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Ambitious or foolish?

posted 2 years ago by VanZan (842)
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Four sequels to a thirteen year old movie...God knows what will happen if no one goes to see this one.

Both. It's kind of neat to see James Cameron try to establish a new sci-fi franchise. But it's a huge risk doing it more than a decade later.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 2 years ago

I'm "take it or leave it" on the original, but I agree with you on both counts.

[–] huwdj (4562) 2 years ago

I hadn't thought of this as a deliberate attempt at franchise building but you're right. I really liked the first one though I missed it at the cinema so I'm looking forward to these on the big screen.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16300) 2 years ago

Once he announced he was doing not one but four movie movies, I realized "oh he wants this to be his Star Wars".

[–] TandyMan (10433) 2 years ago

Since all the other scifi franchises got murdered, we could use a new one.

[–] rateater (9339) 2 years ago

i think it's ambitious and will do well.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Four sequels (and expensive ones at that) to a movie that did well financially but told a well-trodden story is quite ambitious, especially with the development time and technologies involved.

Cameron obviously has a story to tell in a world he wants us to experience, but it could all backfire on him in diminishing box-office returns. This story had better be interesting.

[–] Boricanator (1376) 2 years ago

The first one is a masterpiece. Can’t wait to see more!