Is there a franchise that bounced back on the third try?
I want to say yes, but I can't think of one off the top of my head. Indiana Jones, maybe?
Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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Jessica - Aug 29, 2006 8:41:23 am PDT #3811 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - Aug 29, 2006 8:43:22 am PDT #3812 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is there a franchise that bounced back on the third try?
Goldfinger.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 29, 2006 8:47:15 am PDT #3813 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Goldfinger.
I dunno, I prefer From Russia With Love to Goldfinger, and I think it was also better than Dr. No.
shrugs
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2006 8:50:21 am PDT #3814 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not all direct to DVD releases were conceived that way, though. Some of them are an admission post-completion of suckage.
Aims - Aug 29, 2006 8:51:50 am PDT #3815 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Scarlett the horrendous sequel to Gone With the Wind.
ChiKat - Aug 29, 2006 8:53:19 am PDT #3816 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Bring It On 2.
Even worse, Bring It On 3. Coming out on DVD soon! (To be fair, I haven't seen it, but it is a straight to DVD flick and I can't imagine it's any good.)
Aims - Aug 29, 2006 8:56:16 am PDT #3817 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sometimes the straight to DVD surprises. About as often as Haley's Comet, but it can happen. Lion King 1 1/2 cracked my shit up.
Lee - Aug 29, 2006 8:58:02 am PDT #3818 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Toy Story 2 was originally supposed to be a direct to DVD, but then TPTB decided (rightly, IMO) it was good enough to be a theatrical release.
beekaytee - Aug 29, 2006 9:03:51 am PDT #3819 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Some of them are an admission post-completion of suckage.
Prophecy 3 & 4.
Now, the fact is, I loved them...but I'm bent that way.
Still, with no Walken, the point was lost like a lamb in a wolf den...BUT...shirtless Jason Scott Lee...so there's that.
The commentaries pretty much confess that the film makers were just doing it for a lark. They filmed both together and, with hope, or perhaps delusion, included a cliffhanger at the end of 5.
With a wobbly lack of shame, I admit that I'd rent 6 if it existed.
Theodosia - Aug 29, 2006 9:15:23 am PDT #3820 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Third in a series better than the first two: Evil Dead II? (The one where Bruce Campbell time travels back to fight zombies et al) Have I got the title right?