Joe Dante´s GREMLINS is a masterpiece.
To me is a metaphor
of what NOT TO DO IN A SEQUEL
Remember Gizmo?
1. Don’t give him water
2. Don’t let him near bright light
3. Don’t feed him after midnight
It’s the same thing with sequels!
But production companies, high executives, stubborn directors or screenwriters don’t understand this.
They live by one RULE. THE Blockbuster RULE.
JUST DO ANOTHER!
For me if you are doing a SEQUEL
The three rules
1)STORY: Don´t tell the same plot. Be creative
2)CHARACTERS: Throw narrative curves. Be unexpected
3)ENDING: Don´t treat the audience as fools.
Be respectful
Check out:
Bill & Ted´s Bogus Journey
Airplane 2: The Sequel
Return to Oz
Before Sunset
The Bourne Supremacy
The Empire Strikes Back
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Godfather Part II
Aliens
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