The fashion for sequels to finely crafted films about or for teens (and anyone above) was something that wasn't common until, well, Batman then Jurrassic Park (and Harry Potter, if people call those cashins (imo) well crafted).
The Never Ending Story got sequels but, generally, the 1980s was fascinating in creating many great standalone movies, almost as if in opposition to the trend for horror movies to have sequel after sequel. Lewis Carroll type material seemed popular eg Labyrinth , Return to Oz. But few of these films did well in the cinema and it took Batman, Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989 to really combine interesting concepts with popularity.
Straight to VHS / DVD was sometimes used in the 90s but Young Sherlock Holmes really found itself regarded as epically cult film rather than cult epic film so it would have been hard to recapture the mid 80s special magic of the first film although I'd have loved to see Sherlock as a student teacher himself in a sequel.
The Goonies II is supposed to be coming though.
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lathe-of-heaven
8 years ago
Yes, I think you are quite right...
Especially in the context of cinema at the time. Good insights, thanks!
A shame though, truly... They could have REALLY cranked out some nice sequels with a Young Sherlock Holmes solving and going through all these great adventures. I just REALLY loved the film and found it very entertaining, especially for Spielberg at the time, where a lot of his stuff usually struck me as a little too 'cutesy' for my taste. Damn, it would have been great. Too bad...
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There_Is_No_Sayid
8 years ago
I disagree. There was a well established history of sequels at this point although most were for action or horror movies. But you did have Back to the Future.
Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything.
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