Posted by sean at threshold6n.jpmorgan.com on June 17, 2002 at 18:45:41:
In Reply to: Repetition doesn't seem to hurt the Bond movies... posted by MrShow on June 17, 2002 at 18:35:08:
: They haven't tried anything new in 20 years and people still pack in to thearters to watch them. You'd think it would get a little boring after the tenth or eleventh movie.
First of all, that's not true. But second of all, even if it were true, every scene in an action movie basically boils down to either:
-- waiting for an explosion
-- big gun fight
-- tacked-on romance
-- obligatory plot development (only in the first 20 minutes or so, usually) which is, basically, the only place for any real difference in the movies
and, occasionally
-- car chase
But when you're talking about comedy, you're not worried about plot or, in fact, anything much except whether it's funny or not. And using the same exact jokes again (and, as somebody pointed out, ruining the context of the jokes) is not going to be nearly as funny as using them the first time.
Fact is, though, the audience was far bigger for AP2 than AP1.