Sentences with phrase «good as the prequel»

The latest trailer shows that while there's a fair amount of action, there's a heavy focus on the character drama as well as the prequel series» fatalism since we all know that humanity is ultimately doomed in these movies.

The art is from Drew Struzan who did has done posters for the original trilogy as well as the prequels.

Creators Paul Pope talks about his graphic novel Battling Boy, due out this summer, as well as the prequel comic The Death of Haggard West, which will released in in July.

Watch Dogs 2 PC version isn't performing good as the prequel game, Watch Dogs.

Not exact matches

Created a pop culture phenomenon that probably has no equal and deservedly so as A New Hope is a classic that only gets better the more they try to expand this universe with sequels and prequels.

Well, what we didn't tell you (because we didn't know) is that it's a prequel to My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument that takes us back to the teenage years of the characters in the 1995 film... And least promising sequel of the week has to be Spring Breakers: The Second Coming, a cash - in scripted by Irvine Welsh and directed by Jonas Akerlund, the man behind such bad - boy music videos as «Smack My Bitch Up» and the 2002 meth - addict comedy Spun.

According to the developers, the game will include 12 missions from the classic board game, as well as three prequel missions.

Doing double duty as the villain and director, Kenneth Branagh has two good reasons to be raising his voice in Pine's general direction, and he's the one reason why this might be better than the average prequel.

It goes without saying that Batman Begins is the best prequel of the summer, a film that allows Liam Neeson as Bruce Wayne's mentor / surrogate father figure to make amends for The Phantom Menace and offers a peek, along with Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, at the full grim panorama of what the Star Wars films have squandered.

Despite being a prequel scandalized by extensive reshoots and featuring nary a Jedi to be found, Rogue One is one of the best Star Wars flicks to date — as well as the grittiest, darkest, and most grounded.

Written and Directed by Rian Johnson — the first to do both since Lucas himself produced the prequels — THE LAST JEDI is both a departure from standard STAR WARS storytelling and seeks to retell several elements of the franchise's best moments, none of which are carried out quite as well.

A prequel to the genre mash - up «Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame,» Hark's film is billed on its back cover box as «the Sherlock Holmes of 7th century China,» which is a good if ultimately rather reductive shorthand.

We review «Exodus: Gods and Kings» as well as the «Sons of Anarchy» series finale and «Agents of SHIELD» mid-season 2 finale, plus discuss the Sony e-mail hacks, a «Krypton» prequel TV series, and more!

If you're a fan of Tales it's worth checking out as it's somewhat of a prequel to another entry as well.

Lucas directed the original Star Wars film, as well as the less well - regarded prequel trilogy.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is director Matt Reeves sequel to Rupert Wyatt's prequel, which was in - turn a reboot of a franchise born in the late sixties that went on to spawn more than 5 spin - offs as well as a television series.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience will include the Phantom Pain, as well as the formerly standalone prequel, Ground Zeroes.

But according to William Peter Blatty, author of the original's source novel, this costly reshoot of Paul Schrader's Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist should be credited more to Morgan Creek, the film's production company, than to the director, so I have to factor in such judgments as well.

It's like saying that each episode of George Lucas's prequel trilogy was better than the previous: maybe so, but why should we pay for the privilege of watching the bumbling trial and error as he gropes his way towards mediocrity?

Also Baten Kaitos and it's prequel were amazingly under appreciated titles for the system and it'd be awesome to see them get remade for the Wii U as well.

It's just part of why I think it works as well as it does, for as much as prequels have a tendency to take the fun out of their predecessor's central mystery, Prometheus adds layers to the universe that began with the classic Alien.

The thinking must have been that with Alves» experience working on the prequels, as well as his talent in the creation of the lifelike sharks, he surely must know this project as well as anyone.

Nonetheless, I did the best I could to set aside memories of the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy, as well as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and think only about Star Wars: The Force Awakens for comparison's sake.

Creator Noah Hawley is in high demand these days, and for good reason, because he's once again crafted a funny, engaging and richly developed crime saga that works both as a prequel to the previous season as well as its own standalone story.

Since RDR2 is shaping up to be a prequel (while not confirmed, the released promo art, as well as RDR's plot make this pretty much the only possibility), you won't have trouble understanding the plot without this info, however it will definitely make things more enjoyable being able to connect the dots with «Aha!»

