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Truthful Tuesday — Remakes, Sequels, or Prequels?

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Yay! Frank, aka PCGuyIV, is back, after a brief hiatus, with another episode of Truthful Tuesday. The idea behind Truthful Tuesday is for us to respond to the question (or questions) Frank asks and to be 100% truthful in our responses. No glib answers, no funny business, no fibs. Just raw honesty.

For this week’s Truthful Tuesday, Frank suggests that, “Many have complained about the number of remakes coming out of Hollywood. Well, Hollywood finally started to listen, but now they have a new problem. They still don’t want to come up with any new or original IP, so rather than rebooting or remaking old movies, they’ve started adding sequels.” Then Frank asks:

Do you find this trend better or worse than simply rebooting or remaking old movies? Are there any of these sequels that you enjoyed or are excited to see? Is there any movie that you feel deserves a sequel?

Before I answer Frank’s specific questions, let me say that, for me, my moviegoing habits have changed dramatically since 2019. I used to love going to the movies and my wife and I would typically go weekly. But then the pandemic hit in 2020 and since then we’ve only gone out out to see a movie one time.

Most of the movies I watch now are those available on various streaming services, like MAX, Netflix, Prime, or Hulu. But these days I tend to binge-watch whole seasons of series more than movies.

A word about Beetlejuice. Like Frank, I saw the original. Unlike Frank, I really loved the movie. So when I heard a sequel was coming out, my interest was piqued. I do want to see it, but I will most likely wait until I can stream it on my TV. Will I enjoy it as much as the 1988 original? Who knows? But Rotten Tomatoes gave it a good review.

So finally to Frank’s question. Last week’s Truthful Tuesday was about ambivalence and apathy. My answer about remakes versus sequels or prequels is that most of the time they are not as good as the original. But I personally don’t feel strongly one way or the other. So I suppose that makes me apathetic or possibly ambivalent.

FOWC with Fandango — Ambivalent

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FOWCWelcome to May 19, 2020 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.

I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).

Today’s word is “ambivalent.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

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