2. Dont Try To Please Too Many People
Sequels are traditionally quite dangerous territory, especially so with such a huge gap between #II and #III. After all, youve got your returning fans to please as well as entirely new generation of cinema goers who havent necessarily grown up with the original franchise and dont necessarily give a s**t. Let me say one thing right now. There are enough surviving fans of the original Ghosbusters movies to argue that should they focus entirely on pleasing us, theyll have a hit on their hands. How theyll fail is by trying to please everyone; by including
just enough to appease the returning fan base,
just enough to satisfy their new, younger audience and
just enough to silence their investors. Should they do it this way, theyll inadvertently end up offering
not quite enough for anybody. Youve heard the term jack of all trades, master of none right? The very same principal applies here.