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Trilogies: Really necessary? Only 3?
Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:23 PM
FASTMOVER
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:42 AM
EVILDINOSAUR
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:49 AM
SPEAKFIRE
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:55 AM
NBZ
Monday, May 28, 2007 3:26 AM
PHOENIXROSE
You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.
Monday, May 28, 2007 4:16 AM
CYBERSNARK
Monday, May 28, 2007 5:27 AM
LWAVES
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Quote:As far as I know there's only been a couple truly successful movie series that are more than a trilogy. One is Star Wars, and the other is Harry Potter
Monday, May 28, 2007 5:37 AM
Monday, May 28, 2007 5:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: Quote:As far as I know there's only been a couple truly successful movie series that are more than a trilogy. One is Star Wars, and the other is Harry Potter Going on that idea then Star Wars is made up of two trilogys. The first dealing with Anakins story, the second with Luke. Therefore they haven't been successful beyond the three film marker. (Being a bit picky there).
Monday, May 28, 2007 6:58 AM
CHRISISALL
Monday, May 28, 2007 8:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by EvilDinosaur: Are you sure they aren't making a 4th pirates movie? I'd heard there were talks of it, and the ending of 3 definitely left it with somewhere to go. "Haha, mine is an evil laugh."
Monday, May 28, 2007 9:42 AM
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: I liked POTC3 too. Expected more humour (although what was there was good) and some of it seemed a little forced. Select to view spoiler:I also thought they ignored the bit where Chow Yun Fat hinted at Elizabeth Swann being Calypso. It never came into play later at all except for a couple of worried glances. Overall great action, great set pieces. Although as stated it was a bit much for one film. But no where near as bad as Spidey 3. To me the 'tradition' of making a trilogy is a more recent development. For example: The first Matrix did very well. The makers said that they always planned it as a trilogy (yeah right) and then they bolluxed the next two up. Spider-Man was 'supposed' to have been set out as a trilogy from the start, but only Harry's arc really continues and you can't count Peter Parker as all the films are about him. X-Men was the same. First one hit big so they say they are doing a trilogy, and they know they have interest for two more films. After that..... I don't think film series based on books can count as 'planned trilogys', they just go as far as they can with the source material. The makers of LOTR went with three films coz of three books. JK Rowling said there would be seven Potter books so it stands that there will be seven films. Film makers will always go as far as they can. That's why we have Rocky 6, Rambo 4, Die Hard 4, Indy 4, Beverly Hills Cop 4 either out or on the way. They are just trying to recapture past glory and make more money (yes, even Indy 4). I really wish they'd leave them alone after this amount of time, and I'm a big Indy fan and don't want to see it ruined. Quote:As far as I know there's only been a couple truly successful movie series that are more than a trilogy. One is Star Wars, and the other is Harry Potter You could add the Bond and Star Trek movies to the list as well. Although they are stanalone movies and not 'true sequels'. Going on that idea then Star Wars is made up of two trilogys. The first dealing with Anakins story, the second with Luke. Therefore they haven't been successful beyond the three film marker. (Being a bit picky there). At least nobody has made 'ET 2: Armed And Dangerous' or 'ET 3: Back With A Vengeance' or 'Titanic: The Poseidon Adventure 3' or 'More Usual Suspects' or 'The Usual Suspects Again". Well, not yet...... "If I hear voices and someone is really there, does that mean I'm going REALLY crazy?"
Monday, May 28, 2007 9:50 AM
Quote:Regarding the Lord of the Rings movies, the Hobbit is not a sequel in the truest sense of the words. It was actually written years before The Lord of the Rings, so the LOTR movies are actually a 'sequel' to the Hobbit.
Monday, May 28, 2007 11:58 AM
NEWOLDBROWNCOAT
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: To me the 'tradition' of making a trilogy is a more recent development.
Monday, May 28, 2007 12:58 PM
Quote:Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat: HitchHiker's Guide ( actually 5 + 1/2 book length pieces )
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:26 PM
REGINAROADIE
Monday, May 28, 2007 2:32 PM
WHISPER
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: Select to view spoiler:I also thought they ignored the bit where Chow Yun Fat hinted at Elizabeth Swann being Calypso. It never came into play later at all except for a couple of worried glances.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:10 AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:33 AM
STORYMARK
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: As to a fourth movie: According to the writers of all three (Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio), while no one is ruling out any further installments, none are on the drawing boards right now. No one is contracted for any more, nor have the writers been asked to come up with any ideas. Add to that the reports that the stress of doing these 2 back-to-back nearly killed Gore Verbinsky (the director), and I'm betting that they'll wait a few years before they start working on another. "I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:36 AM
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Cybersnark: Well, they could easily bring back Jack, Barbosa, Gibbs, Pintel, Ragetti, and the rest of the crew and leave Will and Elizabeth where they are. Maybe grab a couple of other marketable names (Say, maybe one of: Nathan Filion, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Ron Glass, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Jewel Stait, or Summer Glau) as new characters, tied to Jack's quest for the Fountain. Really, if they meet up with Elizabeth again, it'll just weaken the emotional good-bye scene at the end of this one. ----- We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:34 AM
Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Cybersnark: Actually, I was initially thinking Alan as Steve the Pirate. Pirates of the Caribbean 4: JACK vs STEVE ----- We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:25 PM
Quote:Originally posted by reginaroadie: Actually, the one film trend that's more seen in independent and foreign cinema than mainstream Hollywood cinema is more of the "thematic series", where a filmmaker creates a series of films that may have one character or at least a theme that's repeated over a long period of time. The most famous is obviously Kevin Smith and the "New Jersey Chronicles", where every movie he's done (sans JERSEY GIRL) all takes place within the Highland's area of New Jersey and have characters constantly reference other characters that were in other movies, with Jay and Silent Bob being the only recurring characters in each movie. Of all of those, only CLERKS II is a direct sequel to CLERKS. So it's more of a thematic series, as opposed to a Part 6. The only other time an independent American filmmaker has done something similar to that (which I know of), is Richard Linklater with BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET. The former came out in 95, the latter in 04.
Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:12 PM
JAYNEZTOWN
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: To me the 'tradition' of making a trilogy is a more recent development. For example: The first Matrix did very well. The makers said that they always planned it as a trilogy (yeah right) and then they bolluxed the next two up. Spider-Man was 'supposed' to have been set out as a trilogy from the start, but only Harry's arc really continues and you can't count Peter Parker as all the films are about him. X-Men was the same. First one hit big so they say they are doing a trilogy, and they know they have interest for two more films. After that.....
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