Gladiator 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Captain Dunsel]

Honestly, this is REALLY happening?

I kind of thought the “Gladiator” story was nicely wrapped-up over 20 years ago…

 

[Apollo]

Ridley, like Hollywood, has been bankrupt of ideas for years…..

 

[batguy]

There is a perfectly decent movie to be made - without Russell Crowe's character.

"He's dead, Jim."


IMO they need to step back and ask themselves why they are even trying to include Crowe now. It made sense during the early stages of the sequel ideas but that was decades ago. That first movie came out when the World Trade Center towers were standing and Limp Bizkit was on the radio.

Nothing against Crowe but I don't think he is an asset for G2 now. Physically he looks like a different person. He's not a box office draw with the young audience. His character is dead. That death was integral to the soul of the first movie.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Maybe they will find that Maximus has been regenerated on The Genesis Planet…

 

[cboath]

Ancient rome you know? Greek and Roman gods had a habit of interfering with the world.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Ancient rome you know? Greek and Roman gods had a habit of interfering with the world.

Ah, yes…you speak of Commercialus: The Roman God of The Box Office and Sequelitus: The Roman God of Neverending Sequels

 

[Apollo]

Ah, yes…you speak of Commercialus: The Roman God of The Box Office and Sequelitus: The Roman God of Neverending Sequels

Don’t forget Spankus Maximus, which is what will happen to the schmoes who this is made for

 

[Psab keel]

Just re-release Gladiator in the theater for it's 25th anniversary, which is right around the corner, rake in a ton of cash, and call it a day. Do we need another pointless sequel?

 

[CessnaDriver]

Ridley, like Hollywood, has been bankrupt of ideas for years…..

My take on him is he does best when it's someone else's story and he sticks to mostly directing. He starts to take over too much of a story and it goes off the rails. If that makes sense.

 

[pengbuzz]

I imagine it would go something like this:

Spoiler: WARNING: WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR FACE MELTS LIK IN RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK!!!

DOn't regard the video removed logo" pic; it will still play)

 

[CB2001]

Honestly, the only thing I could see being done is a prequel involving Proximo, Oliver Reed's character from the first film. But even then, I don't think this film needs a prequel, nor does it need a sequel (mostly because it has a definitive end to the story). It's perfectly okay to just have one film.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

 

[Ron]

"No one's ever really gone...especially if they're dead."

-Maximus Skywalkerus

 

[dascoyne]

Graham Chapman (R.I.P.) would have been perfect for the part.

 

[Apollo]

Graham Chapman (R.I.P.) would have been perfect for the part.


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Was waiting for someone else to post that!

Can you imagine the hi-jinks the Pythons would have with that?!

 

[Riceball]

From the sounds of it, it's a sequel but not exactly a direct sequel. So it might work but it will almost certainly be just as historically inaccurate as the first.

 

[Funky]

Physically he looks like a different person.

This alone is enough of a reason why it's SUCH a bad idea!

 

[Psab keel]

Wasn't the premise that the kid from the original is now an adult and portrays the new protagonist?

 

[Riceball]

Wasn't the premise that the kid from the original is now an adult and portrays the new protagonist?

That's what they say in the video, this sequel is going to be focused on the kid of Maximus.

 

[Psab keel]

Maximus's kid was crucified at the begining of Gladiator.