Comment on ‘Ballerina': Disastrous Screening for ‘John Wick' Spinoff
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 month ago
franchise killer
Ouch.
They give John Wick the perfect ending and now they are going to have to throw cash at Keanu to save their “franchise”.
If they’d really wanted to continue the films, they could have just got Donnie Yen back.
dditty@lemm.ee 1 month ago
So many cool characters from the John Wick universe - especially Donny Yen’s character - and they still couldn’t figure out something that worked. Cool settings, lore, and world building, only to ultimately succumb to corporate greed trodding over a beloved IP (most likely). Sigh.
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I’m not even sure it is greed, the end of JW4 set up the next film - Caine vs Akira. A cat-and-mouse chase across continents with her fired up by vengeance and him reluctant to fight her because he knows is right in her own way. Then Anita involved Caine’s daughter, precipitating the final showdown in which Akira realises she has become just as bad as Caine and backs off from the killing blow. At which point Caine strikes and she is forced to fight or die. The winner (likely Akira) gets to lead the franchise for the next few films, probably wracked with guilt, walking the Earth like Caine (the other one) perhaps hoping to do enough good deeds to.assuage their guilt.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’d watch that.