Will ever get another great franchise?

[King Darkness]

Sorry King, rant over

No prob, who I am to take offense to minor thread hijacking?

 

[Something Sexy]

Seriously? A GREAT movie franchise?

Leave this thread and never return!

I forgot I am communicating through text and not sound and my sarcasm does not automatically transfer. I have actually never seen the 2nd and 3rd. The video game sucked though.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Regardless of how fresh some of the younger members here feel this decade is, it is wrought with retreads and mining the 80's for its gems or simply filled with that "let's do it again" mentality that always seems to surface as talent ages.

 

[plasmid303]

How the hell did this turn into a video game thread?

I feel the same way Wor-Gar

Sorry about that. this threads for great movies and the seeming lack of new ideas these days. But the well hasn't run dry, there are some (relatively) young visionary directors and writers out there along with the veteran idea makers still kicking from the 70's and 80's, like James Cameron or Ridley Scott.

The day when those visionaries are gone (R.I.P. Stan Winston) is the day we should be sad about the state of fresh films. But that day isn't now.

Personally, I'm waiting for the next big thing in sci-fi.

 

[Something Sexy]

Speaking of Ridley Scott, his new Robin Hood sounds amazing but I am also a Robin Hood fanboy.

 

[King Darkness]

Maybe i am just getting old and crabby

But nothing feels fresh anymore.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Personally, I'm waiting for the next big thing in sci-fi.

Yeah, we need whatever the next Star Wars is going to be. That thing that completely turns the movie industry and pop culture on it's ear. That was the fuel that lit the fire for the 80's.

 

[KBA]

Personally, I'm waiting for the next big thing in sci-fi.

Someone needs to land on Mars already. Seriously, the Moon Landings did amazing things across the board, the idea of going to the moon being a possibility alone inspired Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clark - and we all know what came of that..

 

[Wor-Gar]

Personally, I'm waiting for the next big thing in sci-fi.

Exactly!

The action/adventure genre could stand having a great new hero too. Like Bond or Indy or McClane, but a whole new thing, a new world.

We need the next crop of Lucas, Spielberg, Cameron, etc... where are they?

 

[King Darkness]

Someone needs to land on Mars already. Seriously, the Moon Landings did amazing things across the board, the idea of going to the moon being a possibility alone inspired Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clark - and we all know what came of that..

Okay so we need to land on mars to stimulate sci-fi.

What does horror need? The 70's and 80's were a time of infamous serial killers: Manson, Gacy, Bundy ect....

Maybe we are just laking in serial killers?

 

[Wor-Gar]

But nothing feels fresh anymore.

I do think its an age thing.

I remember my folks weren't so excited by the 80's movies I thought were so remarkable at the time, they were like "seen it all before". I think the familiarity with plot, structure and stories just gets too familiar as we age (and see 2-hour stories tolf over and over) no matter how its reinvented.

 

[Batty]

Maybe i am just getting old and crabby

But nothing feels fresh anymore.

Here ya' go.

 

[King Darkness]

We need the next crop of Lucas, Spielberg, Cameron, etc... where are they?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/

 

[The Craw]

i think Twilight is shaping into a fine franchise.

 

[King Darkness]

Exactly!

The action/adventure genre could stand having a great new hero too. Like Bond or Indy or McClane, but a whole new thing, a new world.

Borne was good, but again he came from a book, so not exactly original.

 

[King Darkness]

i think Twilight is shaping into a fine franchise.

You can leave this thread and never come back too

 

[Wor-Gar]

i think Twilight is shaping into a fine franchise.

You see Twilight, I see Lost Boys.

 

[DarkArtist81]

i think Twilight is shaping into a fine franchise.

 

[The Craw]

You can leave this thread and never come back too

You see Twilight, I see Lost Boys.

 

[Something Sexy]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/

BWhaha owned.