The Goonies is one of those movies that defined my childhood. Every time we would go to Blockbuster to rent a movie, I would beg my dad to let us get The Goonies again (that or The Ewok Adventure). I used to climb up into the attic and look for treasure maps. “Goonies never say die!” is my personal battlecry.
So when I heard (via Moviehole) that the long-rumored Goonies 2 is already in the early stages of production, I was ecstatic. Finally, I get to rejoin my childhood heroes in an adventure for the ages! And with many of the original actors returning for the sequel (Sean Astin and Corey Feldman especially), Goonies 2 will actually feel like a sequel.
But wait. This has happened before. A 1980’s classic has been revitalized with a 20-years-in-the-making sequel. Both projects even involved Steven Spielberg. Earlier this year, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull arrived on the scene and violated childhood memories worldwide. Considered by many to be a travesty, the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones franchise abandoned much of the seriousness and intense story of the original trilogy in favor of flashier special effects.
I desperately want to love Goonies 2, but recent experiences have left me wary. My initial excitement has given way to trepidation. While this is certainly exciting news, I will withold judgement until the movie arrives.
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August 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am
WHAT? Goonies 2? I don’t know whether I should anticipate this with much joy, or look to shredding yet one more aspect of my childhood by copious applications of “Why Hollywood? Why?!?”
August 6th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
LAME!!! It all boils down to money. If Hollywood can make some cheesey sequel and make a few bucks who cares if it destroys the memory or the integrity of the previous flicks. Yes, Goonies 2 frightens me as well. Steven Speilberg should give it up. Has anyone seen the sequel to “A Christmas Story”? This was the worst 2 minutes of my life. I turned it off in the beginning credits. TR2N looks sweet, but I don’t want to see something I can’t unsee.
August 6th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I loved The Ewok Adventure!!!
November 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Goonies 2? It’s starring the whole original cast (and their children) in a new mystery. Why in the hell do they have to do that? Why? Why can’t they just make something good and leave it at that and forget about it? I want to know what idiot originally said, “hey, I know, let’s make a Goonies 2″ and the even bigger idiots for going, “yeah that sounds like a grand ol’ idea”. Seriously. Are the thinkers just not original/creative anymore to where they cant think of something good and new? Or is it a cheap shot for a quick buck? Both. ( I hate Steven Spielberg; didn’t always) I’m sure there are going to be morons who go, “oooh neet-oh, the Goonies are back, I gota see that because it’s the sequal to a movie I enjoyed over 20 years ago when I was 4 even though the actors are fat slobs just like me now”. Seriously. It’s not like it’s going to be the same. I hear they’re going to digitally animate the old lady from the first one and have her in part 2. Nobody want’s to see a 40 year old Chunk doing the chunkie shuffle. No one bothers to have any original stories and everyone wants a cheap buck thrill. Perfect example: And that’s why I hate Steven Spielberg now. Stupid uneccessary movies (I know some people are fond of them for reasons) but let’s really look at it for what it is: Lame Garbage. Indy 4, Transformers, Jurrasic Park and all his other not so original/lame/continuous sequal shit. They now Americans are so stupid they will pay millions of dollars to see a lame movie “just because”. It’s gotta stop. Where have all the creative minds gone?