While the plot of the game's predecessor, Red Dead Redemption, as well as the released promotional art for RDR2 both suggest the title will be a prequel, this detail has not yet been confirmed.

parts of this saga on display here sit best as a cozy, satisfying return to what the first trilogy did so well, after having sat through the trials of the, generously put, patchy prequels.

This colorful prequel, featuring Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) and Sully (John Goodman) as college freshmen, plays like a G - rated «Revenge of the Nerds,» and that's mostly a good thing.

Pan functions as a prequel to the Peter Pan story that many know so well.

This also begs the question why bring back such a mediocre actor like Hayden Christensen and not Ewan McGregor who was clearly the best thing from the prequels and has on numerous occasions asked to return as Obi - Wan Kenobi.

The story tries to act as a prequel and sequel at the same time yet crams too much in to flow well.

As a result, Rockstar decided to go back in time and bring us a prequel, with Red Dead Redemption 2 set before the events of its predecessor and featuring a fresh - faced (well, kinda) John Marston in the process.

Director Wes Ball's feature film debut delivered the first in author James Dashner's trilogy (he wrote two prequels as well) with an earnest, no - nonsense commitment to the protagonist's waking nightmare.

The steady growing cult that has embraced Wet Hot is a blessed bunch in light of the recent Netflix series, a prequel called Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015), which smashed records for the streaming service as well as the forthcoming second season, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017).

Dwayne Johnson - better known as pro wrestler the Rock - proved to be a strong draw for audiences, and the studio had so much faith in him that they green - lighted a prequel called The Scorpion King, one that would focus mainly on his character.

Winstead is best known for her roles in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof and Live Free or Die Hard (as John McClane's daughter), while Edgerton is an up and coming Australian actor who played a young Uncle Owen in the Star Wars prequels.

Currently, Kojima and Co. are working on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for current - and next - gen consoles, as well as Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which will act as a prequel.

I'm sure the marketing will do its best to sell the film as a prequel, of sorts.

Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald react to the news that Jon Favreau will write and produce a new Star Wars series for Disney's streaming service (3:00) as well as David Chase's plans to make a Sopranos prequel for the big screen (9:30).

Rise of the Planet of the Apes does serve as a prequel to the rest of the films, but also tells a terrific story which gives some credibility to them as well, as strange as that sounds.

It's at least the best one on the 3DS, trumping the already - impressive Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask as it caps off the Layton series» prequel trilogy.

Alcon Entertainment acquired the film, television and ancillary franchise rights to «Blade Runner» in 2011 from the late producer Bud Yorkin as well as Cynthia Sikes Yorkin with the intent to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic science - fiction thriller.

A super-concentrated packet whose features have the precision of an X-Acto knife, Natalie Portman literally and figuratively blasted out of the box as a pubescent punkette assassin in The Professional (1994) and hasn't taken a breather since, working with the top stratum of directors in a carousel of genres ranging from costume drama (The Other Boleyn Girl) to space opera (the Star Wars prequel trilogy), to mirror - splintering psychodrama (Black Swan, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role).

And Monsters University, while being an enjoyable and funny prequel, works best as a possibly unintentional meta - commentary from director Dan Scanlon about the fear of letting pressure get the best of you when you're following in your heroes» footsteps.

This month sees the release of Alien: Covenant Origins, the official prequel to Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, which is penned by Alan Dean Foster and chronicles the events that led to the movie, as well as offering new details on the world the colonists left behind.

There are a couple of good freebie, as well: a 69 - page sampler comic with first chapters of a number of 2000AD stories and a Judge Dredd movie prequel.

However, Mitchell's estate authorized a sequel written by Donald McCaig in 2007 (Rhett Butler's People), and he has been commissioned to write a prequel as well, this time from the perspective of Scarlett's house slave, Mammy.

Today I'm directing you to wonderfully funny Kristen Lamb's blog where she talks about the Star Wars prequels and why they arent telling as good story as they could.

But as a reader, nothing but a reader who doesn't have any interest whatsoever in writing / publishing / selling books, I don't usually buy a book by an indie author I've never heard of after reading a free short prequel either... well, actually I try to avoid downloading one unless it is a full - length book.

I did enjoy this book quite a lot and it was fairly well put together, but it just wasn't quite as special as its prequel.