Darth Vile said:
Not sure I’d 100% agree with that...
Do you not think there is even a remote possibility that part of the reason ‘Raiders’ is so good is that it’s the first movie?
Is it not conceivable that no matter the quality of a sequel, by it’s very nature; the character and situations must repeat themselves to some extent?
I’d posit that the overriding difference for me is that each situation and set piece within ‘Raiders’, is unique and fairly unexpected. This is largely due to the fact that it didn’t have anything to follow i.e. it was the forerunner to the rest.
...I still believe ‘Raiders’ to be the perfect template,
Give them another sit down, you never know.
There are a great many things that make Raiders best, it set the tone, of course, being first is a part of it.
Sequels rely on returning, not repeating. Depends on the script, is it a character sequel, story sequel...only one element must return, repeat, no.
I agree with ronicle, if they sat down with a screenwriter for a week working and poaching the Raiders transcript instead of just poaching it,ToD would have been a better movie. I like ALL the prologues using the James Bond template, but the only template they should have used from Raiders was script development.
George hired Kasdan because he has good feelings about people.
ToD screenwriters went two for two following up ToD with their sequel of the same tone...Howard the Duck.
(Sorry I kept away as long as I could but this was the direction Lucas was heading, next up: EWOKS! yeeeeeaaaaaa!!!)