Comments on: Vertigo Films To Make Sequel To Gareth Edwards’ Indie-Flick ‘Monsters’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/ Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Greg Stuart Smith https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/#comment-97762 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-118606/#comment-97762 Yes!!! I love the original and believe that the reality Gareth created deserves to be expanded upon. They can easily be true to the original vibe, but still grow this universe, especially if they're attaching hungry, young artists that want to make their mark. It will be a micro/small budgeted version of the same challenges Cameron had to tackle while making ALIENS. Now I know there were nay-sayers back in the 80's who were groaning about how Hollywood was blaspheming the original by making a sequel, but at the end of the day, both ALIEN and ALIENS are classics, neither one being better than the other. The same universe, even the same main character, but ALIENS was a different kind of movie altogether, one that drew inspiration from the first, but that was really an action film at it's core, which is why it worked.

As far as MONSTERS goes, it would be a disservice to the first film to tell the same kind of tale, to just try and copy the magic of the original. Being a sequel to a micro-budgeted original, you couldn't even do it. Think of how great a sequel 28 WEEKS LATER was to 28 DAYS LATER. It worked, because it drew on the same universe to inform itself, but was a completely different take and story type altogether – much like ALIENS, it was more of an action film.

I think it's great when micro to low budgeted trailblazer gets a chance to up the ante the second go around, especially when new voices are involved. As long as it is informed by the original, not dictated to follow a set templet like big budget sequels, sequels of this kind often work out great! It's not a micro budgeted found-footage sequel either, which is good. Those, I believe, do not work at all. This will work! MONSTERS II will work! At the very least it may get more people to go see the original! And that is a very good thing!

I love this universe and can't wait to see the new spin on it! Best of luck, I say!!!

]]> By: Joanne https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/#comment-97763 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-118606/#comment-97763 Good SciFi, loved the light love story attached: both human & extraterrestrial. We sincerely hope there will be a sequel!

]]> By: Christopher Bell https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/#comment-97764 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-118606/#comment-97764 The movie was about xenophobia you goose!

]]> By: Gabe Toro https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/#comment-97765 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-118606/#comment-97765 Maybe this time the movie will be ABOUT something.

]]> By: Alex https://staging2.theplaylist.net/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-20110514/#comment-97766 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:33:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/vertigo-films-to-make-sequel-to-gareth-edwards-indie-flick-monsters-118606/#comment-97766 Please don\’t. What made Monsters so remarkable is that the low budget forced the creatures to be secondary to genuine character development. By focusing on the creatures, the novelty pretty much evaporates.

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