So it came up in conversation the other day “what movies
should have sequels but never got one”. Several were mentioned but the one suggestion that stuck out to me was
Fifth Element (a futuristic space adventure epic starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovivich). If you've never seen it, then go watch it and then read this post.
Since The Fifth Element is my favorite
movie, I started thinking way too hard about this topic. What should the sequel be like? Should it even have one? Who would be in it?
I believe that The Fifth Element was a perfect little chunk
of a story the way it is. It’s not a
perfect movie by any means but it had its setup and conclusion. If a sequel existed it would have to go with
one of two directions.
1)
Dump the entire original cast for a new one (save
for a few cameos) and make a new story.
Now this is seems like it will be a problem to me. If the magic can’t be recaptured with a new
cast then we’re all just going to cry that this isn’t Fifth Element it’s just
something else in the same world (i.e. Angel Links Syndrome). What would the story even be? It can’t be a rehash of the first, that’s a
copout, and if Luc Besson is at the helm I really don’t think that’s the way it
would go.
There are a few possibilities that I can think of but there’s
a ton of room for error with them. We
could start the story in the fog of New York. Perhaps there could be people living down
there looking for liberation and a chance at a better life, but that doesn’t
seem like much potential for comedy... unless they do get their “better life”
and are allowed to stay in the rundown apartments of the city and have to deal
with all the crazy antics of city life.
Or we could have some kind of intertwining story involving all of the
cab drivers of the city and watch all of the people in back seats share their
stories (potential Bruce Willis cameo here).
Or we could leave the planet all together and make a story in space,
perhaps revolving around the Mondoshawan.
There’s possibilities, but I don’t find them to be very good ones.
OR
2)
Bring back the original cast and try to make a
new story even though the first story is over.
I actually think this is the best route to go as long as
they don’t make up a new villain who wants to get their hands on the stones and undo the story. That will only lead to the DBZ syndrome,
always another villain. And it can’t be
a prequel. I don’t think they can pull
off a movie about Korben’s military days.
BUT, there can be a legit continuation.
Korben promised Leeloo a real vacation didn’t he? Guess what!
~ Vacation time brother! ~ Vacation time brother! ~ Vacation! ~
Vacation! ~ All we have to do is find a
new locale for them to go on vacation. Korben
and Leeloo on a getaway vacation and by chance meet Ruby Rhod and the others again…
Oh ya, we can
have the same cast, we can have the same back story, we can have the love
story, and we can have the comedy. Guess
what. We can even have the drama of a
revenge story. Don’t look at me crazy... I know what I’m talking about here. If you've ever read the book, you may
remember at the end of the story some extreme wtf nonsense happened and –SPOILERS- Zorg survives the hotel explosion
and gets flung to an icy tundra on a nearby planet. Ya. He survives the explosion, hurdling through
space, entering an atmosphere, and landing on a planet. All we have to do is pick him up off the
planet fix him up to look a little beat up and roll with his revenge plot for
his deal with the shadow planet being ruined and him getting exploded off the
hotel. And of course he’s going to do it
all himself since he did say “If you want something done, do it yourself. Yep.” Queue
wacky plans that fail while Korben and Leeloo try to enjoy themselves and I
think I would definitely watch this.
Now Wiki has a little rumor on it that a sequel tentatively
titled Mr. Shadow was planned, but Luc Besson said it wasn’t. But let’s imagine for a minute, what if it
was? I imagine it would be all about Mr.
Shadow… which doesn’t sound very entertaining. It sounds like a really serious story of how
the shadow planet came to be. Sounds
boring to me… Good thing it never
existed.
I’m sure there could be more possibilities…. and I know
there’s continuing fanfics out there…. but I don’t feel like reading any of
them.
Multipass~
No comments:
Post a Comment
Your words. They go here.