Seriously, Completely, and Ridiculously Unnecessary
For those of you who saw Teen Wolf Too, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights or Ocean’s Twelve, you are apparently not averse to watching extremely bad sequels. We aren’t either, as long as they are accompanied by oversized pints of booze, but “bad” is not what the Alamo Drafthouse and the Fantastic Fest had in mind when they announced their Unnecessary Sequels contest last month. Tonight and tomorrow night, the rotten eggs will finally hatch and you will be barraged with trailers for movies that are so superfluous that not even the people behind Speed 2: Cruise Control would touch them with a ten foot pole made of Sandra Bullock’s hair.
Preposterous is the only word that we could think of when reviewing some of the titles that have been tackled in this contest, mostly because the original story was decidedly finished in the first edition: Titanic 2, Se8en, Apollo 14, A Clockwork Banana, Schindler’s Lists, Annie 2: Little Orphan Trannie (our personal favorite), yet we almost can’t wait to see the sequel to The Wizard (who doesn’t love the NES Power Glove?)
After the screenings, one movie will be picked as the best Unnecessary Sequel trailer by a panel of local film scene celebrities and the victors will claim $1,000 cash money as well as a fancy new AMD Athlon Dual Core-powered super multimedia PC from Dell. The winning team will also receive a special VIP pass to the Alamo that’s good for every sequel of 2007, with reserved seating at all the premieres! Second Place and Audience Choice winners will receive $750 and $250 respectively, as well as shiny trophies at the awards ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, May 29.
A part of the proceeds from the Unnecessary Sequels contest will go to benefit that Austin Area Urban League, which is most definitely a necessary cause, so get your tickets and prepare to be dazzled and dumbfounded by some (thankfully) fake movies.
The Unnecessary Sequels Contest
Screenings: Tuesday, May 22nd and Wednesday, May 23rd
Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, May 29th
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
9:45pm - All Shows
[Tickets]
