Trilogies

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

I was thinking today, how is it that most movie franchises stop at 3? Is this the magic number? Is 2 to few, and 4 too many??

Think about it....

The Godfather trilogy
The Lord of The Rings trilogy
Indiana Jones triology
Ocean's 11 (the third one comes out this summer)
Star Wars (trilogy 1, then trilogy 2 respectively)
Pirate's of the Caribbean trilogy
Alien trilogy

I challenge everyone to think of a movie franchise where the 4th, 5th or 6th movie was as good as the first three!?? Or how about a film that deserved more than 2, but stopped too soon?

And why was there no "Revenge of the Nerds 3"? :blank:

[Eyez Neverclear]

Mr. Han Solo has been trying to get a 4th Indian Jones made for at least 10 years but his and Mr Genious Producer Man never have similar enough schedules to get it done. Can you imagine a 55 year old Indy :O

[swiss miss]

im looking forward to the final instalment of the bourne series: bourne ultimatum...... or maybe it wont be the final one, they are so far away from the book now that it might run and run, which would be good :)

[TJ60]

Mr. Han Solo has been trying to get a 4th Indian Jones made for at least 10 years but his and Mr Genious Producer Man never have similar enough schedules to get it done. Can you imagine a 55 year old Indy :O


it's a done deal now, http://www.indianajones.com/community/news/news20070102.html

the matrix
scream
rocky has 6 movies :D
dawn of the dead, day of the dead, land of the dead



Lethal Weapon didn't do to bad for having 4 movies in the series(Y)

[swiss miss]

hasnt there been tonnes of Die Hard movies too?? just die you tw*t - the first one was good, others ones....... not so much

[TJ60]

hasnt there been tonnes of Die Hard movies too?? just die you tw*t - the first one was good, others ones....... not so much


another one is fixing to come out too this spring lol

[Pirate Hooker with Monkey]

hasnt there been tonnes of Die Hard movies too?? just die you tw*t - the first one was good, others ones....... not so much

**spoiler alert**








Yup, a new Diehard will be coming out this year. Bruce Willis only agreed to do it if they would kill off his character :)

[DnD]

Austin Powers has 3 i believe

[KACK]

I was thinking today, how is it that most movie franchises stop at 3? Is this the magic number? Is 2 to few, and 4 too many??

Think about it....

The Godfather trilogy
The Lord of The Rings trilogy
Indiana Jones triology
Ocean's 11 (the third one comes out this summer)
Star Wars (trilogy 1, then trilogy 2 respectively)
Pirate's of the Caribbean trilogy
Alien trilogy

I challenge everyone to think of a movie franchise where the 4th, 5th or 6th movie was as good as the first three!?? Or how about a film that deserved more than 2, but stopped too soon?

And why was there no "Revenge of the Nerds 3"? :blank:
theres 3? i think i missed one of them

[swiss miss]

25th May is the release date for Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

[Eyez Neverclear]

im looking forward to the final instalment of the bourne series: bourne ultimatum...... or maybe it wont be the final one, they are so far away from the book now that it might run and run, which would be good :)

If you like those then read the books. I read them all last year and was amazed at how much they changed for those movies. I enjoyed both movies so far but they are an extremely terrible shadow of the books. They changed everything but the premise of the story. Even Bourne himself is a far different character in the movie than he was supposed to be.

They can be a tough read at times though, just a warning.

[Beli]

i thought the movie was shit compared to the books. the books were wonderful. but the movie missed so much of the story.

[swiss miss]

youre right of course beli but i do like the films
Im struggling to think of a movie better than the book that it was based on, anyone???

[TJ60]

give me a example of what they changed please.

[DnD]

i never read the books, but i didnt even like the bourne movies. i was like, yea wow he kicks ass, big deal.

[KACK]

25th May is the release date for Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

oh the monkey should hav said that. thx swiss miss

[Eyez Neverclear]

give me a example of what they changed please.

