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Movies that should have had a sequel but box office killed it
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:36 pm
I'm going to go ahead and nominate Dredd (2012) to this. I rewatched it the other day and this is just a damned good movie. The fact that Karl Urban goes full Dredd and is never seen with his helmet off is *chef's kiss*.
I'd also add (more of a personal preference than pretending they were universally loved) the Punisher movie with Thomas Jane, and Superman Returns (Brandon Routh). The Punisher is a guilty pleasure, and I felt Brandon Routh did a REALLY good job as the Reeve-esque Superman.
I'd also add (more of a personal preference than pretending they were universally loved) the Punisher movie with Thomas Jane, and Superman Returns (Brandon Routh). The Punisher is a guilty pleasure, and I felt Brandon Routh did a REALLY good job as the Reeve-esque Superman.
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Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:39 pm to LB84
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District 9
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:42 pm to skrayper
John Carter
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:43 pm to skrayper
Sucks that they weren't able to finish the trilogy for David Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
The Swedish versions are solid, but I really wanted to see the way Fincher would've handled the last two movies.
The Swedish versions are solid, but I really wanted to see the way Fincher would've handled the last two movies.
This post was edited on 11/13/24 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:45 pm to skrayper
My go-to for these threads is Master and Commander.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:50 pm to JetsetNuggs
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John Carter
What I was going to say. I think had they changed the title it might have done much better.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:50 pm to LSUPERMAN
Deep Rising
Posted on 11/13/24 at 1:52 pm to skrayper
Buckaroo Banzai and the World Crime League.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:17 pm to skrayper
Routh was solid and I liked parts of Superman Returns but I'm sorry everything plot and set piece related in that movie following the plane rescue was complete and total arse.
Kate Bosworth was a bad miscast as Lois Lane and that was made all the worse by having Parker Posey right there w/the look and acting chops to do it and instead wasting her on a lame Miss Tessmacher knockoff. Then all Supes does is lift heavier and heavier shite and we get another Lex land deal. Kal Penn as a henchman who has zero lines, not b/c he's mute, but purely b/c the henchmen got no lines? Yeah ok. The whole Superman is a deadbeat stalker father was a nice touch too.
Nah... Snyder gets a lot of shite for "not getting Superman" and rightly so but Bryan Singer should be getting just as much hell. While Signer obviously liked Donner's Superman he also clearly did not give a damn about the character or world it was based on at all.
Kate Bosworth was a bad miscast as Lois Lane and that was made all the worse by having Parker Posey right there w/the look and acting chops to do it and instead wasting her on a lame Miss Tessmacher knockoff. Then all Supes does is lift heavier and heavier shite and we get another Lex land deal. Kal Penn as a henchman who has zero lines, not b/c he's mute, but purely b/c the henchmen got no lines? Yeah ok. The whole Superman is a deadbeat stalker father was a nice touch too.
Nah... Snyder gets a lot of shite for "not getting Superman" and rightly so but Bryan Singer should be getting just as much hell. While Signer obviously liked Donner's Superman he also clearly did not give a damn about the character or world it was based on at all.
This post was edited on 11/13/24 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:17 pm to skrayper
The 4th Fantastic Beasts
The Divergent series movie #4
Mile 22
American Assassin
The Divergent series movie #4
Mile 22
American Assassin
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:25 pm to LSUPERMAN
didnt need one
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:28 pm to skrayper
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I'm going to go ahead and nominate Dredd (2012) to this. I rewatched it the other day and this is just a damned good movie. The fact that Karl Urban goes full Dredd and is never seen with his helmet off is *chef's kiss*.
this is soooo fricking true. i wish to god they would make one. Dredd is a movie i can watch on repeat.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:31 pm to Dr RC
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Superman Returns
Apparently 1/3 of that plot ended up on the editing room floor. The real plot was Superman returning to Krypton because of evidence that it might have survived, finding the devastation, returning to Earth, and then finding out that the whole “signal from Krypton” was a ploy from Luther. That’s why Luther said he was “returning the favor.” Also Kal Penn was the scientist that helped with the plot and it’s why he has no speaking lines.
Yes, Kate Bosworth was a terrible Lois Lane.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:36 pm to skrayper
Still holding out hope...
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:37 pm to mxs1998
quote:Completely agree.
Sucks that they weren't able to finish the trilogy for David Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
The Swedish versions are solid, but I really wanted to see the way FIncher would've handles the last two movies.
And in the same vein of a foreign trilogy with Daniel Craig, I was very disappointed they didn't finish out The Golden Compass. I believe they made TWO different TV shows, but I couldn't bring myself to watch them. I thought the movie was wonderfully close to the source material.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:37 pm to LB84
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District 9
That's one of those movies I was about 30 seconds away from walking out of. Then, all of a sudden...
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:52 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
My wife has all of the manga for that as well. It's really, really good.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:52 pm to TygerTyger
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Buckaroo Banzai and the World Crime League.
Hell to the yes, brother.
Posted on 11/13/24 at 2:59 pm to skrayper
Some great choices.
John Carter is my go-too. That was a very good movie, and the source material is very, very rich and deep. It didn't hit at the box office, but I've never met a person who, upon watching it, didn't like it a LOT. It could have been a huge franchise if it got some traction; I tend to think of Terminator and T2. Terminator was good but didn't actually blow things out at the box office (was a mild success), but T2 was a giant. The Barsoom series could have taken off like that too.
Man from UNCLE- I put this up with John Carter, for potential to be enormous. I didn't remember it hitting the theaters, eventually watched it on stream- and immediately thought "this is great, I want more". It is exactly what I want a retro spy movie to be, and the characters were fantastic.
John Carter is my go-too. That was a very good movie, and the source material is very, very rich and deep. It didn't hit at the box office, but I've never met a person who, upon watching it, didn't like it a LOT. It could have been a huge franchise if it got some traction; I tend to think of Terminator and T2. Terminator was good but didn't actually blow things out at the box office (was a mild success), but T2 was a giant. The Barsoom series could have taken off like that too.
Man from UNCLE- I put this up with John Carter, for potential to be enormous. I didn't remember it hitting the theaters, eventually watched it on stream- and immediately thought "this is great, I want more". It is exactly what I want a retro spy movie to be, and the characters were fantastic.
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