and The Last Starfighter 2.
DISCLAIMER: I actually love War Games. And Porky's. The Last Starfighter was okay, too (though I haven't seen it since high school, mind). And The Lost Boys was all right, if a little cheesy.
Deja vu,
This is dF
