It amazes me how many now classic and great movies came out in the 80's and 90's

[sdp]

Would any of you consider Riddick a movie franchise? It has 3 movies, an animated special, two highly regarded video games and an upcoming film that who knows when it'll release but it'll eventually come out. I know it has a small fan base but I personally love it and so does Vin Diesel which is why this became a movie franchise instead a one off horror-scifi movie.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

*The Crow opinions*

The first movie has its "off parts" but overall you can overlook the parts that don't work but man edit/change a few parts and it'd easily be one of the best movies ever made.

City of Angels is terrible, it's a far less interesting remake of the first film except it's a sequel since it has the girl from the first team in a totally depressing role that makes the first movie worse off.

The other two sequels I can't remember much about them except that they both had interesting ideas that would've made great movies but the execution was so bad that it was all wasted potential.

I still need to see the TV series and apparently there was a planned Rob Zombie sequel set in the future that never happened, I would've loved that. There's been a remake planned for quite a while and I'm sure it'll come out one of these days but as much potential as the franchise has I think they'll mess it up again.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's weird when we think of movies we also only think of the big name Hollywood franchises.

I mentioned in my post counting big hollywood movies it was alright but yeah tons of great indie and foreign films that came out during the period they just aren't huge franchises, closest one I can think of is Donnie Darko since it did end up getting mainstream success.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I wouldn't. And if it came out in '99 that means it filmed in '98.

It still came out in 99 and only became a hit once it hit DVD so basically the impact it had began in the 00's which is why it even got a sequel in 2003 which by then it was a household name. The impact was not done in the 90s so I consider it a 00's franchise but opinons will differ.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Jephael

I was just thinking about some major dramatic films that came out then like The Good Son. Imagine being a big fan of Macaulay Culkin's role in Home Alone and then seeing him play a demented psychopath out to kill his siblings. Then again, considering how he was treated in the beginning of the aforementioned holiday classic, it's not that big of a stretch.

Despite my liking of Home Alone, especially 2, I liked the Good Son...but my bias was showing. I really liked Elijah Woods. ^^

[Leofan26]

Yah, it's a shame how things look now for films, bunch of remakes

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by Leofan26

Yah, it's a shame how things look now for films, bunch of remakes

Agreed. I think some great films have come out in the last 20 years, but not as much as the ones from the 80s and 90s. I like a lot of cult films such as The Usual Suspects, Office Space, Phone Booth, Ghost Ship, Heartbreakers, Cruel Intentions, The Princess Bride and Election.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by ABrown

I didn't see any mention of Titanic. That was a pretty huge movie. I remember everyone in my high school saying that they had saw the movie 2-3 times in the theater, and I never did get around to seeing it in the theater.

Titanic is hot garbage. One of the most overrated and generic movies of all time. I remember the movie came out when I was in like 7th grade and everyone was ranting about it.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Titanic is hot garbage. One of the most overrated and generic movies of all time. I remember the movie came out when I was in like 7th grade and everyone was ranting about it.

But, but...Leonardo DiCaprio was cute!

I was in high school at the time. I recall hearing that. Wouldn't surprise me if the biggest audience was comprised of teenage girls. I didn't see the film until years later. I did have the opportunity to watch it in theaters, but I was so sick of everything surrounding it, my cousin and I saw something else. Can't remember what, though. That Celine Dion song constantly being played didn't help matters either.

Anyway, going back to the film, and my seeing it the first time in full back in 2011, I realized it wasn't bad. It did make me think, though, of those based off of characters like Leo's. It's sad how they were considered unimportant and died without recognition because of their class and status. Very sad.

Speaking of 1997, my cousin and I saw the Power Rangers Turbo movie instead of whatever our mothers went to see, despite neither of us being fans of Power Rangers (our two younger cousins were huge fans).

[Cure]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

But, but...Leonardo DiCaprio was cute!

Shut your mouth, he is still.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by sdp

Would any of you consider Riddick a movie franchise? It has 3 movies, an animated special, two highly regarded video games and an upcoming film that who knows when it'll release but it'll eventually come out. I know it has a small fan base but I personally love it and so does Vin Diesel which is why this became a movie franchise instead a one off horror-scifi movie.

Riddick is definitely a franchise. Part 2 was batshit dumb and bloated, and 3 was a little bit too much of a Diesel vanity piece, but not too bad.

City of Angels is terrible, it's a far less interesting remake of the first film except it's a sequel since it has the girl from the first team in a totally depressing role that makes the first movie worse off.

Very depressing. That's all you can walk out of that movie with. Not that... any of them end particularly upliftingly. With 4's ending, though, you just walk out feeling embarrassed for everyone involved in the movie.

