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A sequel by any other name is still a stretch
From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20050902
Author:Chris Hicks Deseret Morning News
Someone asked me recently -- a young someone -- if sequels are a fairly new phenomenon. Say, since the '80s, when all those horror sequels dominated the movie landscape -- "Friday the 13th Part XXII: Jason Takes Norway in 3-D," "Halloween 37 1/2: Michael Myers Meets Dr. Evil."
OK, I made those titles up. But they could happen.
Anyway, I informed my young friend that, no, sequels have been a way of Hollywood life since the silent era -- since before William Farnum starred in "Riders of the Purple Sage" and then did a sequel, "The Rainbow Trail." Both were based on Zane Grey novels and both were ...
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