The POLL TALK is a new feature, where I will discuss the poll and it's outcome.
I did not see this coming!
The first POLL about the rumored GOONIES SEQUEL revealed a shocking truth: TOO MANY OF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE GOONIES!
This is shocking, as GOONIES is without a question one of the few classics, I thought EVERY PERSON ON EARTH knows. I guess it's a different thing, when you've just not been around when it came out. Maybe if you'd watch it now for the first time, you might wonder, what's so cool about that movie? Well, THE GOONIES came out in December 1985. I was 7 years old. Imagine it trough the eyes of a boy that thinks the greatest thing that could possibly happen in his life is getting a BMX bike for christmas...
The movie was written and produced by STEVEN SPIELBERG and CHRIS COLUMBUS. SPIELBERG had just reached the rank of the most talked about director in Hollywood, after hitting big in the Box Office with E.T. and the first to INDIANA JONES flicks. COLUMBUS on the other hand had huge success with his first flick GREMLINS. Since the INDY flicks where not rated for a younger audiences, they joined forces to create something like an INDY for kids. But not in a bad-let's make 'em sing songs and shoot rainbows out of their belly-way, but in a cool way. THE GOONIES was everything you could dream for if you saw it as kid. It was funny, scary, thrilling, fast, mysterious, adventerous. In short: It was a blast! It made every kid go up to grandpa's attic and search for treasure and secret maps. It made you believe, that deep down, under the house of your weird looking neighbour, there lies a secret passageway to some great cavern that hold truckloads of gold. Or candy.
For those of you, who haven't seen it: I can not guarantee you, that you will love it as much as my generation did, but I guarantee you a hell of a good time and storytelling the oldschool way. RENT IT, BUY IT, FUCK DOWNLOAD IT, I DON'T CARE... BUT WATCH IT.
As for the poll outcome:
Only 13% would love to see a sequel. 36% would rather pass on a sequel, because they fear it would destroy a classic. And 50 fucking % haven't seen the first one.
I think I'm a 13% guy on this one. Reason is: I don't see how even a bad sequel will affect my memories on the first one. It's a win to win situation. If it's cool: YAY.
If not: Who cares?
It's kinda like the recently released LOST BOYS SEQUEL (it's called THE TRIBE, but you really really shouldn't bother with this one...). Of course it's sucked donkey balls, but I still love the first one. I just don't consider the second one a "real" sequel. But maybe... they somehow make GOONIES 2 a great sequel, back to the roots and just like the old one. Maybe they'd do it. And if they'd do, I wouldn't want to miss it. So go on. Make GOONIES 2 and if it sucks, I'll pretend it never happened. Kinda like with MATRIX 3...