So it's fitting that, amid the safe sequels and familiar follow ups, Other M should offer arguably the most audacious franchise update of this console generation.
If you don't have a play-it-safe sequel, the next best thing in the contemporary film business is a premise shocking enough to stand out — hence "Cowboys & Aliens," due from Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Studios in July — and a killer-Lincoln seemed to fill the bill.
Sounds like a good sequel.
GameSpot's reviewer Ron Dulin appreciated how The Beginning was a daring revamp of the series, instead of a safe, slightly modified sequel (like the earlier Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods).
It's all about the tried and tested, the safe bet – the sequels.
Against the backdrop of sublime, experimental movements in the VR space, the safe and steady sequels at the show paled against the opportunity to experience something entirely new.
As in any creative endeavor that requires risking millions of dollars upfront before you really know if the public will buy the product, it is always safer to make a sequel in an established fiction with an established fan base rather than invest in a new intellectual property.
He said the megacompanies needed huge, safe hits, the equivalent of sequels in the movie business.
However, given the box office numbers as well as widespread acclaim (the film has a 98percentt "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes), a sequel seems like a safe bet.
Though far from a dead cert, a sequel is simply a safer bet.
