Let the fanboys write it...
I think it would behoove the studios to merely fire all writers and just hire some fanboys (or fangirls) to write the sequels to popular films.

Example: Highlander 2. GAAAAH! The third one tried to get back to the first, but the damage was done...and the plot didn't work too well...nor the dialogue...but I DID love Endgame. Good plot/cinematography...

so, why bring it up?
Highlander 5: The Source...yep...still hammering out the details...from what I've heard...it's gonna suck...really suck...gonna have 4 immortals chasing after some Holy Grail type artifact that is the source of immortality. WHAT?! Oh, yeah...a heist/quest movie...Oceans Eleven with swords...yeah...the kiddies will love that...Bill Panzer (co-producer and writer of 2,3,4) has his hands in this one.

Here's a clue...get Gregory Widen in there...the original screenplay guy...ask him for his thoughts, Bill. Hey, Bill...YOU SUCK! Thanks for putting money in the project but, er, well, you're as clueless as George Lucas! Let someone ELSE write, okay. You...are...a...moron. There. It's been said. You don't see Peter Davis (the other producer) trying to play scriptwriter, do you? After Highlander 2, you lost the privilege...give the keys to a fanboy. They'll do it up proper AND be true to the mythology.

NOW...BATMAN 5: THE BEGINNING
Okay, let's make Ra's Al-Ghul a ninja...yeah YEAH...a NINJA! Not an ecoterrorist with the beautiful daughter Talia and the whole immortality and Lazarus Pits and stuff...let's make him a *&^#$%^&*( NINJA! Okay...Warner...you've lost your privilege here...give the keys to a fanboy...someone who loves the comics and/or the animated series. Heck, get the writers from the series...dur! You lost the right to make more movies after...well, the first one. The Bat don't kill. That's important...he doesn't kill...can't have him going and offing people like he did in the Burton thing...nicely made flick, but not Batman. The last 3 just sucked...I mean, really. "Hey, let's put 2 villains in at a time! We've got 90 minutes to kill and people would get bored if we actually DEVELOPED characters or focused on a PLOT so we need more people to give paper thin dimension to and throw them sans motivation into the maelstrom!" "Great idea, boss! Let me go kill myself now because I can no longer be a yes-man to such a retarded pile of crap as you." "You'll be missed, Steve. Here's some rope."

I've heard about a new Batman vs. Superman movie...supposedly in the works...yeah...the director of Troy supposedly passed on the opportunity to direct this...

SUPERMAN...was Christopher Reeve. Simple. Leave it alone. Ashton Kutcher? NO! Brendan Frasier? Heck no! You'll never find anyone to fill that role, my friend. The little punk from Smallville REALLY irks me...Clark was a mild mannered reporter...Superman was a clean cut hero...an example of what people should be...even if in the first comic or two he wanted to kill the bad guys, he didn't. Smallviilles Clark is an angsty little cry-baby. Let the fanboys write a new superman flick!

Indeed...some of the ideas about how Matrix:Revolution was going to turn out were better than the finished product. They should've let the fanboys write it.

Hollywood...you suck. Let the fanboys of the world speak...keep it real, ya'll. Keep it with the roots of the original mythology or leave it the heck alone!

Current Mood: Highlander Schizophrenia- "I'm from Scotland and the Planet Zeist. I've killed the last immortal and won the prize on three separate occasions and been killed twice."
Current Music: "Here we are...born to be kings...we're the princes of the universe..."