Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Sequels that thankfully never happened



From imakenews.com, Some of the worst films ever made are, in fact, sequels to some of the best films ever made. While some have gotten it right (Godfather II, anyone?), many more have left people longing for the originals. Luckily, some studio executives had the wherewithal to put the kibosh on these prospective sequels.

Just a few short weeks after the release of the smash hit E.T., director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison reunited to write a treatment for a proposed sequel. It sounded like a good idea, until you read the treatment. Seems the duo planned to turn the heartwarming family classic into a total fear fest. The proposed story called for a new breed of evil aliens to come crashing down to earth and abduct the film’s main child protagonists, and charged poor little E.T. with their rescue. Yikes.

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3 comments:

DKC said...

"Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian"?

How could that have been bad?!?

Catfreeek said...

Hahahaha!

Octopunk said...

Zing.

I can't believe how much the writer gets confused about the Batman movies. Shumacher's Batman flicks weren't self-contained as if they could go on to be a trilogy, and DUH -- Cillian Murphy starred in Nolan's flicks, which came thirteen goddamn years later. Get a clue, dude.

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