Jurasic park syndrome.
i believe more people should know about this move phenomina....well i dont know if phenomina is the best word to describe it but indulge me. Jurasic park syndrome (JPS for short) is when a movie which starts out with a original/ground breaking idea follows up with a sequel that does nothing to improve on the original idea, like in jurasic park, honestly who didnt see the giant t-rex eye at the window or when the t-rex is bearing down on the jeep and think "cooool"? but when it came to the sequel you had seen it all before. it didnt do anything to push the boundries that it had set. we had already believed that dinosaurs had came back to life, it may be selfish but now i want to see more and thus JPS.
another case is the matrix. bullet time camera? awesome!!! but when it came to the sequel? yep, JPS. we had seen it all before.
surely it isnt too much to expect from a movie that if its going to spawn a sequel it at least tries to make it a worthy successor to its predisessor? it has been done, it can be done (just look at crank/crank 2 now there is a movie where no one can say they didnt take it further than the original....waaaaay further.).
Join the cause, say no to JPS movies! Demand more! Scream for it! threaten directors with pointy sticks! pointy sticks with...with....sea urchins on them! yes! Sea urchins! curstatious spicky things on pointy sticks! Prod them! Poke them! until they whimper and bleed from their armpits! until they agree to have their own mother be roundhouse kicked by chuck norris just to make the movie that much better! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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ahem
ok, miiiight have lost the plot there for a bit.
but my original point stands true
i believe more people should know about this move phenomina....well i dont know if phenomina is the best word to describe it but indulge me. Jurasic park syndrome (JPS for short) is when a movie which starts out with a original/ground breaking idea follows up with a sequel that does nothing to improve on the original idea, like in jurasic park, honestly who didnt see the giant t-rex eye at the window or when the t-rex is bearing down on the jeep and think "cooool"? but when it came to the sequel you had seen it all before. it didnt do anything to push the boundries that it had set. we had already believed that dinosaurs had came back to life, it may be selfish but now i want to see more and thus JPS.
another case is the matrix. bullet time camera? awesome!!! but when it came to the sequel? yep, JPS. we had seen it all before.
surely it isnt too much to expect from a movie that if its going to spawn a sequel it at least tries to make it a worthy successor to its predisessor? it has been done, it can be done (just look at crank/crank 2 now there is a movie where no one can say they didnt take it further than the original....waaaaay further.).
Join the cause, say no to JPS movies! Demand more! Scream for it! threaten directors with pointy sticks! pointy sticks with...with....sea urchins on them! yes! Sea urchins! curstatious spicky things on pointy sticks! Prod them! Poke them! until they whimper and bleed from their armpits! until they agree to have their own mother be roundhouse kicked by chuck norris just to make the movie that much better! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
ha
ha
ahem
ok, miiiight have lost the plot there for a bit.
but my original point stands true