Word: sequel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Glover and Gibson take their characters far beyond the domain of normal sequel heroes. Murtaugh has always been the quintessential head of household, guarding his flock; Glover's understated performance captures the essence of a cautious man. Riggs has cleaned up and settled down since his first days as Murtaugh's partner, so Gibson doesn't have the crazed Vietnam vet side of his character to play with like he did in the original, but Gibson is equally adept with his characters mellowed thoughtfulness...
...when the beast was lured into a volcano, I cried and thought, This cannot be the end of Godzilla! Now Hollywood has created a real monster--a souped-up, emotionless, dinosaur-like killing machine sans the charisma of the original Godzilla. Shame on you, Hollywood! What's next? A sequel to E.T. with the lovable little alien transformed into a terrifying Alien 3 or a Predator? DONALYN GROSS Springfield, Mass...
...best game I played was Trespasser, by DreamWorks Interactive, a sequel to The Lost World, the movie and video game. The object of Trespasser is to escape a dinosaur-infested island. Three years in the making, the game features whizzy technology, including artificial intelligence for the dinosaurs. "They have emotions just like we do," says Brady Bell, the game's associate producer. "They have a brain and experience fear, hunger, thirst, pain, annoyance and curiosity." The game is driven by what Bell calls a "first-ever, real-time physics engine." Wade out into a pond, for instance, and watch...
...complete as the epilogue to a 500-page thriller. Why watch The Terminator when you can be the Terminator, tapping into your own fight-or-flight feedback loop and blasting and stun-gunning your way to the happily ever after? Imagine when more cerebral entertainments such as Riven (the sequel to the best-selling CD-ROM game Myst) are the program equals of TV. Instead of sitting back and watching the Seinfeld characters interact with one another, you could hang out with them. Follow Kramer around until you get bored, then hook up with George...
...against nuclear war, its indelible subtext being Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Appropriately, the new, more naturalistic Godzilla, stepping on taxis in New York City, comes on the scene just as the world is dealing with another nuclear threat. Perhaps Godzilla will get back his fire in the belly for a sequel set in New Delhi and Islamabad...