Alita 2: Triumph of the Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) is one of the best movies to come out in the last few years. It is meant to have a second part, but Disney acquired Fox before work begun on part two. Many fans across America have signed petitions to get Disney to set in motion a sequel, but to no avail.

Alita: Battle Angel Billboards Pop Up in LA as Fans Campaign for Sequel
Billboard requesting Disney to make the sequel in downtown Los Angeles.

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Alita and the main characters in the background.

For those of you who did not watch it……… go watch it!!!! …… If you can’t, that is OK, but you should still take the time to watch it whether you like action movies or not.

Anyway, here is the recap if you still haven’t watched it or only vaguely remember it. The movie is set on Earth in the year 2563, 300 years after the war known as “The Fall.” Dr. Ido is scraping for parts in a junk yard when he stumbles upon a brain that has managed to survive. He installs the brain into an old robot and names it Alita. Alita does not remember anything from her past, but starts to remember slowly as she explores the city and body she is in. One night comes along and Alita decides to follow Dr. Ido when he leaves. It is revealed that he is part of a bounty hunter cult. While standing there, they both get jumped and are fighting their way out when Alita exhibits movements that have not been seen since the great war. The next day, Alita finds a space ship from her memories and discovers an elite bod inside of it. She brings it back to Dr. Ido, but he refuses to place her into it. Alita joins the bounty hunter cult so that she can earn enough to pay another doctor to put it into it. During this journey, Dr. Ido follows her and is eventually unable to protect her against those who have discovered her past. To protect her, Dr. Ido places Alita into the elite body. She then begins to go after the system and the people that are controlling the city. And all of a sudden, when the movie is about to get better, the screen displays “to be continued…”

That is just all of the major events that occurred, and there is the emotional subplot I could not account for, or else I would be writing for ages. This just goes to show that you have to watch the whole movie to feel the passion for the sequel at the ending cliff hanger.

The movie was one of the most expensive movies I have written about yet with a budget of $170 million. Fortunately, that money made the quality of the movie even greater with its stunning graphics. The movie, made nearly $500 million so I must ask, why is there not a sequel?? The only plausible reason I could come up with is that Disney does not want to risk spending that kind of money for a sequel.

Like I said in the beginning, a sequel is what the people want and are pushing for! Unlike some of my other blog posts, I actually believe there is a high chance of this sequel happening. Lets make it happen!

Alita Battle Angel producer wants fans to help make sequel happen
Alita’s elite warrior body.

Robin Hood 2?!

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Robin and his mentor training.

Robin Hood (2018) is an action adventure movie representing the iconic Robin Hood theme of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. With modern graphics and video editing tools, this has been the best Robin Movie ever made!    ~Not to be confused with my past Robin post in which Robin was Batman’s sidekick~


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For those of you who have not seen the movie, here is the recap. Robin of Loxley (a nobleman) is drafted into the Sheriff’s army. He served four years as a standard archer and returned home. Once he returned home, he found that the corrupt Sheriff had declared him dead and sold his estate along with his belongings. He even discovered his wife was with another man. He tells no one he is alive and meets someone that he had saved from the war. He saw the issues with the corrupt Sheriff and wanted revenge. With his friend from the army, he went under an intense training regiment to be come an expert archer (one of my favorite parts). Once, he was ready, he announced his return as Robin of Loxley. He told the Sheriff that he forgave him and he told his wife the same. He did indeed forgive his wife, but not the Sheriff. He still wanted revenge. His plan was to get close with the Sheriff so that he would have his favor and then he planned to take the money as a vigilante during the night. His rebellion group was on the rise started to give the stolen money to the poor, as he knew that would anger the Sheriff. The movie proceeds with Robin continuing this until the Sheriff made a mistake, and he capitalized. It results in a happy ending and he gets his wife back.

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The Sheriff with his army.

Unfortunately, its trailers only portrayed the simple robin hood tale, so the public did not go to theaters to see it. Yes it was a modern take on the robin hood tale that people are not used to, but people were unsure of it. The movie also had high profile actors such as Jamie Foxx racking up a price tag of $100 million. Because of its lack of interest the movie only grossed about $87 million which is a big loss.

This means that the movie will never have a sequel, but what if it did? There has no been a notable robin hood sequel and I think that would sell well. The movie would take a robin hood tale and expand it further. Maybe they could tell the tale of robin hood after robin’s power move. The sequel could also follow robin on his mission to liberate other corrupt villages and area. There are many routes the sequel could go in and I think there is an open market for it.

Do you have any suggestions for my next blog, leave them in the comments below 🙂