#sequelitis

[ultraericthered]

I'm just gonna come out and say it

King Magnifico was a way better villain than Nalo.

I've said before that Magnifico as a villain is "a basketball wobbling along the rim before falling through the basket rather than a straight slam dunk." In comparison, Nalo kept the basketball at home and never even showed up to play. So his character and motivations for villainy are even more nebulous than Magnifico in Wish's first half.

For right now, at least. I know Nalo was concieved to be the Zhan Tiri of Moana's show before that content got forced into a theatrical film, so should we get an actual Disney+ series or a Moana 3 some day to follow the hanging threads, maybe he'll evolve into something better.

Matangi seems pretty neat though. More of her please? Especially if she and Tamatoa get to interact: think of all the possibilites there!

[mbharestuff]

Blair Witch Project is such a weird landmark in horror history. It's so influential (and lucrative) that everyone wants to make a sequel, but it's a film where the entire point is that you can't successfully document the truly nightmarish.

Make THAT into an IP.

[ruindunburnit]

Being really real for a second, I would find it in my heart to forgive Hollywood's terrible case of Sequelitis if -- and only if -- the success of the Wicked musical films leads to a stage musical and film sequel loosely based on the book 'Son of a Witch', following the musical's canon, with the same composer and lyricist. That's the only caveat.

[tronmike82]

If Disney fucks up zootopia 2; I’m gonna burn down their studio.

[abuddyforeveryseason]

This is the Buddy for October 13th. It's looking kinda sketchy. It's funny, I've been drawing for a long time, now, and this sketch still looks a lot like the type of drawings I'd make when I was like 12. I remember I had an idea for a comic, something pretty simple, about a girl named Penny who discovered a sort of wainscot society of people living in abandoned subway tunnels. It was one of those things where the story was simple because it was a "classic" and all the style would come from the way the stories were told. I drew the first page and it wasn't too different from this, but I must've destroyed it in a fit of shame a few years later.

Today's Buddy could be conseidered a sequel to the Buddy for May 17th. I know a lot of people dislike sequels in movies and books and stuff, because they think the sequels are proof writers are out of ideas. And it's funny since the writers must also be annoyed that they're stuck writing sequels because that's what people want, when they have a bunch of new ideas they want to try.

Like how Arthur Conan Doyle was sick of writing Sherlock Holmes stories.

I think there's a kernel of truth to both sides of the argument. On one hand, being able to write a good sequel, even (or especially) if there wasn't one planned, is a skill some writers have, and it takes a lot of creativity and intelligence. And it's also a challenge to a writer's limitations. I know some writers are so hacky, they're unable to concieve of a story that isn't supported by a handful of cliches - characters should be young, competitive and have romantic interest punctuated by arguments with other characters. Then, when the story ends, they get married. You ask that guy to write a sequel, he'll be completely lost - how is he supposed to write about a married couple? Once the story's over, the characters don't exist anymore. Can you imagine if Superman was happily married to Lois Lane? Who would he try to hide his secret identity from?

That's why sometimes, a fresh take on a sequel is so interesting. Because it's sailing through uncharted territory. And that's why so many great stories are "sequels", if not to the letter, at least in the way they build from a previous culture of storytelling concepts.

One example I have in mind is the more recent seasons of Stranger Things - that's a show that, for better of for worse, is built upon stangnated tropes of eighties bike-riding childhood adventures and evil corporations' secret experiments. Then came the sequels and the show went off in different directions, it managed to build up drama from new stories, logical consequences of early cliches. And it even let the characters evolved into different iconic elements. By virtue of its success, Stranger Things managed to go from an homage to old movies to an unique universe. And, despite the show's annoying flaws, that's always interesting to see.

On the other hand, that show is in the minority. Most sequels fall between the two flaws of just repeating the original's beats to decreasing results, or moving away from it directionlessly and hope fans are still interested because the characters are recognizable even if the story no longer makes sense. Some writers are good at original stuff and suck at sequels. That doesn't necessarily mean they're bad writers.

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@bixiebeet @janeb984

[wackom]

The Beast that Bothers

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Knowledge Revenge.

[crabapplesinc]

Some little friends joined the team!!!!!!!!!!!!

[silkentine]

In honor of my original meme hitting over 99k notes on tumblr dot com, I’ve made a sequel nearly 4 years later!

(original below)

[ultraericthered]

Could we maybe stop forcing continuations to stories of villains who were sent off well enough the first go-round? Especially if they just give them nonsensical Return of the Asthma Monster endings?

[raincross]

A proper argument for Ocarina of Time vs. Link to the Past

[eunnieboo]

lovey-dovey feelings

[gravityqueen]

Okami Sequel - Project Teaser