(Another) Year of the Sequel
As regular readers know, I often complain about Hollywood’s lack
of
originality.
Via the excellent cineastes at Tagliners.org,
we find this
article about the very same subject:
That’s because more than 20 sequels will glut film screens during the next
12 months; they’ll range from highly anticipated potential blockbusters such
as “Spider-Man 2†and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban†to seemingly
absurd fare such as “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Black Orchid†and “Blade:
Trinity.†Add in a concurrent flood of remakes (“The Alamo,†“Dawn of the
Dead,†“The Big Bounce,†“Walking Tall,†“The Stepford Wivesâ€), a flurry of
TV spin-offs (“Bewitched,†“Starsky and Hutch,†“Teacher’s Petâ€) and the now-standard
gaggle of comics adaptations (“The Punisher,†“Hellboy,†“Garfield,†“Catwomanâ€)
and you have to wonder if anyone in Hollywood can manage an original idea
these days.
Disappointingly, “Blade:Trinity” does not feature an ass-kicking Carrie Anne
Moss. Though I do see that it
features the excellent Parker Posey, Natasha Lyonne and Callum Keith Rennie.
Is this some funky, New York-ironic indie sequel? Did Woody Allen direct?
alexis 
