I had lots of revelations this weekend. The most persistent being the "normalcy" of perhaps being "normal" or at least having one main job focus settling over me.
The other had something to do with time as a circle OR what if humans/life has evolved and destroyed itself up to a total of three times, hence explaining the pyramids and crystal skulls...
A more relevant one is the move of Movies to a new and higher connectivity. It used to be if you wanted another movie with the same characters you did a remake. Then you did sequels. Then you did sequels and remakes of movies only 10 years old. Then you did sequels of movies like 30 years old. Ten you didn't tell the whole story in the first movie so you could do a trilogy.
We've even had tv shows grown out of movies. Though those are less popular...
Well, now the movies are taking a cue from the Comic Book world. It is no surprise that they are using the existing comic book characters to do it either (this way they can still work in the good old remake, (book stealers as well should be thrilled) yet with a new spin to it.).
Comic books have characters meeting each other and series spin offs. The inter-connectivity of comic books is actually quite amazing and whole "bibles" are created to keep a consistency between series.
But now movies are tackling this game. Will it succeed or not? Mainly I am speaking of the preparation of the Avengers movie. (SHEILD) Instead of just doing a SHEILD movie they are actually writing other movies to prepare you for it. The Hulk and Iron man were already connected, and now (with a blip of after credit savvy) Thor and Ironman are connected.
In the comic world its easy to use characters, but in the movie world to keep their consistency they have to (well I guess they don't HAVE to but they are, which is kind of amazing when you think of it) keep the same actors!
Gone are the days of simply making a movie. They are connecting them in ways not seen since Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (and even those were merely characters with no real connection to the other films).
On one hand, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. On the other, I wonder if it is really sustainable and if this should be some red light warning about how much of our movie enjoyment is controlled by a small number of studios and actors.
Either way, I'm sure it is some kind of history in the making, and I must say I'm proud of them for thinking bigger, even if they are technically still stealing the idea from an existing form.
The other had something to do with time as a circle OR what if humans/life has evolved and destroyed itself up to a total of three times, hence explaining the pyramids and crystal skulls...
A more relevant one is the move of Movies to a new and higher connectivity. It used to be if you wanted another movie with the same characters you did a remake. Then you did sequels. Then you did sequels and remakes of movies only 10 years old. Then you did sequels of movies like 30 years old. Ten you didn't tell the whole story in the first movie so you could do a trilogy.
We've even had tv shows grown out of movies. Though those are less popular...
Well, now the movies are taking a cue from the Comic Book world. It is no surprise that they are using the existing comic book characters to do it either (this way they can still work in the good old remake, (book stealers as well should be thrilled) yet with a new spin to it.).
Comic books have characters meeting each other and series spin offs. The inter-connectivity of comic books is actually quite amazing and whole "bibles" are created to keep a consistency between series.
But now movies are tackling this game. Will it succeed or not? Mainly I am speaking of the preparation of the Avengers movie. (SHEILD) Instead of just doing a SHEILD movie they are actually writing other movies to prepare you for it. The Hulk and Iron man were already connected, and now (with a blip of after credit savvy) Thor and Ironman are connected.
In the comic world its easy to use characters, but in the movie world to keep their consistency they have to (well I guess they don't HAVE to but they are, which is kind of amazing when you think of it) keep the same actors!
Gone are the days of simply making a movie. They are connecting them in ways not seen since Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (and even those were merely characters with no real connection to the other films).
On one hand, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. On the other, I wonder if it is really sustainable and if this should be some red light warning about how much of our movie enjoyment is controlled by a small number of studios and actors.
Either way, I'm sure it is some kind of history in the making, and I must say I'm proud of them for thinking bigger, even if they are technically still stealing the idea from an existing form.
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