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Post by Jibbs on Jan 17, 2017 20:27:07 GMT -5
The game is simple. Take a given movie that should by no means have a sequel (either its a horrible idea or logistical impossible/improbable) and give a legitimate pitch for a sequel the best you could do. You could do this from a fan of film standpoint or perhaps from the perspective of a screenwriter who HAS to do it, but don't be ironic.
I will post the first movie and whoever wants to make the pitch can do so, but be sure to end it with a new one for the next person. And feel free to make a pitch of one that has already been done if you think you have a good one (but then don't list a new one).
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Post by Neverending on Jan 17, 2017 20:38:21 GMT -5
The game is simple. Take a given movie that should by no means have a sequel (either its a horrible idea or logistical impossible/improbable) and give a legitimate pitch for a sequel the best you could do. You could do this from a fan of film standpoint or perhaps from the perspective of a screenwriter who HAS to do it, but don't be ironic. I will post the first movie and whoever wants to make the pitch can do so, but be sure to end it with a new one for the next person. And feel free to make a pitch of one that has already been done if you think you have a good one (but then don't list a new one). Titanic 2 Titanic 2: A sequel from the point of view of the Billy Zane character. Right before committing suicide in 1929, after the stock market crash, he tells a stranger (played by Bill Pullman) his life changing story aboard the Titanic. The Sixth Sense
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Post by Jibbs on Jan 17, 2017 23:11:39 GMT -5
Bill Pullman. Nice touch.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 18, 2017 0:08:31 GMT -5
The Sixth Sense Part 2
It's been eleven years and Cole (now 22) has just entered med school and plans to follow the example of the Bruce Willis character from the first movie and become a child psychologist. While studying he meets a fellow student (Chloë Grace Moretz) who seems to also have "the sense." They bond over this and start a romance, but it starts to become apparent that, barring the influence of the kindly Bruce Willis character this condition has taken a toll on her and she's in many ways kind of wounded. Over the course of the movie he helps her process these powers in a more healthy ways until... twist... it turns out that she actually a serial killer who's been twisted under the influence of her own ghostly mentor: the ghost of the Donnie Wahlberg character who shot Bruce Willis. Eventually, faces down Donnie Wahlberg and manages to convince him to let go. The girlfriend is committed to an insane asylum, but with a real hope of becoming better someday and upon graduating Cole decides to open up a practice dedicated to finding and helping other kids with his gift.
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Post by Jibbs on Jan 18, 2017 0:10:18 GMT -5
(New rule: you can make joke answers, but only to ones that have already been given a serious one)
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Post by Jibbs on Jan 18, 2017 0:17:21 GMT -5
Gravity 2
Sandra Bullock's character tags along with a team sent back up to recover George Clooney's body (and the other ones), as no human has ever been left in lonely, cold space. Tensions rise among nations after they are forced to go through Russian (Chinese?) debris due to tech secrets, and missiles are launched into space. More destruction.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 18, 2017 0:29:47 GMT -5
Fargo's a tricky one because the FX series is essentially a roundabout sequel to it... kind of hard to top that idea.
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Post by Neverending on Jan 18, 2017 0:45:45 GMT -5
Gravity 2 Sandra Bullock's character tags along with a team sent back up to recover George Clooney's body (and the other ones), as no human has ever been left in lonely, cold space. Tensions rise among nations after they are forced to go through Russian (Chinese?) debris due to tech secrets, and missiles are launched into space. More destruction. Fargo After losing Obamacare, a man and his simple minded friends decide to rob the wealthiest guy in town but hilarity ensues when they accidentally kill him and struggle to cover up the murder.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 18, 2017 1:00:13 GMT -5
Gravity 2 Sandra Bullock's character tags along with a team sent back up to recover George Clooney's body (and the other ones), as no human has ever been left in lonely, cold space. Tensions rise among nations after they are forced to go through Russian (Chinese?) debris due to tech secrets, and missiles are launched into space. More destruction. Fargo After losing Obamacare, a man and his simple minded friends decide to rob the wealthiest guy in town but hilarity ensues when they accidentally kill him and struggle to cover up the murder. That... sounds like an oddly topical remake of Weekend at Bernies...
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Post by Neverending on Jan 18, 2017 1:07:32 GMT -5
After losing Obamacare, a man and his simple minded friends decide to rob the wealthiest guy in town but hilarity ensues when they accidentally kill him and struggle to cover up the murder. That... sounds like an oddly topical remake of Weekend at Bernies... Weekend at Bernie's but in Minnesota.
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Post by Jibbs on Jan 18, 2017 9:21:33 GMT -5
Fair point.
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Post by donny on Jan 18, 2017 12:35:10 GMT -5
The Dark Knight Returns
10 years into taking up the mantle as it's city's watchful protector, John Blake (Gordon-Levitt) and Gotham are experiencing an unlikely period of peace and prosperity. As he begins to contemplate a life without crime fighting, a mysterious set of events begin to unfold, including the death of some high ranking city officials. This trail of evidence points to a familiar foe, the Joker. Having thought that Joker died long ago in Arkham Aslyum, Blake sets out to confront Alfred Pennyworth for help. Knowing that he has potential information on Bruce Wayne's current whereabouts, Blake begins his search for Wayne in order to stop Joker once and for all.
