Comments on: Pass the Popcorn: In Praise of Sequels . . . But Not These Sequels! http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/ With Help From Some Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: No Fate But What We Make: The Greatest Terminator Lie Ever Told | Overthinking It http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-5189 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:16:32 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-5189 [...] this point, a different kind of determinism took hold. Call it peak theory; call it the franchise life cycle; call it what you will. It is simply impossible to sustain a high level of quality for a movie [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-1994 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:28:06 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1994 Casino Royale is reboot awsomeness, I agree.

]]> By: Greg Forster http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-1993 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:55:59 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1993 The absence of awfulness.

]]> By: Matthew Ladner http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-1991 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:56:22 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1991 Moonraker fits into the “So bad it is good” awesome category! I mean, it had Jaws, and laser gun battles, Bond thrown out of a plane without a parachute, a femme fatale du jour named “Dr. Goodhead” and a zero-G love scene.

What more can you ask for from a Bond movie?

]]> By: Greg Forster http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-1989 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:44 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1989 In the original chart, Casino Royale was the final entry under Reboot Awesomeness, but when I posted it, the column on the far right got cut off and I didn’t notice.

]]> By: Patrick http://jaypgreene.com/2008/09/12/pass-the-popcorn-in-praise-of-sequels-but-not-these-sequels/#comment-1988 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:22:07 +0000 http://jaypgreene.wordpress.com/?p=935#comment-1988 Where does Casino Royale fit?

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