Rex Dark said:
Well... I liked the Star Wars prequels...
I don't understand what people have agains Jar Jar Binks or medichlorians, but I guess I wasn't born yet when the original trilogy came out.
Jar Jar is awful. He sounds awful, he looks awful and everything about him and his stupid planet pisses me off. It might seem a bit silly to say that when you consider the bears of SW6...but even as awful and cutesy they were...they were miles better than Jar Jar & Co.
What really ticks me off about the prequel trilogy though is Hayden C. He has to be the WORST actor in the world. I dont think I can name ONE other actor that not only is bland and a terrible actor, but I actually grow annoyed when looking at him. And the annoyance just grows into anger by the minute. And to have him portray one of the most iconic villains of all time...is a failure of cosmic proportions.
I enjoy a good sequel. And when a sequel is about something I like, I'll most likely watch it, but as a consumer...I learn, if somewhat slowly. I loved the first Transformers. I loved the second (if we can subtract the homiebots, they come in right after Hayden C. on my annoyance scale). The 3rd...oh lawd. Mark Wahlberg made me see T4, and even if it was several notches up from anyone but the first...it was still dumb.
What bothers me most about sequels is that they are SO often just wasted potential. Its like I can actually hear the suits go "That movie was a success. Hurry, spin a sequel so we can capitalize!"
And instead they could go "That movie was a success. Lets try to analyze it a bit and find out WHY it was a success, BUILD on that, and give the audience more of the same, just better. And then....they will come back for thirds, and even fourths! :O " How hard can it be?
I dont think sequels are a big problem, at some point they kill themselves off and we get new IPs either way, but bad sequels....that IS a problem.