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Do We Really Need Fewer Sequels in ‘08?
Posted by Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 3, 2008
It looks like 2008 may be the year when Hollywood finally gives audiences what they’ve been asking for: fewer sequels.
USA Today is reporting that the number of sequel releases will be far below average this year. If the news seems oddly hollow, it should. Audiences groan when their beloved characters are placed into new situations, but sequels put up huge box office numbers last year.
So this may be like the year you begged your mom and dad for a bike, and there it was on Christmas morning – shiny and brilliant. You screamed for joy, took it outside to wear the tires in and were promptly hit by a bus.
Violent similes aside, having fewer sequels may prove to be a grand move in the right direction for the art of film or may give movie-goers a bad case of buyer’s remorse. Luckily, we’ll still have Rambo XXIII to tide us over during the drought.
Talking Point: Are you happy to see less sequels being made in 2008 than in previous years?
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3 Comments
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Yeah but there will still be something like 16 sequels this year right? How many of them will be shit? My guess…14 probably. I don’t think anyone disagrees with sequels. The idea of a sequel is fine–it’s the continuation of a story or its a new set of circumstances for the characters the audience likes. I’m fine with that. But most sequels exist purely for the paycheck and are slapped together. And just because there is less sequels this year doesn’t mean there will be less shitty movies. I’m sure Hancock will blow and of the three main releases, Iron Man, Indy, and Batman–I’m sure one will not be that great. But Hollywood will make 10 billion this year.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I’m fine with sequels as long as BTF4 doesn’t come out.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Batman will probably be okay. The actors are at least halfway decent in my opinion. Iron Man, they’ll have a lot to live up to just like any other movie based on a comic book or novel. Indy, haven’t heard of; but I only pay attention to movies I think I’ll like.