Sunday, June 12, 2022

Why Are the Characters in Legacy Sequels (Almost) Always Less Interesting Than the Original Characters?


Jurassic World Dominion underscored a problem I've noticed for a while, which is that when sequels try to combine the original cast and the new cast, the new cast often looks pretty feeble by comparison. Is that because of nostalgia or something else? Here's my latest for MEL.