I saw the other day that the sequel to The Man From Earth was released late last year so I immediately downloaded it. I loved the original, even though it completely shit the bed in the final 3 minutes. This one did the same thing but even worse. It turns out that the people involved did a Kickstarter or Patreon thing to get the movie made, but hoping for a third one they omitted a good 20 minutes to leave questions unanswered. We're not talking about a cliffhanger, will he live or die, or even a mystery, who was it that killed him. We're talking about jumping from the onset of the climax to the conclusion of the film. This really pissed me off. It's as if we see Han and Leah attack the Imperial base, Luke being captured by Darth Vader, and Lando flying towards the Death Star, and then a screen wipe takes us to the big Ewok jamboree with no mention of what happened in the preceding twelve hours. It's infuriating.
The producer/director (same guy as the first one) introduced the film by saying that if you like it donate a few bucks their way. He'd distributed it via TPB. I thought that was very reasonable and I very well have sent ten bucks his way if he didn't turn out to be such an asshole. Make a good movie set in a world I like and I'll contribute towards you being able to make more. Make 2/3 of a movie hoping that I'll send money to see the last third is bullshit, though.
As for the rest of the movie, it's not bad. It focuses more on the sleuthing of Mystery, Inc. than it does Oldman/Young, which is a shame. The kids were mostly bad actors, and the girl who played the hottie didn't quite qualify, but they weren't awful. The Christian maniac was actually very good, though, and when things finally come to blows it had the same captivating quality as the original. It also featured some very nice cinematography.
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