Bourne was apart of an ex secret co-op unit put together from actually criminals to do the dirtiest of work for the US goverment. They took down leaders, stole money, assassinated the big boys, that kind of stuff and it was all hush hush type stuff. Well they send Bourne alone on a mission to kill some super contract killer in Europe that does basically the same thing that group did as a merc. Well things don't go so well, he's shot and left for dead somewhere. Well when he wakes back up his memory is gone. There's that basic premise as in the movie but the entire set up of Bourne's previously life and exsistence is skipped over and is a huge part of the novels.

Well when he wakes up he goes about using his skills that he doesn't know quite why he has and pieces info together here and there for. But in the movies where he's always running from the us government in the movies in the book he's mostly running after that European merc and trying to piece his real identity together. He sort of made amens with the US government at the end of the 1st book...... He met his wife in the first book, the one from the 1st movie but where the movies kill her off in the beginning of movie 2 she's actually a big part of his life all the way through the series. In fact the 2nd story is all about her being abducted and he's trying to track her down in Hong Kong and China.

Anyways Jock I could go on forever but basically the books are about him trying to get this killer merc and the killer trying to get him, him keeping his wife safe, family later on as they have kids, and trying to figure his way out of f'd up situations the government coherces him into. There's a little more that I don't wanna say because I'm hoping it comes out in the 3rd movie and I don't wanna blow it for you but seeing as they are waiting this long to show some of it it drives me nuts. There are major things to do with Bourne himself that they've yet to reveal and I'm not sure they ever will. They've basically made a completely different character...... oh and by the 3rd book he's 50 years old, an old man barely being able to do what he used to be able to do. They skip over him having known for years who he really is, and why he's done the things he's done. Whereas, in the movies its going on the finally and he' still young and just about to learn his real name.

I just recently got the 4th and newest book in the series, but I haven't started reading it yet as I'm worried its not gonna be the same. Its a new writer taking over another man's character. Seems a little sketchy to me, but I'll give it a try

[Beli]

you read it and let me know if it is worth reading :)

[TJ60]

kewl, i'll check it out (y)

[odd th0mas]

Bourne was apart of an ex secret co-op unit put together from actually criminals to do the dirtiest of work for the US goverment. They took down leaders, stole money, assassinated the big boys, that kind of stuff and it was all hush hush type stuff. Well they send Bourne alone on a mission to kill some super contract killer in Europe that does basically the same thing that group did as a merc. Well things don't go so well, he's shot and left for dead somewhere. Well when he wakes back up his memory is gone. There's that basic premise as in the movie but the entire set up of Bourne's previously life and exsistence is skipped over and is a huge part of the novels.

Well when he wakes up he goes about using his skills that he doesn't know quite why he has and pieces info together here and there for. But in the movies where he's always running from the us government in the movies in the book he's mostly running after that European merc and trying to piece his real identity together. He sort of made amens with the US government at the end of the 1st book...... He met his wife in the first book, the one from the 1st movie but where the movies kill her off in the beginning of movie 2 she's actually a big part of his life all the way through the series. In fact the 2nd story is all about her being abducted and he's trying to track her down in Hong Kong and China.

Anyways Jock I could go on forever but basically the books are about him trying to get this killer merc and the killer trying to get him, him keeping his wife safe, family later on as they have kids, and trying to figure his way out of f'd up situations the government coherces him into. There's a little more that I don't wanna say because I'm hoping it comes out in the 3rd movie and I don't wanna blow it for you but seeing as they are waiting this long to show some of it it drives me nuts. There are major things to do with Bourne himself that they've yet to reveal and I'm not sure they ever will. They've basically made a completely different character...... oh and by the 3rd book he's 50 years old, an old man barely being able to do what he used to be able to do. They skip over him having known for years who he really is, and why he's done the things he's done. Whereas, in the movies its going on the finally and he' still young and just about to learn his real name.

