[HPFGU-Movie] Re: When is it a sequel?

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

I dont know about that but as long as they keep the same cast!!

I really dont care what you call it!

Kyle Longbottom 

Hufflepuff Prefect 



In a message dated 4/1/03 7:23:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, CLShannon at aol.com 
writes:

> 
> In a message dated 4/1/03 4:14:44 PM, bboy_mn at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> <<
> 
> Most sequels, as you pointed out, are simply a rehash of the same
> 
> premise with new characters and new settings. The same story with the
> 
> same gimmicks and usually with an ambiguous ending in case they decide
> 
> to remake the same movie one more time.  >>
> 
> I agree and I want to add that most 'sequels' in the movie sense are not 
> something that was intended when the first movie was written and produced. 
> More often than not, the first one is a hit and then the production company 
> 
> decides to do it again,  changing some plot elements, but keeping the same 
> characters and basic situation. For example, Home Alone 2, Gremlins 2, 
> Police 
> Academy 2, 3, 4, etc. These weren't conceived as 'multiple movie events' 
> from 
> the beginning, they were simply produced to capitalize on the popularity of 
> 
> the original movie.
> In that sense, Harry Potter films aren't sequels at all - they are 
> adaptations of the series of books that was originally conceived as seven 
> books telling one continuous story. As for Lord of the Rings - well, that 
> was 
> originally all one book, so technically, the movies are all just one 
> adaptation of one book. The publisher a long time ago divided it into three 
> 
> parts and luckily for us, New Line Cinema decided that it would take three 
> films to tell the story ;-)
> Cindy



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