Without a doubt. Still, that one twist could well have saved the prequels. There was no twist in the sequels, there should have been one, and Jar Jar suddenly getting all serious and evil would have been awesome and redeemed the character.

Don't believe this was the plan at all, of course, but it *would* have been a good idea.

My Halloween movie recommendations based upon this video:

V/H/S, The Last Broadcast, The Blair Witch Project (not the sequel dear GOD), It Follows (soon to have a sequel "Follow It"), The Babadook, and anything spawned from Koji Suzuki's Ring Trilogy -- I bet you didn't know there were THAT many Ring movies, did you? 3 American films (one is a short film), 7 Japanese films, 1 Korean film, 2 Japanese television series, and 1 more American film on the way, executive produced by Guillermo del Toro.

Happy Hallo-fuckin-ween!

It really is only a limited time before we turn a city or state into a prison; I think Escape from Detroit might become a real sequel.

Never so badly have I wanted to see a sequel to a 15 second video.

I got about 15 just for the challenge, but to me this is just another example of pop culture eating its own feces. Apparently all that's left is unoriginal gimmicky derivative tributes samples homages parodies remakes sequels, etc. I blame Tarantino.

At least "iconic" wasn't used anywhere in the description.

Pigeon Dating Game HAS A SEQUEL!! -- http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/stories/s4264786.htm

I like both T1 and T2. T2 would be higher to me. Like Aliens and Alien. I love both. Aliens 2 is higher to me. All the rest of the sequels and spinoffs, bleh!

Considering the dick-waiving that the whole Star Trek vs Star Wars thing always devolves into, I actually enjoyed the light-heartedness of this skit.

That said, the purpose of the stories told by each is meant to be completely different. That Star Wars goes for the simpler, classic hero's journey doesn't make it a lesser work, it just has a more singular focus, and the original trilogy did it well. But when you have a strong foundation like that, you really can't expand on it without losing a lot of the charm of the basic story. That's part of why the sequels were so disappointing. They couldn't retell the hero's journey without being a rehash, and by focusing on the hero's downfall, they had to up the complexity of the plot. But how complex can you make a plot before it just drags the movie down? (The exception was Clone Wars, which was able to circumvent this because it had more space to tell the story.)

This is why I am fairly certain that the new Star Wars movies will be lacking. They can either go the simple route and end up with a rehash, or the complex route, and end up with a similar mess to the prequels. There's a fine line they need to ride in order to make a good set of movies, but there are a lot of things working against them, from the expectations of the Star Wars fans, to the concessions writers have to make to appeal to the mass audience of modern movies. (To say nothing of Abrams, whose insultingly abysmal treatment of Star Trek gives me little confidence.)

Now on the Star Trek end, the stories are meant to be more complex, with commentaries on philosophy, modern politics, and the human condition (as well as showing the unique technological possibilities that the future held). Most of the stories were designed for introspection, and that's a major part of what made the show popular.

But if you lose that introspection and focus on action and special effects, the stories become empty. This is why many of the later movies, which again had to focus on mass appeal, were so lacking. (Movies like Wrath of Khan, Undiscovered Country, Generations, and First Contact avoided this because they were able to draw on the richness of the show to round out the themes they were trying to express, but even still, they weren't quite up to par to the shows when it came to the fundamental concepts of Star Trek.) The same goes for much of Voyager and Enterprise, which often ended up going more for appeal than intellect. (Perhaps the writers ran out of things to say, perhaps the audience just got dumber, who knows.)

So in the end, which one is nerdier? Star Trek, hands down, and as ChaosEngine said, it's a good thing.

Which one is better? That depends on what kind of story you're looking for.

But in the end, there's no denying . . .


Riker is a freaking boss.

It ain't cool until there's piranhas in there. Hasn't anybody seen 'You Only Live Twice'*?


* Not the sequel to YOLO!

Need sequels, longer, etc.

Please tell me there's a sequel when the local tree mob comes out to clear the tree away from the line in typical Russian fashion!

Yes the fact that he never removed his helmet made his character more than human, something unknowable. Combine it with Urban's best performance to do date in my mind, and you have an absolute cult classic of a movie.

I didn't get a sequel because it performed rather poorly at the box office. Whether it was poor marketing or heavy competition the week of release. But clearly it's become a hit since then.

Seriously.... why didn't this get a sequel? It was awesome.

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Vacation had some good sequels.
What you mean, I think, is :Not every classic movie needs to be remade.