The question to the answer
Dec. 28th, 2010 11:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I walked into the office and heard someone say, "Wrath of Khan ... Superman II ... Empire Strikes Back ... "
And with the third title I was confident I knew what the question had been.
And with the third title I was confident I knew what the question had been.
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Date: 2010-12-28 11:06 pm (UTC)As the young folk say.
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Date: 2010-12-28 08:31 pm (UTC)Now, if the titles had been Stagecoach, The Long Goodbye, and Empire Strikes Back, I could have told you that question.
ETA: WAIT WAIT -- sequels better than the original?
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Date: 2010-12-28 10:06 pm (UTC)If it's not limited to movies, the all-time standout in the category of sequels better than the original is Huck Finn.
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Date: 2010-12-28 10:20 pm (UTC)Regarding Superman II, as I was walking away from the conversation I quoted, the second person (who had apparently asked the question) said, "Well, with Superman II ... " I think it's safe to say that not everybody agrees it's better than the first movie, although I'm one who thinks so. Less pomp and iconography, more cheesy fun.
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Date: 2010-12-28 10:34 pm (UTC)Well, that's not entirely true, i do have an enduring memory from "Superman," which is my complete and utter outrage, even tho' i saw these when they came out so i must have only been about 7 or so, that Superman "turned back time" by making the Earth spin backwards. I was SO ANGRY, because if you make time go backward for 1 event by turning the earth backward, then you make time go backward for everything. So while he brought Lois back to life, he also undid all the villain-defeated he just did, too.
Ahhh, i should have known then what a huge colossal nerd i was.
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Date: 2010-12-28 11:45 pm (UTC)Another sequel novel generally considered to surpass its predecessor, in scope if not necessarily in quality, is The Lord of the Rings.
Among movies, how about The Road Warrior over Mad Max?
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Date: 2010-12-29 08:36 am (UTC)Perhaps they were confusing the finished product with the footage Donner shot before Lester took over.
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Date: 2010-12-29 07:36 pm (UTC)That opening sequence is a giggle. I filled Mikey in on the historical background before we watched the movie (including the absent Polidori and Claremont). I take it you've seen Ken Russell's stridently bonkers Gothic?
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Date: 2010-12-29 07:43 pm (UTC)There was another movie about Shelley, Keats, and Byron that I saw around the same time that also underwhelmed. So much so that I can't even remember what it was called.
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Date: 2010-12-29 07:49 pm (UTC)ps. Just realised I mis-spelt Clairmont. I blame Marvel Comics.
pps. Neither movie featured Keats, although he was alive at the time.
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