This extended to the biggest franchise of the time, Star Wars, which may have been screwy by starting its numbering at four, but nonetheless ran through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi before reaching Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. There’s a trend here for Roman numerals, perhaps because they lend your (quite possibly trashy) sequel a touch of class, perhaps because they’re familiar from Superbowl numbering (which only ever took one short break from Romans, for Superbowl 50) or, most likely, because everyone else was doing it. Have a look at some of the sequel films of the 70s & 80s: The Godfather, Part II French Connection II Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist III Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Friday the 13th Part II, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X Faces of Death II, Faces of Death III, Faces of Death IV, Faces of Death V, Faces of Death VI Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Psycho II, Psycho III, Psycho IV: The Beginning Porky’s II: The Next Day The Hills Have Eyes Part II Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part III Evil Dead II Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation, Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love Ghoulies II, Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College, Ghoulies IV Phantasm II, Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, Phantasm IV: Oblivion Hellbound: Hellraiser II Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, Hellraiser V: Inferno, Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker, Hellraiser VII: Deader, Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld, Hellraiser IX: Revelations The Fly II Ghostbusters II Back to the Future Part II, and Back to the Future Part III.
#Civ 6 city under siege movie#
Nowadays, everyone knows that the second movie in a series is called 2, and maybe with some kind of subtitle, though that format’s actually been going out of fashion for a while, with sequels like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World and Avengers: Age of Ultron going simply for a subtitle, while others like Rocky Balboa, Rambo, Jason Bourne, Logan, Leatherface and Jigsaw decide that the main character’s name alone is sufficient, even where it’s confusing.īut people in the 80s likely wouldn’t recognise a big fat number 2 as the dominant sequel numbering format, either. So the pulsing Carpenter-esque score and neon logo of the original is supplemented with a “2”, to give you the feeling you’re sitting down in anticipation of some kick-ass, 80s-vintage sequel movie.Įxcept…that’s really not how it would be, at all.
#Civ 6 city under siege tv#
Ordinarily, a new season of a TV show doesn’t have a new title, but Stranger Things isn’t influenced by other TV shows, only by movies. That indebtedness to cultural reference begins right with the title.
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I’ve just quite enjoyed watching Netflix’s Stranger Things 2, though I can’t help but feel that I’d enjoy the series more if it would make more of an effort to be its own thing, and stop beating you around the head with homages to 80s cinema.