The other two sequels I can't remember much about them except that they both had interesting ideas that would've made great movies but the execution was so bad that it was all wasted potential.

Nah, 3 was good. Easily better than "City of Angels."

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Titanic is hot garbage. One of the most overrated and generic movies of all time.

Originally Posted by ssjup81

But, but...Leonardo DiCaprio was cute!

I enjoyed Titanic, but I much more enjoyed the very underrated DiCaprio vehicle that followed it: The Beach. Fantastic. And inspiring. I saw it when I was dragged to the movies on a date with some chick who really loved DiCaprio and I expected to hate it, but it's very solid.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

But, but...Leonardo DiCaprio was cute!

Originally Posted by Cure

Shut your mouth, he is still.

My cousin Steve kinda looks like him. They've both aged very well, though my cousin and I are both slowly going bald.

[Cure]

I've never met the guy but I'm 100% sure "Steve" looks nothing like Leo D.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Cure

I've never met the guy but I'm 100% sure "Steve" looks nothing like Leo D.

Well to be fair, nobody else in our family has ever openly agreed with me on this matter, even my cousin himself. But hey I'm entitled to my opinion.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Jephael

My cousin Steve kinda looks like him. They've both aged very well, though my cousin and I are both slowly going bald.

Originally Posted by Cure

I've never met the guy but I'm 100% sure "Steve" looks nothing like Leo D.

Originally Posted by Jephael

Well to be fair, nobody else in our family has ever openly agreed with me on this matter, even my cousin himself. But hey I'm entitled to my opinion.

I had a buddy in High School that kind of looked like Leo. Now he's bald and fat. Strange dude. Used to sleep in his car instead of going to school and would just play Street Fighter 2 until 5 AM everyday.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I had a buddy in High School that kind of looked like Leo. Now he's bald and fat. Strange dude. Used to sleep in his car instead of going to school and would just play Street Fighter 2 until 5 AM everyday.

http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com/kev.jpg

He kinda looks like Devon Sawa. Anybody here remember that guy?

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Jephael

He kinda looks like Devon Sawa. Anybody here remember that guy?

from SLC Punk. yeah i can see that a little bit.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by sdp

Would any of you consider Riddick a movie franchise? It has 3 movies, an animated special, two highly regarded video games and an upcoming film that who knows when it'll release but it'll eventually come out. I know it has a small fan base but I personally love it and so does Vin Diesel which is why this became a movie franchise instead a one off horror-scifi movie.

i really enjoyed all of the Riddick movies! i even suffered through all the monotony of playing Escape from Butcher Bay just for the story.

just hope the next story actually comes out!!
and they better conclude the storyline with Karl Urban's character (if and) when it comes out. otherwise i fear they never will.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by myconius

just hope the next story actually comes out!!.

It will. "Furia" or whatever. Where he makes it home. He also mentioned something about a TV show in the Riddick universe that's either about bounty hunters, or a prequel with Young Riddick.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It will. "Furia" or whatever. Where he makes it home. He also mentioned something about a TV show in the Riddick universe that's either about bounty hunters, or a prequel with Young Riddick.

i'm actually glad to here that the movie will (hopefully) wrap it up.

i was afraid that it might do like the latest 'Underworld' movie, and leave it open for a sequel that will probably never happen.
'Blood Wars' was mildly decent, but i just can't see that story going much further than it already has.

[sdp]

The second Riddick movie (chronicles) is my favorite which was a colossal failure and only got made because Diesel was a huge star and he loved the character of Pitch Black. Good thing is that its Diesel's pet project so when he became big again because of F&F he funded a third movie which was nothing the original sequel would be but I'll take what I can get. I still remember the interviews where he compared Pitch Black to "The Hobbit" and Chronicles of Riddick was the start of their LOTR trilogy He's a huge nerd so despite the flaws I like the universe he built. I hope he goes crazy with the next one.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by myconius

i'm actually glad to here that the movie will (hopefully) wrap it up.

Oh I doubt anything will be "wrapped up." Diesel needs his star vehicle afloat (and is about to get a reminder of why when "The Return of Xander Cage" fails spectacularly).

I was afraid that it might do like the latest 'Underworld' movie, and leave it open for a sequel that will probably never happen.

Actually I feel about the Underworld movies not unlike the Resident Evil movies... so-so first movie followed by a horrific sequel that makes me abandon the series.

[DarkFell]

I didn't see these movies in Cubed's list, but I will add them in anyway.

Labyrinth.
Legend.
The Princess Bride.
The Neverending Story.

At least three out of four movies I mentioned didn't get a sequel, simply because they didn't need one.

As for TNS, I feel that it should have been left alone after the first movie..