Poll stealing

[andrewducker]

If you could be granted one assured good sequel to any movie, what movie/franchise would it be and why?

(stolen from kobold)

Comments

[broin.livejournal.com]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Superman 2. Highlander 1. Aliens. Etc etc.

[simont]

Are we limited to currently sequel-free movies, or are we allowed to go for ones that already have bad sequels and wish for them to have been done again properly?

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Can we get a new Matrix sequel then? The first movie was so good, and the other two are so terrible.

Otherwise, hmm...the Princess Bride, I'd say.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

The Thing

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of the Matrix, because it seemed comparatively easy to make a good sequel: a lot of what was in the sequels we did get was interesitng, they just messed up mostly only by having the cryptic philosophical bullshit have no relevance to living in a virtual world. (And being slow and boring.)

Whereas it seems to be hoping for too much to hope for a sequel to a really outstanding movie. Though I'd also vote for TPB if I thought I could get away with it.

Gladiator

[zornhau.livejournal.com]

At death's door, Maximus was spirited away by a secret society devoted to saving Rome. They keep him in mystical cold sleep until the Barbarian Conspiracy when they bring him out to take charge of the legions. We'll keep Hans Zimmer for the music, but let's have Paul Verhovan as director.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

The Golden Compass. It'd be nice if, as promised, the final parts of the HDM trilogy were a bit less... crap? This is assuming they're ever made.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Just so. And was it ever explained why Neo was able to emit an EMP at the end of the second movie, or did that get completely abandoned?

A prequel to TPB would be excellent as well. Inigo studying the sword, and How Wesley Learned To Do Everything Imaginable Better Than Anyone Else Can. Alas that Goldman has only managed pieces of a sequel!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

And was it ever explained why Neo was able to emit an EMP at the end of the second movie

I thought he acquired a magical connection to the matrix even when he wasn't plugged in, which allowed him to control machines in the real world just like he controlled everything inside, and that that had something to do with the sequence of Ones and continued to be important.

But I can't remember where the magical telepathy came from or where it went.

A prequel to TPB would be excellent as well.

That actually sounds conceivable.

[simont]

If we can have an existing sequel thrown in the bin and redone, I think I'd be torn between a proper sequel to The Matrix and a proper prequel to the Star Wars trilogy (even one good one would beat the current three), with the latter probably edging it.

If it has to be something previously unsequelled, that's harder. If we're guaranteed that the sequel will be really good, it's quite tempting to pick a really bad first film, or something good but so self-contained that a sequel would apparently be meaningless, just to see what a good sequel to either one would look like...

[andrewducker]

Studio has said that it's not happening. After the crapness of the first one, I'm not surprised.

I'm so glad Julie and I went to the stage plays, which were vastly better and more faithful.

Re: Gladiator

[andrewducker]

I'll buy that!

[andrewducker]

Whatever you like!

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd have loved to get to that but we were in one of our 'poor patches'. Ha. Ha.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

It would require a time machine since Humphrey Bogart is dead, but a sequel to The Big Sleep would be fabulous.

Otherwise I'd vote for Spirited Away or Willow.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the PlayStation 2 game that is the official sequel? It seems to hold up pretty well (either that I'm too busy screaming and shooting at those face-crabs).

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Grave of the Fireflies. No, wait!

Movies with sequels that could use a good one:
The Matrix (as mentioned above)
The Highlander
Star Wars Episodes 4 and 5. Redo 1, 2, 3, and 6!
Ju-On: The Grudge (the original Japanese version; Ju-On 2 sucked)

Movies without sequels I'd love to see a good sequel for:
A Dirty Shame
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Transformers: The Movie

Bad sequels I'd go see:
Deliverance
Blade Runner

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The first one was quite fun, and had good moments, but seeing what they managed to do with armoured bears didn't inspire me to see what they'd manage with complicated philosophical questions. (Although, come to think of it, maybe the last two books would benefit from more visuals and less philosophy, I don't know :))

[communicator.livejournal.com]

I'm not a great one for computer games, but I think The Thing is a total trip, and I watch it quite often. My favourite bit is where the doctor's decapitated head grows tentacles and scuttles off, to the immortal dialogue 'You have got to be fucking kidding me'

[the-gardener.livejournal.com]

the crapness of the first one

I thought it was the anti-religious elements which told against it? Although these elements weren't as overt in the film as in the novels, the shrieking that surrounded the novels would surely have carried over to have some impact on the potential audience.

[andrewducker]

It didn't do very well at the cinema - as plenty of other movies which would offend the religious do very well, I'm blaming its lack of success on the quality of the movie rather than any negative publicity.

[garunya.livejournal.com]

Ghostbusters

[snarlish.livejournal.com]

second vote for a willow sequel

and one for The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai,

[joexnz.livejournal.com]

i want to come up with something cool and edgy
i am currently failing

fight club?

[bookzombie.livejournal.com]

Even more than the Harry Potter films, The Golden Compass felt like 'the greatest hits remix'.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

Prequel to Serenity.

You know, after Firefly.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

That's definitely one of the best scenes from any movie. I first watched The Thing as an inattentive child, and later got a DVD copy when I reserved the video game way back when. The movie was a great set-up for the game, and the game seemed to me a worthy sequel. I'd love to see a movie version.

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

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