10 Reasons Prequels Ruin Movie Franchises

5. Time Moves On Behind The Scenes, Too

You know what's hard? Staying the same. People grow, learn, and change.... hopefully for the better. Problem is, if that person is trying to create something that is supposed to be seamlessly linked to something they did ages ago..... It's impossible to know what was going on in the heads of filmmakers unless they say so. But sometimes, they weren't in a good place when they made their masterpieces. Or, perhaps things were so simple that they didn't have so much to clutter a vision of what they wanted on screen. Nonetheless, expecting them to approach something in the same state of mind is a pretty tall order. I'm sure you can see where this is going.... Guilty Parties: Well, it was nice giving Star Wars a breather last count. But I think that NOT listing George Lucas here would be a massive oversight. Expecting the man who made "A New Hope" to tap into his creative process as it was more than thirty years prior, before he ran a massive company like Lucasfilm and had new agendas relevant to that company? (All the digital effects of the prequels make more sense if you view them in part as ILM propaganda.) And really, Lucas had everything to prove the first time around....that kind of eagerness to show the world and one up yourself is something that the late 90's ILM and Lucasfilm never could've tapped into - They were at the top of their game, and expectations at the time pretty much assumed they'd deliver. A more different set of conditions couldn't be any more possible. It's sad too, because Lucasfilm DIDN'T have the pressure that I'm sure "The Hobbit" crew had. It's hard not to be cynical about the 3-film split the barely 100 page book is getting. But really, last time around there was a trilogy, three films and three opportunities to make bank. With the rough times the production and MGM went through, the more assured a payday, the better. Speculation? Yes. But it's very difficult to argue, and Jackson surely had to make a LOT of promises to see a realization of a fantasy novel that required so many resources. (Don't believe me? There's certainly an audience for Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", and Guillermo Del Toro certainly could've rendered it spectacularly and reliably. And THAT was shut down.) Exception: "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" actually takes advantage of its film setting to show things a TV show could only imply - And loses none of David Lynch's odd sensibilities in filmmaking either. But it following on the heels of its basis only helps....