The dawn of the Digital Age seems to coincide with the decline of quality content coming out of Hollywood...
I never expect much from sequels - which is not to sound cynical, but the fact being that they are generally repetitive in nature.
Even if the original film were well done; sequels will be, necessarily, inherently, comparatively, considerably
less original - and likely tainted by itchy-palmed executives apt to regard foremost those elements determined to have made the original film successful - with a subsequent directive to double-down on such (rendering sequels unlikely to be anything other than redundant).
But not everyone seems to mind the repetition, perhaps especially where and when it were so fondly found the first time around... However, I’d say that
inspiration is permanently altered by
reaction - and typically so beyond any fair recognition of the original work; it may be difficult for some to admit that what remains is often mere incontrovertible nostalgia…
Worse yet than certain-to-disappoint sequels, in my opinion, are
prequels. With perhaps a few exceptions, these disjointed productions tend to be so incoherently cobbled that they may have had a snowball’s chance at worth if presented as entirely separate from their fosters, rather than attached by some tenuous or anomalous plot element prone to fail under even the most cursory of logic. In general, prequels seem to be no more than shameful attempts to transform the successful singular into a franchise.
I don’t believe that any of the films mentioned in this thread were independent productions, which is to say that the mega-studios of Hollywood have a relatively new form of competition in the current era.
Cinema has been suddenly challenged by amateurs with phone cams and “found footage” fodder for the masses, available at practically no cost. This means that the big-budget productions may be scrambling and squandering expenses simply to distinguish themselves; quality seems to have been lately downgraded to a tertiary consideration, substantial only
after the prospects of profit and popularity, if at all.
Nevertheless, on an optimistic note, it is always only culturally environmental, and will therefore inevitably progress into whatever will be next in the cycle. I suspect that Hollywood will eventually find a foothold in this shifting landscape, from which they may recover.
In the interim, I will endeavor to understand that their position is likely one of desperation among chaos, and try not to judge any of the individual talents thereof that may have all but gone into survival mode.
But the course will most naturally adjust, and all these matters ought to improve with time…
PS: Jack Sparrow still seems unnecessarily, and inexplicably,
prissy…
PPS: On an entirely irrelevant note…
Does anyone know if this Geena Sculpt would be compatible with a Phicen body?
