The Shadow Part 2


IF the movie did well; there was going to be a HUGE line up of media related stuff for the Shadow. Kind of like when the 1st Tim Burton Batman movie broke records & everyone loved it. It was Batmania.

The studio was hoping the same would happen with the Shadow but sadly, it didn't.

I remember reading a while back that IF the movie did well that the villain for the Shadow Part 2 was going to be the Voodoo Master.

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I don't think many people at the time even knew who the shadow was, aside from some older people. its not at al like batman. the movie was acgually good if a bit cheesy, but the lack of familiarity is what I think made it not a huge success.

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Indeed.

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I remember the action figures. I kind of wanted them at the time.

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I would love that ring that would glow...so neat!

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Studio Executives need to learn that when a movie doesn't do well because the violence is low/non-graphic, the nudity is low or non-existent and the same with the profanity, the studio still should do a sequel, even if it still will not do well. This was a very good movie that back then and still today, does deserve a sequel. People who love a decent film still want to see them today, even if the audience is not very big. This was a marvelous, entertaining film. Alec Baldwin should play The Shadow since he is The Shadow.

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There was no way an unknown superhero in a shoddily written and directed film was ever going to spawn sequels or any kind of ‘mania’.

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