RIP Originality
June 14, 2007A random scatter shot look at the big films out recently, or coming out this year:
300 : Based on Graphic Novel
28 Weeks Later : Sequel
Spider-Man 3 – 2nd film in series based on comic-book
Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer : Sequel based on comic-book.
Die Hard4.0 : 3rd sequel
The Departed : Remake
Ocean’s Thirteen : 2nd sequel of a REMAKE
Shrek 3 : 3rd film in series
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix : 5th film in a series based on books
Transformers – The Movie : A movie based on a cartoon based on a toy
Rocky Balboa : a 5th sequel, coming 16 years after the last
John Rambo : a 4th sequel coming 20 years after the last…
Pirates of the Caribbean ;-At Worlds End : A 2nd sequel based on a movie based on a FUCKING ROLLERCOASTER.
I mean I like some of these films, I love some of them and I’m looking forward to others. But jesus…are there any original stories left?
I hear they are making a big budget movie picture hollywood blockbuster film about that guy who went to the BBC for a job interview and ended up on the news taking about e-commerce and looking very nervous. My LA sources say Will Smith will play the hapless, ant-hero lead character and Bruce Willis is lined up to take the role of the Welsh fucker who reads the 9 O’clock news. Expect cameo roles from Glenn Close as the highly stressed head of the BBC and a super CGI cameo from dead Marlon Brando as Rupert Murdoch who is secretly plotting to blow up BBC two and take control of the British airwaves.
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