A great return can, at times, trump a great send-off, or at least every reboot at least hopes so, and sometimes far down the line of an established property, these miracles can certainly happen. In 2011, just three years after taking the final bow in … Continue reading Deadly Intuition Part 5 – Final Destination 5 (2011)
In art, as in life, it is always good to stick the landing. You don’t want your final act to leave a sour taste. So, the optimal strategy is to quit while you’re ahead. In 2009, almost a decade since the first Final Destination shocked … Continue reading Deadly Intuition Part 4 – The Final Destination (2009)
The mid-point is often the most perilous place on the tight rope, most of the good and shocking ideas are behind you, yet the audiences want more. In 2006, death taunts another pseudo-lucky group of survivors’ while offering more of the same managed to include … Continue reading Deadly Intuition Part 3 – Final Destination 3 (2006)
It’s the classic conundrum, you have a film, it does well, and now you want to capture the magic again. How do you do so without robbing the film of the conclusion you gave it? Luckily for a universal concept like thwarting death, returning to … Continue reading Deadly Intuition Part 2 – Final Destination 2 (2003)
Death is everywhere, it’s inevitability and mandatory finality frustrate most if not all our endeavours. Yet it gives our existences meaning. But it’s been the goal or at least a dream of many to circumvent this process. In the year 2000, we got to see … Continue reading Deadly Intuition Part 1 – Final Destination (2000)
Shakespeare and Kurosaka are two names that spring to mind when it comes to adapting classic storylines in order to fit a variety of different periods and genres. Shakespeare has had countless of his comedies and tragedies turned into teen romantic comedies for example. Kurosaka’s … Continue reading Last Man Standing (1996)
It’s surprising how many epic multi instalment stories weren’t planned as such in the beginning. Usually coming to fruition when the original story ignited the imagination of the public, or become so profitable that expansion is needed. In 2001, the film Unbreakable didn’t do too … Continue reading Glass (2019)
