That comment reads to me more like criticism of the original Alita than genuine desire for a sequel. It’s saying “this film was all setup, no payoff”.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 months ago
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
It kinda was IMO
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Yeah they wrote it as a trilogy, with a big ass cliffhanger. They had Edward Norton as the overarching villain, as the other poster mentioned, but didn’t even utilize him. The plot was meant to follow the manga, so people at least had some idea of what was to come.
FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 4 months ago
Was that movie supposed to ever have a sequel? I have no idea what the point of edward nortan’s ambiguous villain character even was? Was there a sequel planned and then they canned it? Overall the movie jjust made zero sense.
MrEff@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes, it was supposed to have a sequel. It was the start of a franchise that never became one. The OP of the OP is not wrong in saying it was a setup and wanted a sequel. The difference of this movie versus the slop of other sequels is this one was made to be one. It wasn’t based on some one-off movie that did well, so the studio demanded a followup to milk it for more money. From its inception this movie was supposed to have one.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I never saw it myself. I was just interpreting the comment from the OOP.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Just read the fucking manga then for fucks sake!
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
The manga also makes very little sense, but yeah
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What do you mean the giant space dick fighting grey goo doesn’t make any sense?
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I literally had no idea it was a manga. How was anyone supposed to know without being told explicitly first?
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But I dony want spoilers for the movie"
“…not a very good story”
I guess every second season of anime has a bad plot
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 months ago
OP, did you see the movie? It is set up for a big race thing that never happens. It essentially ends on a cliff hanger.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Yeah the whole thing was written to be a trilogy. But James Cameron was too busy with Avatar.
Doom@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
this is the most interested I’ve been in this movie should I watch it
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 months ago
👁️👄👁️
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
FWIW, Cameron confirmed Alita 2 & 3 are in the works as of last year.
screenrant.com/alita-battle-angel-2-development-c…
Considering how much post production these film would need, and suffering absolutely no delays, I expect these films to come out in 2026 & 2028, respectively.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 months ago
xwolpertinger@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Cowards, should adapt the remaining 6 1/2 volumes, 19 volumes of the sequel and 11 volumes of the prequel.
expatriado@lemmy.world 4 months ago
nice job OP with the fresh content:
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 months ago
For real though. Ed Norton teed up a great villain in the first movie. As a general rule, if he’s in the cast, then I’m watching.
Katana314@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It annoys me that gamers always ask for something new, and then only get excited during Game Awards/E3 when they think a trailer is for some kind of sequel.
“Oh. Prince of the Urban Night? A creative new world inspired by yada-yada…darn. I thought it’d be Half Life 3.”
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 months ago
Oof, that hurt. I miss dedicated servers.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Almost as if they’re not going to die on this hill, how dare they ask for something they want
Manzas@lemdro.id 4 months ago
The guy just wanted to get an end to a cliffhanger.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
I also work with project managers who also want things one day, then want different things the other day.
abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think we need a word for an unnecessary sequel. Like it’s not a remake but they just retcon the ending and are like “oh look actually there’s more!” On a story that was perfectly wrapped up already.
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Ok
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 months ago
I mean, I’d love an ABA sequel.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I don’t quite get it. You wanted a sequel for one movie, therefore you should be fine with “a year of sequels, remakes and regurgitated crap”?
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No, but it shouldn’t be surprising that there are a ton of sequels and remakes when even the people who complain about there being too many sequels and remakes are asking for them.
They were just pointing out the irony.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I don’t think they really wanted a sequel to that movie, I think they were just saying it teased a bunch of interesting stuff in its trailer but then never actually did any of that stuff in its plot, probably because the producers wanted to make everyone buy a ticket to a sequel that never happened, which is just another facet of how the film industry’s obsession with sequels and fictional universes is leading to the downward spiral they talk about in their other comment
It honestly feels like this post was put together by an LLM that just saw the word “sequel” in two different sentences but didn’t have any ability to read context and figured it must be ironic
kemsat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Then it shouldn’t be surprising that other people might want sequels to other movies, and therefore many movies being released are going to be sequels
ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Lemmy moment
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 months ago
There are very few things that are truly black and white in this world, most are shades of grey. If you deal in absolutes, you are lying to yourself, everyone else, or are probably a Sith.