2016-03-25, 08:08 PM
Derimed Wrote:My problem with Hollywood is that most decent movies are sequels of established series or are in "safe" concepts such as this Batman v. Superman thing.
I mean, yeah, they come up with something truly original once in a while, but most movies are Spiderman 7 or Terminator 13. This looks like a great movie but is in that sort of category.
Steven Spielberg gave an interview and said the current Hollywood model (of giant studios producing giant films) is unsustainable and will have to change for the movie industry to survive. In that same interview, (given shortly after his movie Lincoln came out,) he admitted that Lincoln came within a hair of being an HBO movie instead of a theater one. That's Spielberg talking.
To be fair: T1, T2, and Salvation (4) were all actually quite unique and innovative. I really believe Salvation is a highly underrated film. Even SCC contributed to the world building and was quite enjoyable for the most part. Weirdly, I still haven't seen Genesis (5). So I'll fix that tonight in case that's what you were referencing.
We don't talk about T3
In contrast, I gave up on Spiderman after the second movie and never bothered to see the Amazing variant. His character seemed pretty thoroughly played out and nothing new was really added in subsequent movies.