A second problem is that if a much beloved movie (or video game) comes out, there’s a window of time where you can make a sequel with the same team, actors that are about at the same age, and so forth.
But if you let 20 years go by, that team is gone. Some may be retired, some are doing other things and won’t come back, actors will have aged, etc. You’re going to have a hard time assembling a group with the same chemistry again.
I think that in many cases, it’s better to do a similar work. Like, okay, say you like a space opera like Battlestar Galactica or Firefly or something. I liked both. But…trying to do more of same is going to be a tall order. A lot of times a new team tries to get continuity by lots of in-jokes or allusions to the original that the original team probably wouldn’t have, and I think that that can be a negative. If it’s a live movie, it’s probably going to be hard to get ahold of props from the original and such any more. Like, I’d rather just have someone go do a new, good space opera in the same vein that tries to emulate the good bits of what I liked about the original. A spiritual successor rather than an actual one.
I’m not saying that it has never been the case that there have been good sequels done by other people. I like the Fallout video game series, and it’s had a variety of teams and companies that have done entries. But I think that there have been a large proportion of attempts to build on past IP using a new team that just don’t work out.
Trick question. A good standalone movie doesn’t need or want a sequel.
I feel like too often people end up making sequels to good and popular things that never needed to be expanded upon, and they end up really bad.
A second problem is that if a much beloved movie (or video game) comes out, there’s a window of time where you can make a sequel with the same team, actors that are about at the same age, and so forth.
But if you let 20 years go by, that team is gone. Some may be retired, some are doing other things and won’t come back, actors will have aged, etc. You’re going to have a hard time assembling a group with the same chemistry again.
I think that in many cases, it’s better to do a similar work. Like, okay, say you like a space opera like Battlestar Galactica or Firefly or something. I liked both. But…trying to do more of same is going to be a tall order. A lot of times a new team tries to get continuity by lots of in-jokes or allusions to the original that the original team probably wouldn’t have, and I think that that can be a negative. If it’s a live movie, it’s probably going to be hard to get ahold of props from the original and such any more. Like, I’d rather just have someone go do a new, good space opera in the same vein that tries to emulate the good bits of what I liked about the original. A spiritual successor rather than an actual one.
I’m not saying that it has never been the case that there have been good sequels done by other people. I like the Fallout video game series, and it’s had a variety of teams and companies that have done entries. But I think that there have been a large proportion of attempts to build on past IP using a new team that just don’t work out.
Agreed. There are a lot of posts in here about movies that are great as standalone movies.
Crouching Tiger 2 was a terrible idea