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This movie had to have been made as a joke

posted 12 years ago by westal_sage
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Maybe somebody lost a bet? Or they wouldn't let them out of the contract so they purposefully made a bomb? It couldn't be much worse if they were trying to be as bad as possible.

[–] JohnQ1127 11 years ago

I think the studios back in the 1970's used to just bleed movies & sequels dry until there was nothing left.

[–] jonbecker03 11 years ago

they still do it.
Jonathan Becker

[–] JohnQ1127 11 years ago

Not as much as they did in the 1970's-1980's. Now they're much more calculated about sequels and the production values usually stay rather high. I would say in general that sequels are much better on average in the last 10-15 years than they were in 1970's. They would cut production values back drastically on those 1970's sequels.

[–] stones78 11 years ago

blame Jaws 2.

[–] Catnip86 11 years ago

Either that or they just remake movies. Poorly.

[–] harmisjack 11 years ago

Or make prequels (If possible).

Don't you know history repeats itself? Hmm Sid?- Scream 2