What's your fave sagas?
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Jeez, I must add:
Matrix
Lethal Weapon
Blade.
I even own them all. Duh.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
I'll go with the Star Trek 1-6. The rest were not the same characters, nor the same story line.
I put them together for this question to try and make it harder to pick Star Trek (same for Star Wars). And I've seen many posts in various fave threads that say something along the lines of "I like the first two movies but not the others." I'm one of those people so it was kind of an attempt to stop that happening.
And with Star Trek I class them as the same because they are linked by characters from the original series/movies and they are set within the same universe, barring ST-XI which is an alternate version of the main universe but still has original Spock in it to link it. ST-XI is only a reboot from our perspective as regards the franchise, from the Trek universe POV it is a continuation of sorts.
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The Man With No Name quartet. The Stranger, The 2 Strangers, The 3 Strangers, and I forget the name of the Prequel. I liked all Clints real westerns, so which one it was doesn't matter. The 3 with Sergio Leone were renamed for the U.S. market Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, Bad, Ugly. The prequel ends with the nameless (they may have called him Joe) man picking up the poncho from a dead man which he wers for the other 3 flicks. Maybe High Plains Drifter, Or Hang 'Em High.
I never knew one of Clint other westerns had links to the Leone films. He gets called Joe a couple of times in AFOD but the name is given to him, not stated by him. Much like Tuco calling him Blondie in TGTBATU. I'll have to watch those two movies again to see if the link is there.
It's the end of the movie. I think the last scene. I keep remembering when I see them, but forget when I'm not watching.
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Serenity.
Serenity II.
Serenity III.
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Serenity.
Serenity II.
Serenity III.
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Goin' my own way here and breaking rules:
Films:
*Lord of the Rings
*Harry Potter
*Back to the Future
*Indiana Jones
*The Chronicles of Narnia
*Toy Story
*Shrek
TV:
*The DCAU/Timmverse (Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited)
*Stargate (SG-1, Atlantis, Universe, Ark of Truth, Continuum)
*Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (Stand-Alone Complex, 2nd Gig, Solid-State Society)
*Banner of the Stars (Banner of the Stars, Banner of the Stars II, Crest of the Stars)
*Gundam: Cosmic Era (Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, Gundam SEED Astray, C.E. 74 Stargazer)
And, as a complete technicality because it damn well deserves to be here:
*Avatar: The Last Airbender (Book One: Water, Book Two: Earth, Book Three: Fire, The Legend of Korra)
Novels:
*The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, Talking to Dragons)
*Sir Apropos (Sir Apropos of Nothing, The Woad to Wuin, Tongue Lashing, Gypsies, Vamps, and Thieves)
*Robotech/Sentinels (Genesis, Battle Cry, Homecoming, Battle Hymn, Force of Arms, Doomsday, The Zentraedi Rebellion, The Masters' Gambit, Southern Cross, Metal Fire, The Final Nightmare, Before the Invid Storm, Invid Invasion, Metamorphosis, Symphony of Light, Sentinels: The Devil's Hand, Sentinels: Dark Powers, Sentinels: Death Dance, Sentinels: World Killers, Sentinels: Rubicon, The End of the Circle)
Honourable mentions go to Star Wars and Star Trek, both of which I would normally divide into sub-sagas of varying quality, and Doctor Who, which certainly should qualify as a Saga, but which is technically only one (absurdly long-running) series.
(I'm something of a continuity pornographer, so my definition of "saga" includes a large amount of complex backstory and ongoing plot and character development --regardless of series length.)
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How could I have forgotten Avatar: the Last Airbender???
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I can only think of one "saga" I really loved, and that's Babylon 5, except it doesn't count.
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Mine are:
The Man With No Name (leoni/eastwood)
Star Trek 7-10
X-men
Lord of the Rings
Matrix
Aliens
The '...of the Dead' films (Romero's)
Also, not my favourites really, but I liked every film in each saga:
Shrek
Austin Powers
Die Hard
Back to the Future
"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."
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Hi, Jewelstaitefan. big Clint Eastwood fan here, so I can solve this mystery for ya.
The poncho scene is towards the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. This scene has led many to believe that TG, TB & TU is a prequel to the first two films. I agree with this interpretation because the characterisation of the Man With No Name makes more sense this way - in TG, TB & TU he starts out as a common crook and acquires a sense of nobility and justice by the end, whereas in A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, the character already shows noble qualities.
The other film that features The Man With No Name is High Plains Drifter. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and he intended it to be a homage to Leoni's films. There are some continuity issues, however, and Clint Eastwood's interpretation of the central character is quite different to Leoni's.
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Hi, Jewelstaitefan. big Clint Eastwood fan here, so I can solve this mystery for ya.
The poncho scene is towards the end of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. This scene has led many to believe that TG, TB & TU is a prequel to the first two films. I agree with this interpretation because the characterisation of the Man With No Name makes more sense this way - in TG, TB & TU he starts out as a common crook and acquires a sense of nobility and justice by the end, whereas in A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, the character already shows noble qualities.
The other film that features The Man With No Name is High Plains Drifter. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and he intended it to be a homage to Leoni's films. There are some continuity issues, however, and Clint Eastwood's interpretation of the central character is quite different to Leoni's.
Thanks for clearing it up, I knew it wasn't Hang Em High coz Clint goes by the name of Cooper (or something like it) in that one so I was going to try High Plains Drifter but knowing that it hints at his character being a spirit or something/one connected to a dead man it didn't really fit properly with TMWNN.
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