If you find yourself dealing with an unexpected backstory, and a preponderance of exposition, then you are dealing with the concluding chapter of a trilogy. True trilogies are all about going back ...
you're referring to the star war flick? attack of the clones? i can't say i dug the last three star wars flicks. i'm sad the x-men franchise is about to crap the bed and die. brett ratner is mentally retarded. brian singer was the answer and he left. for superman. makes me so mad.
That was sorta my point. Episode 2 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It just doesn't seem possible to keep a good franchise going. Then again, there are exceptions (e.g., Star Trek).
star trek is a pretty cool. they're releasing franchise-wide collections of themed episodes. the time travel one floats my boat. it certainly is hard to keep a good franchise going, i'll agree. BUT it can be done. FIRST: get people who LOVE the material. SECOND: don't rush it. THIRD: don't reinvent the franchise over and over. BUILD! X-men is such a rich, rich, rich franchise with so many stories and characters and it APPEARS they're messin' it up. i'm hoping i'm wrong.
It appears that you are right. The movie looks awesome, don't get me wrong, but there was just sooooo much more stuff they could of done. There are hundreds of story lines that could have been worked with. X-men could have had a lot more good movies.
