Sequel Torpedoes
06-20-11, 07:54 PM
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Sequel Torpedoes
One of the, if not the best sci-horror movies of all time was Alien and as hard as it is to create a sequel which parallels the original, the creators of Aliens met the challenge successfully and then had the chance to turn the helms over to a up-and-coming actor in the sci-fi arena with Michael Biehn(Terminator). The producers neglected and as a result, one of the greatest series, as well as the A caliber career of one of Hollywood's promising young actors was torpedoed(yes I'm saying their never was a good Alien after the 2nd and, besides a few average movies, namely, 'The Abyss' & 'The Art of War', to-date Biehn has not since been in a good movie).
Can you think of any other sequels that destroyed it's series? The 5th Friday the 13th is another that comes to mind.
Can you think of any other sequels that destroyed it's series? The 5th Friday the 13th is another that comes to mind.
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06-20-11, 08:00 PM
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The Abyss
Tombstone
The Rock
Planet Terror
Also, Michael Biehn was hardly a "proven actor in the sci-fi arena." Are you citing The Terminator as proof?
06-20-11, 08:04 PM
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OP...It's Michael Biehn.
He was also excellent in William Friedkin's Rampage.
Unfortunately his career never really took off due to his alcoholism.
He was also excellent in William Friedkin's Rampage.
Unfortunately his career never really took off due to his alcoholism.
06-20-11, 08:13 PM
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Thanks JumpCutz. Rampage, huh, never seen it. I'll have to pick it up, though Biehn wasn't in it.
MrSmearkase, 'Planet Terror', and 'Tombstone' were average, so was 'Navy Seals'. I forgot about these, I guess I should have checked(shrugs). 'The Rock' was overrated and below average in my opinion. But my point in the way of Biehn was that he had a chance to prove himself in a lead role and he was passed up, his career and I believe certainly the Alien series would have been better off if Weaver's character had been killed off instead of his.
MrSmearkase, 'Planet Terror', and 'Tombstone' were average, so was 'Navy Seals'. I forgot about these, I guess I should have checked(shrugs). 'The Rock' was overrated and below average in my opinion. But my point in the way of Biehn was that he had a chance to prove himself in a lead role and he was passed up, his career and I believe certainly the Alien series would have been better off if Weaver's character had been killed off instead of his.
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Re: Sequel Torpedoes
One of the, if not the best sci-horror movies of all time was Alien and as hard as it is to create a sequel which parallels the original, the creators of Aliens met the challenge successfully and then had the chance to turn the helms over to a up-and-coming actor in the sci-fi arena with Michael Biehn(Terminator). The producers neglected and as a result, one of the greatest series, as well as the A caliber career of one of Hollywood's promising young actors was torpedoed(yes I'm saying their never was a good Alien after the 2nd and, besides a few average movies, namely, 'Tombstone','The Abyss' & 'The Art of War', to-date Biehn has not since been in a good movie). Does anybody agree or disagree with this?
Can you think of any other sequels that destroyed it's series? The 5th Friday the 13th is another that comes to mind.
Can you think of any other sequels that destroyed it's series? The 5th Friday the 13th is another that comes to mind.
06-20-11, 09:09 PM
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06-20-11, 09:18 PM
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Jaws 2. According to the article Spielberg just did with AICN, he has some great ideas for a Jaws sequel that he's not sharing. He would have done the sequel himself but he didn't want to spend any more time on the water. Unfortunately one of the best movies of all time has 3 shitty sequels, each one shittier than the last.
06-20-11, 09:52 PM
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First Blood was great and most probably won't agree with this but 2 & 3 sucked. 4 was better than both, but still no where near as good as the original.
06-20-11, 11:08 PM
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Oh sorry, I looked up the Uwe Boll's Rampage(2009) by mistake, I'm off today, unfortunately it's my first day here.
They both look like they might be good.
They both look like they might be good.
06-20-11, 11:28 PM
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Oh and...welcome to the forum.
06-20-11, 11:35 PM
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I don't think movies were thought up as "franchises" back in the day. They kept making Rocky movies because people liked them. I don't think there were producers back in the 70's, 80's and even 90's that said we're going to make at least 3 films and probably more if this one film is successful. I think Hollywood is much more business-savvy nowadays. Disney saw POTC being successful so now they want as many POTC films as Depp agrees to work on.
06-20-11, 11:39 PM
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Fistful of Dollars, For a Few More Dollars and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly are the first to come to mind, I think it was intentional and extremely successful. Though your right in that there were far less.
