I think we need a word for an unnecessary sequel. Like it’s not a remake but they just retcon the ending and are like “oh look actually there’s more!” On a story that was perfectly wrapped up already.
I don’t quite get it. You wanted a sequel for one movie, therefore you should be fine with “a year of sequels, remakes and regurgitated crap”?
No, but it shouldn’t be surprising that there are a ton of sequels and remakes when even the people who complain about there being too many sequels and remakes are asking for them.
They were just pointing out the irony.
>if you want only one sequel of a specific movie, you’re not allowed to dislike sequels in general
Exactly, because everyone wants one sequel for something, so there is no sequel where nobody asked for it, except for Jarhead
I don’t think they really wanted a sequel to that movie, I think they were just saying it teased a bunch of interesting stuff in its trailer but then never actually did any of that stuff in its plot, probably because the producers wanted to make everyone buy a ticket to a Battle Angel sequel that never happened, which is just another facet of how the film industry’s obsession with sequels and fictional universes is leading to the downward spiral they talk about in their other comment
It honestly feels like this post was put together by an LLM that just saw the word “sequel” in two different sentences but didn’t have any ability to read context and just figured it must be ironic
If they want another movie to continue the story, they want a sequel.
Some sequels are good, like the Lord of the Rings trilogy which includes two sequels because the whole story has a lot to it. Some sequels are bad, because they continue an already completed story and may even retcon some of the original story.
They want good sequels, not bad sequels. They still wanted a sequel.
That comment reads to me more like criticism of the original Alita than genuine desire for a sequel. It’s saying “this film was all setup, no payoff”.
Was that movie supposed to ever have a sequel? I have no idea what the point of edward nortan’s ambiguous villain character even was? Was there a sequel planned and then they canned it? Overall the movie jjust made zero sense.
Yes, it was supposed to have a sequel. It was the start of a franchise that never became one. The OP of the OP is not wrong in saying it was a setup and wanted a sequel. The difference of this movie versus the slop of other sequels is this one was made to be one. It wasn’t based on some one-off movie that did well, so the studio demanded a followup to milk it for more money. From its inception this movie was supposed to have one.
Oh, that’s interesting. I had thought the OOP (N.B., that’s short for “original OP” and is a fair bit shorter & clearer than “the OP of the OP”) was criticising the movie for doing a poor job of paying off its plot. But actually perhaps it was more of a genuine wish than I thought?
OP, did you see the movie? It is set up for a big race thing that never happens. It essentially ends on a cliff hanger.
Just read the fucking manga then for fucks sake!
The story literally already fucking exists.
It’s literally the definition of regurgitated crap because it’s not an original story by any means.
Also, inb4 “but I don’t want spoilers for the movie.” If your story can be ruined by knowing some plot points, it’s not a very good story to begin with.
What do you mean the giant space dick fighting grey goo doesn’t make any sense?
