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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I interpreted your comment in the context of this post to mean you thought there wasn’t a sequel to District 9 because Hollywood didn’t want to take the risk

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah, I’m coming down hard on sequels for their own sake. I only really want to see a sequel to anything if the writer has something to say. With some sequels the point of the thing is the spectacle itself (looking at you, John Wick), so that’s alright I guess. There’s room for sequels, but it has to have some reason to exist beyond bankability.

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    • fishpen0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like this thread because two people finished a conversation with reasonable candor without shitting on eachother over a basic misunderstanding and doubling down after realizing they were on the same side but had already gone too far.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yesterday was a good Lemmy day for me. I had another great series of conversations on another post with people I didn’t agree with and everyone was respectful of each other’s opinions.

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      • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah I think that’s how people normally act, the toxic online dynamic is hardly inevitable, like we’re evolving into crabs or something

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ooh my bad, then we are absolutely on the same page. There’s plenty of good sequels but the majority are worse than the original (in my opinion at least)

      You nailed it with the last sentence. Some sequels are made for the love of it and that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re good films BUT the cashgrab films almost never are.

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      • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s a shame the spotlight is being monopolized by big studios doing reboots and sequels in an age of democratized creative tools and access. Indie and low budget should be having a renaissance. There’s some good stuff coming out of Bollywood too now.

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