Sequels. We hear about them all the time. WOW, THERE'S A REALLY GOOD MOVIE. Wow, I love it. Wow, we made alot of money out of it!
NOW LET'S MAKE A SEQUEL.

TWO WORDS.
NO. THANKYOU.

Unfortunately, we live in the age of poorly written sequels written on the economical whim of companies/directors/producers. Sequels are no longer creative, planned matters. Sequels are now vomitted from the biros of money-crazed idiots, suddenly, and depend on the economic success of the innocent and usually worthy predecessor. If the movie is a flop, they don't bother. If the movie is a success, they think the public is DROOLING FOR MORE.
Which they'd find, if they'd take their noses out of their gold-driven world and pay some attention, IS NOT THE CASE.
These sequels are borne of 2 unfortunate factors in today's society, the first being greed and the second being today's high powered, rushed, stressed lifestyle.
For the people who want sequels, it may be a whim. They need to stop for a moment, and think, and watch the movie again. They need to take it in, to be truly happy with the movie, to enjoy it and to consider it from a serious point of view rather than a quick-to-judge, prejudiced view. Then, if they decide that the movie is suitable for a sequel, can they have their opinion.

Gone are the days when sequels are planned from the start, when the original story is created TO HAVE a sequel. Here are the days when a self-contained, complete, nourished story is then tainted by a spoiling, rude successor that spoils the original clarity, purity and meaning of the original film.

FOR GOODNESS SAKES, PEOPLE. IF YOU MAKE A MOVIE AND WANT A SEQUEL, MAKE THE STORY FLOW SO A SEQUEL IS NOT ABRUPT AND HORRIBLE!!! If you've created a story that begins and ends perfectly, and ALL COMPLICATIONS are solved, DO NOT MAKE A SEQUEL. Construct the story so that there is an underlying plot, or some kind of remaining problem! Either that, or CREATE INTENSE CURIOSITY at the end of the novel that FORESHADOWS what might happen in the future! AND THEN create a sequel!!!

Giving a movie a self-contained title also indicates it is a SELF-CONTAINED movie, yes? Therefore, if you want to make sequel/s, IMPLY that it is the first of 2, or the first in a series!

It is also an unfortunate fact that in today's society, empathy and true imagination is a dying art. Upon a self-contained movie (that hasn't been dogged by a sequel, thank goodness) if it is constructed so, the audience should be encouraged to think about what might happen afterwards, and decide, based upon their morals, what should happen and what they think about it. The movie-makers should think about this, should try and touch the audience through their movie, or make them laugh, or SOMETHING, not extract every last dollar from their wallet!
A sequel simply throws off this natural empathy and encouragement of human imagination! It creates an epilogue that demands attention and forces awkward canonicity.

However maybe it is the pure fact that the many learned critics out there who abhore sequels, do just that, that people keep making cheap sequels. They will see the movie scrupulously, critically, but nevertheless will see the movie. Word will get around about their abhoration and others will be keen to judge of their own accord. Human curiosity should not be manipulated in such a manner.

Having watched countless sequels who throw off the originality and creativity of the original movie and taint it with a spoiling of the imagination, I am endlessly disappointed by the efforts of people who are trying to demand the human imagination sets off on an electric-fenced, one way street.
Movie-making should be a heartfelt passion, not a whimful, money-crazed industry.


If you read this rant the whole way through and would like to flame me or kill me or something, I ask politely for you to please keep your opinions to yourself. I respect the opinions of other people however seek the right to express my own opinions also, which I have just done. Please consider that I do not wish to brainwash everyone into thinking my way, I just wanted to express an opinion.


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