Post #82633

Author: Bossk
Parent topic: LOTR
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82633/action/topic#82633
Date created: 27-Dec-2004, 3:35 AM

In many cases (not in the case of LOTR), it's intentionally planned for the first movie to be able to stand alone just in case it fails and they cannot release any further movies. In other cases, sequels may not have been intended in the first place so the first movie is really able to stand alone.

Star Wars. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Scream. Alien (okay, so it's really a quadrilogy. Sue me). Et al.

See where I'm going?