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Oct 6, 2013 - 11:38 PM
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BobJ
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While many of us are tired of sequels, some stories lend themselves naturally to further adventures.
What potential film series failed to deliver on their future promises to you?
For me, Fletch would be first up. A whole series of books, and Chevy Chase wonderfully cast. This series could have gone on for 5 maybe 6 films if approached correctly from the novels. But as we know, that did not happen.
A Nightmare On Elm Street: I have said this before, but this is maybe one of the most disappointing horror series as it is one of the few that has plenty of room creatively to continue on. Freddy lives in the dream world. He can go anywhere, or literally be anything. He could attack here, in Japan, England, anywhere. He can go after the young, the old, whoever. Look at all the psychology involved with dreams. I feel the films that currently exist only scratch the surface of where this series could have gone.
So let's here from the rest of you.
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I loved "Unbreakable". It was one of two films I liked that was originally planned as a trilogy.
As a recall, Shyamalan said he had written all three and they were going to be made, but it didn't end up happening. Shymalamadingdong has said in the last couple years he was taking the plot from one of them, and re-using part of it in another film. I don't know where that's gone.
The other was "Serenity". Planned as a trilogy and as I recall they had the cast retained contractually, but it didn't end up happening.
And depending on how we're going to define "failed" here, a most honorable mention goes to the utter failure that is "Men In black II" and "Men In black III". What horrible additions.
Continuing along those lines, "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" was really bad. And Goldmember was better but still crap.
And then we have the TNG Trek films First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis.
By the way, there was a Remo Williams TV pilot that failed. The actor who played Chiun, was back but a different actor played Remo. It was pretty lousy. The only highlight: Craig Safan also scored the pilot, and he reused all the major themes from the film as well as new material.
I'm glad "Ghostbusters III" has stalled. Not only do I not have high hopes for it, I no longer trust a good film can be made by today's Hollywood.
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"Planet of the Apes" (1968)
"Dirty Harry" (1971)
i wil never forget the sunday night as a schoolboy when the announcer said mid-series thats where we will be leaving the planet of the apes...
The story at the time was that "...america had got bored with it " so they pulled the plug.
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i suppose 5 films and a series was too much? the first had an impact the others couldnt match.
id add the magnificent seven. theres a sequence of films that couldnt match the original, despite the energy of elmers music to rescue them.
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While many of us are tired of sequels, some stories lend themselves naturally to further adventures.
What potential film series failed to deliver on their future promises to you?
"The Godfather"
"First Blood"
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