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Post by Doomsday on Jan 18, 2017 12:50:25 GMT -5
After the battle of Bannockburn where Scottish forces trounced the English infantry, Robert Bruce continues his war against England launching an invasion of northern England as well as Ireland in order to free the Irish from English rule. His military successes eventually lead to King Edward III crowning him King of Scotland and creating an independent Scottish nation.
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Post by Neverending on Jan 18, 2017 12:53:29 GMT -5
After the battle of Bannockburn where Scottish forces trounced the English infantry, Robert Bruce continues his war against England launching an invasion of northern England as well as Ireland in order to free the Irish from English rule. His military successes eventually lead to King Edward III crowning him King of Scotland and creating an independent Scottish nation. Schindler's List 2 Oskar Schindler spents the rest of his life hunting Nazi's in Argentina. Starring Liam Neeson. Written and produced by Luc Beeson.
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Post by donny on Jan 18, 2017 14:23:44 GMT -5
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Post by Neverending on Jan 18, 2017 15:53:42 GMT -5
The mafia isn't what it used to be, but Andy Garcia keeps the Corleone empire alive through political bribes, corporate shenanigans and, of course, lots and lots of violence. Gone with the Wind
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Post by Doomsday on Jan 18, 2017 15:59:51 GMT -5
The mafia isn't what it used to be, but Andy Garcia keeps the Corleone empire alive through political bribes, corporate shenanigans and, of course, lots and lots of violence. Gone with the Wind That's thin NE, pretty pretty thiiiiin.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 18, 2017 16:15:31 GMT -5
The mafia isn't what it used to be, but Andy Garcia keeps the Corleone empire alive through political bribes, corporate shenanigans and, of course, lots and lots of violence. Gone with the Wind There have been sequels to GWTW in both book and TV mini-series form. The mini-series starred Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler and is by all accounts quite bad.
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Post by IanTheCool on Jan 19, 2017 8:10:42 GMT -5
After Rhett leaves her, Scarlett decides to change her ways and become a nun. However, she ends up marrying the priest instead, getting him excommunicated. Exiled, the priest tries to ease his conscience by having them both volunteer at an Atlanta hospital, but he ends up dying of typhoid. Luckily for Scarlett she meets a handsome doctor that day whom she marries. But when the doctor is killed in a horse-riding accident, Scarlett is comforted by his rich brother from Kansas.... whom she marries. But Scarlett's overspending causes him to go bankrupt and he kicks her out. Scarlett heads out into the Kansas plains looking for a new batch of husbands when a tornado forms and sweeps her away, fulfilling the title once and for all.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 19, 2017 12:24:22 GMT -5
Juror Eight: A 12 Angry Men Story
A prequel about a frustrated public defender who's disillusioned with his chosen profession is planning to give up on criminal law because it becomes clear to him that the system is hopelessly stacked against the people he's trying to defend. He must finish one last case however, one that he suspects will once again see a defendant he feels is innocent be coldly sent to the electric chair. However, shortly into the trial he realizes that at least one of the jurors actually seems to be listening to his arguments and he decides to throw a hail mary pass to present an argument that would at least reach this one juror in the hope that maybe just maybe this one juror would convince some of the other jurors to take a second look at some of this evidence.
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Post by PG Cooper on Jan 19, 2017 13:20:09 GMT -5
The Return of the Manchurian Candidate
Following the death of the Iselins and Raymond Shaw, Major Bennett Marco has tried to settle into a domestic life, having recently married Eugenie Rose Chaney. However a string of murders of high profile political targets forces Marco back into action to investigate, suspecting another communist plot is at hand. Marco's investigation takes him back to Manchuria, to the roots of the sleeper agent program that was used to turn Shaw into an unknowing assassin who could be controlled through certain techniques. Marco interrogates key scientists, eventually learning that he himself is also a sleeper agent, a back-up in case Shaw failed. It turns out he has been committing the murders at the behest of a secret communist agent. Marco returns to America to discover the identity of his handler, initially suspecting military brass, but his investigation goes nowhere. Marco begins to lash out violently and irrationally until he is finally discharged. Stuck at home with little human contact, Marco's paranoia and despair grows. Despite his lack of interaction with others, the series of murders continues, meaning that Marco's handler is still getting to him somehow. Marco finally realizes the only person who has had frequent access to him is his wife. This brings Marco to a simple conclusion, his wife is his handler; a communist agent and who was sent to control Marco. Suspecting she has the power to brainwash him, Marco feels he is unable to confront his wife directly about this, instead choosing to go through her belongings trying to find some clue of her true allegiance. He finds new conclusive proof, but he remains distrustful and his sanity slips further as yet more murders are committed, murders which he presume he committed. Marco snaps, murdering his wife in her sleep with a pistol despite not being sure she really is his handler. Now a fugitive, Marco goes on the run, forever paranoid that another handler might be out there somewhere and that he may never have control over his actions again.
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Post by Dracula on Jan 20, 2017 11:16:16 GMT -5
Goodfellas is tough because Henry Hill is a real guy and his post-Goodfellas life is not terribly entertaining.
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Post by PG Cooper on Jan 20, 2017 11:32:15 GMT -5
Goodfellas is tough because Henry Hill is a real guy and his post-Goodfellas life is not terribly entertaining. Time to take some creative license.
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Post by PG Cooper on Jan 20, 2017 19:48:40 GMT -5
Ok, Goodfellas seems too hard. How about...
Taxi Driver
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