Screen Junkies » prequels http://www.screenjunkies.com Movie Reviews & TV Show Reviews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 8 Critically Acclaimed Films That Deserve An Unnecessary Prequel http://www.screenjunkies.com/gallery/8-critically-acclaimed-films-that-deserve-an-unnecessary-prequel/ http://www.screenjunkies.com/gallery/8-critically-acclaimed-films-that-deserve-an-unnecessary-prequel/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:12:46 +0000 Noah Griffith http://www.screenjunkies.com/?post_type=gallery&p=232436 Sequels, prequels, and reboots have been the bread and butter of Hollywood since…well, since the beginning (it’s just a little more obvious now). As the old saying goes, there’s nothing new under the sun. Take a look at the horror classic, The Thing. Purists are up in arms about the unnecessary prequel, which opens today. But many forget that the John Carpenter classic was itself a remake. When you get down to it, Hollywood is one big incestuous mess.

The Thing is the latest example, but not all movies get turned into franchises. Usually, the critically acclaimed flicks manage to slip by. The hell with that, says I! I need to know the back story to Kramer vs. Kramer, and I need to know it now! Lets take a look at some critically acclaimed films that deserve an unnecessary prequel.

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