The summer of sequels

This seems to be the summer of sequels, Spiderman 3, Pirates of the Carribean 3, Shrek 3, Fantastic Four 2, Die Hard 4.0 ( which I thought was dead and buried hard already), Harry Potter et al. Why so many sequels? Is it because these franchises are already tried and tested? Is it because we fear to tread unfamiliar grounds? Is it because men inevitably retraces his steps?

Is DC going for a sequel again? Surely a LOTR scale trilogy would have sufficed? I mean, hasn't the tale run its entire course? Has not all possibilities been exhausted? What other direction may a sequel take? What can be said that has not already been said before? What can be done that has not been done before? Is there not already a closure to this?

As I pondered what is the difference between persistence and insanity? The answer is simply this: the end result. To quote Thomas Edison, he discovered 999 ways NOT to make a light bulb, but what if in the end he didn't wind up inventing the light bulb and was doomed to failure all his life, at least in this respect? You would think him mad would you not?

If long drawn toil results in a resounding success, surely it would be a source of inspiration to others? What if ultimately success remains elusive? Nothing to talk about right? No matter how impressive one's persistence and efforts are, if there is no end result, it is more than an exercise in futility, its plain lunacy. And the depths of lunacy are directly proportional to the efforts, is it not?

Which begs the questions, should the fourth instalment ever be written in this tale that would dwarf "War and Peace" in scale and depth?

Dear friends, please cast your votes...........

Then again, what nonsense, not as if my readership is akin to Mr Brown or Xiaxue, don't think I can garner a sample size of any significance.