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03-30-2003, 01:11 PM
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Three Kings: Sequel??
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I am pulling out my copy of Three Kings this week to watch one more time. Now that we are in the thick of Gulf War II, it will be interesting to watch the politics of this film. I liked this movie a lot when it came out and thought it was a nice mix of politics-lite and action with a good dose of humor to balance it out. So will there be a Four Kings? Three Kings After Next? It is interesting that the firt movie's sort of banner moment was when the soldier's turn their need to get the gold into their need to save the refugees they are doing what supposedly this current war is out to do (okay, one of the many changing reasons). Just a thought on it.
Phil
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03-30-2003, 02:42 PM
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If there was to be another, it wouldn't happen for years and years. A major studio like WB wouldn't so blatantly court political controversy so close to the event. Also, the filmmakers involved don't particularly strike me as the kind of people to "cash in" on these times. Plus, the plot really doesn't lend itself to a continuation. It wrapped itself up very nicely indeed. 
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03-30-2003, 09:45 PM
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If they do make one I'll be seriously pissed off. Three Kings is excellent and there's absolutely no need for a sequel.
You could look at it as a referrence to the current war, as well. One could interpret the pivotal scene as the first war ending and the second beginning.
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04-01-2003, 02:18 AM
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I put it on right when the war was starting. We really left those people high and dry when we intially said we would back them.
................but oil was not the reason we were there.
And that's true again
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04-01-2003, 09:24 AM
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Right. It was Saddam's gold! 
Phil
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04-01-2003, 11:12 AM
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04-01-2003, 11:34 AM
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Three Kings 2: Electric Boogaloo
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04-01-2003, 01:04 PM
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Three Kings II: The Legend of Saddam's Gold!
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04-01-2003, 04:26 PM
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Wait a second, I thought I was watching the sequel the other day on CNN??? I thought it was being run as a mini-series, sort of like Traffik.
Man, remember that scene when Geraldo Rivera made an ass out of himself when they said he was already thrown out of the country. That was the funniest part I thought. Not sure about his journalism, but his comedy acting is top notch.
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