I just recently got the 4th and newest book in the series, but I haven't started reading it yet as I'm worried its not gonna be the same. Its a new writer taking over another man's character. Seems a little sketchy to me, but I'll give it a try

i've been tempted by these books at local library. i think the trailers i've seen of movie are what's prevented me from checking em out. sometimes i get corrupted from a good book cause i wait too long to read it, then terrible movie-version comes out and ruins it for me!

[Dymond]

Alright back to the thread..

Harry Potter Series?

Shrek..3 is in coming but 4 is already in the works..

Aliens Quadrilogy

James Bond..all of them..

Pink Panther series..

Thats all off the top of my head..

[Eyez Neverclear]

I just saw a trailer for the new Hannibal movie earlier and was reminded that this will be the 4th movie based on that character. And I couldn't be happier. I love that kind of sick and twisted world in my movies. No Anthony Hopkins but I'm still excited :)

[Buckledmac]

I just saw a trailer for the new Hannibal movie earlier and was reminded that this will be the 4th movie based on that character. And I couldn't be happier. I love that kind of sick and twisted world in my movies. No Anthony Hopkins but I'm still excited :)

theres actually 4 based on the character already, the original movie was pre hopkins

i like the back2the future trilogy myself

[TJ60]

are u talking about the red dragon remake that had the guy that plays Grissom on CSI?

[Buckledmac]

i think the number of movies in a series these days relates purely to the amount of $$$ they make at the box office

rambo, rocky, die hard, indiana jones, beverly hills cops - all making comebacks recently

[Cowboy From Hell]

Rambo 4 is on the making :|

[TJ60]

i was thinking the same thing, beverley hills cop 4?

[Eyez Neverclear]

theres actually 4 based on the character already, the original movie was pre hopkins

i like the back2the future trilogy myself

Well technically that earlier one that preceded Silence of the Lambs was remade as the Red Dragon. So there was 4 movies already but just 3 stories..... Or at least thats what I was told :|

And I loved the B2TF triology too. I just got done rewatching #1 and #2 in the last few weeks because AMC is ran them throughout January. I still wanna go back in time with a sports almanac ;)

[TJ60]

the movie with the william peterson in 1986 was called manhunter and was remade and called red dragon...


sidenote: i didn't know he played Pat Garrett in young gunz II

[Buckledmac]

yeah your right it was a remake

i knew he was pat garrett on your sidenote lol.....and young guns rocked :tongue:

[Buckledmac]

jackie chan's police story triliogy is enjoyable to

[Puppy Dogs and Ice Cream]

the new hannibal one is called hanibal rising starts as hanibal as a kid to late teen

so you have
red dragon
silence of the lambs
hanibal
hanibal rising

for the record there was only 2 debbie does dallas best series ever they need new one

[Dymond]

Debbie does Tung?

the original Debbie died didn't she?

[TJ60]

the new hannibal one is called hanibal rising starts as hanibal as a kid to late teen

so you have
red dragon
silence of the lambs
hanibal
hanibal rising

for the record there was only 2 debbie does dallas best series ever they need new one


manhunter was before them all and was redone as red dragon and they were released in this order:

manhunter, silence of the lambs, hanibal, red dragon, hanibal rising

[Eyez Neverclear]

manhunter was before them all and was redone as red dragon and they were released in this order:

manhunter, silence of the lambs, hanibal, red dragon, hanibal rising

Nah Manhunter was done by someone completely different and not within the same series, although based on the same subject.

I dragged Kitty to see Hannibal Rising with me Sunday night and I liked it. It wasn't as good as SOTL or Hannibal but I think it was on par with Red Dragon. There are no big name actors in this one and you definetly feel it throughout the movie but overall I think it does a great job of doing exactly what they set out to do; show you what exactly lead to the Hannibal character becoming what he was in the previous movies.

I'll watch it again and add it to my collection of the series when it comes out on dvd. I have a special place in my heart for the truely demented movies that are more than just gore (a)