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Post by Skeleton Grin on Apr 24, 2010 16:04:26 GMT -5
I've heard rumours rife over the past 6 months or so about this coming to fruition with Pete Docter hinting at it whilst on the Up press trail and now it would appear it's been set in stone with a release date scheduled for November 2012. www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27665I'm intrigued because I love Monsters Inc. but it worries me that Pixar are doing another sequel? I mean I expect nothing but the best, and optimistically they'll probably succeed, but John Lasseter has always said right from Toy Story 2 that they'd only do sequels if they thought the story was worth doing. I understand that it might be but still, that'll be 3 Pixar sequels in as many years. Very interesting! |
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Post by Silver on Apr 24, 2010 18:33:50 GMT -5
I understand where you're coming from Elliot. At first I thought this must be a rumor. Pixar has been internationally acclaimed for it's original and hearfelt content. Now I'm beginning to wonder what the deal is. We literally have three sequels lined up! For Toy Story 3 it makes sense considering how the storyline has unfolded. But for goodness sake we don't need a sequel to Cars (Pixar's least successful film to date) and this! Has the idea machine actually run out of ink. I'm not inclined to believe the reason for these sequels are to buy time to finish their original pieces. They need to shift their focus back to where it counts. I'm hearing about all of these ideas for future projects in both Animation and Live-Action and yet they were put on the back burner for the sequels. I don't want to see one of the most respected film companies fall by the way side because money has become their priority. This is what happened to Traditional Disney Animation and now they're fighting like heck to keep their head above water. Has it really come to this?
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Apr 24, 2010 19:03:24 GMT -5
Until Pixar lets me down, I give them the benefit of the doubt. That said, I'd much rather seen an Incredibles sequel before Monsters, Inc. or even Cars. I don't think Pixar is running out of ideas as much as Disney's new studios chief Rich Ross comes from The Disney Channel where they're known for milking an established franchise for all it's worth. It's potentially scary ground. Again though, I still trust Pixar to tell a good story even if it is a sequel.
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Post by SpellWovenNight on Apr 25, 2010 0:11:13 GMT -5
Honestly the two films, from the originals, that I can easiest see going into sequels and almost setting up for them is Monsters Inc and The Incredibles. However, I'm getting a little tired of hearing about all these sequels, not that they're not going to be good quality, but they were so over done with Disney that they don't really leave me with too much of an excited feeling.
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Post by Silver on Apr 25, 2010 16:44:00 GMT -5
Exactly!^^ Pixar has always held itself with pride and dignity because they wanted to create emotional involving stories that were generally original. They concentrated on the craft and not the finaces. They gave audiences thought-provking questions, emotionally draining plots, and character-driven pieces. This is why critics and audiences kep coming back for more. People were ecstatic to hear about the newest creation being unvailed. There were surpises as well as trust.
Up unitl now I was conviced they had managed to avoid being allured into the money trap. Now I have serious doubts. If they truly were about holding up their end of the deal to their dedicated audience, they would not have chosen to release three sequels three years in a row. That's just too fishy for me to believe. Perhaps if they were seperated by a couple of years, I'd be more leniant. But this is too suspicious for me to let pass by.
I will defeinetley view Toy Story 3 in theatres as that franchise carries the plot from one stage to another. I have seroius doubts about this Cars's sequel for a few different reasons. I'm already contemplating skipping it in the Cinema and waiting for rental. Monsters Inc I'll obviously have to wait for a summery to be released. Even still, I'm unsure how I'll fair with it. I just don't see a legit reason for continuing the story. I love how the conclusion was written and feel it should stay where it's at. Right now I'm more invested in their Live-Action planned films. Hopefully those will serve my fill from Pixar while I wait for original animated films to be concieved.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Apr 25, 2010 17:31:41 GMT -5
If Pixar created a tremendous sequel with Toy Story 2, then I see no reason why they can't tell a compelling and meaningful story with Monsters, Inc. 2.
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Post by Silver on Apr 25, 2010 23:08:49 GMT -5
If Pixar created a tremendous sequel with Toy Story 2, then I see no reason why they can't tell a compelling and meaningful story with Monsters, Inc. 2. I'm writing this in a spoiler just in case some people haven't seen these films or don't remember them. The Toy Story franchise was delibertaley written for different stages of the characters' journey. It was plausible to continue with sequels becasuse each film deals with how they will be cared for by Andy. Granted they could have just left the original where it was at. It makes sense for them to continue. The toys and their realtionship with their owner is almost like a coming-of-age saga. It's just told in different sections of Andy's life. The toys depend on him to be kept alive. He's really the character who holds the franchise together. If it wasn't for him, there wouldn't be a legit franchise.
Monsters Inc is the opposite. The story wasn't told in chapters or sections. There was only one main motivation of the orginal. The story was set in motion by the lack of screams being taken and being transferred into energy. It just so happened along the way they stumbled upon this little girl. Once a solution was found to earn laughs from the children there problems were solved and they didn't need to steal children to survive. Boo was taken home and the business venture was a mega-hit. Sulley and Boo may have been reunited at the conclusion, but a blackout to viewing Boo's reaction was cut off for a reason. His smile to her recognizing him has led to him being fulfilled as a character. Their reunion wasn't meant to be published. It was delibertley left to the audiences's imagination. It's the same concept to the Enchanted sequel. You could catch up with the characters and give them a million adventures to go on. But just because you can write a sequel doesn't mean you should. Unless a story is written in a chapter fashion, there's no plausible reason as to continue their story. The characters have done their job and problem solved the dilma occuring. Monsters Inc has done this so the literature text for a sequel wouldn't be a professional choice. Nor is it with Cars. It would be more of a fanfiction option while trying to make money off the original material. I believe this is exactly what they're doing. To me it doesn't matter whether they can write another great story. It the principle of the matter as it's a contridiction to the original and it wouldn't flow together seamlessly. That's the difference between Toy Story and this. |
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Post by drpepper on May 1, 2010 16:12:55 GMT -5
I heard about this and thought it was kind of random. I mean when I try to think of all the Pixar movies, I always seem to forget Monsters INC, and it came out 9 years ago. It also had one of the most perfect endings ever. I still have faith in Pixar though.
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Post by Skeleton Grin on Aug 7, 2010 19:32:13 GMT -5
Since Toy Story 3, and revisiting the first film, my faith in this film has been fully restored.
As for people saying this has the perfect ending, in my eyes it has the most open ended of all Pixar endings. It ends on a complete cliffhanger! Things are resolved but at the same time new questions are brought about and due to that, I think this ending is warranted and fully believe that Pixar are gonna do a tremendous job with it.
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Post by 23jk on Aug 8, 2010 8:19:32 GMT -5
I remember my sister's boyfriend said there was gonna be a sequel but I think the movie ended just fine. Though, I'm still curious to know if there's gonna be a second part anyways.
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Post by Skeleton Grin on Mar 30, 2011 17:03:42 GMT -5
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Post by KairiOfTheDark on Apr 22, 2011 9:12:52 GMT -5
Oh god.. that storyline D8
I was reading the thread and was thinking "eww a sequel" then was reading everyones comments and eventually agreed that yeah, it might be ok - pixar haven't done us wrong yet.
But a prequel? Guhhh really? And that storyline. It seems so... flimsy and.. simple? I dunno. Of course, we'll watch it and probably not have any complaints but from what we have so far, I can say no thank you.
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