{"id":3558,"date":"2005-11-04T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2005-11-04T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/they-made-a-sequel\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T22:58:21","slug":"they-made-a-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/they-made-a-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"They made a sequel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6994,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B0001WTUH6%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/B0001WTUH6%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20&amp;link_code=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;path=http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html%3fASIN=B0001WTUH6%26tag=djwudicom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/B0001WTUH6%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7507,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/trailers\\\/sony_pictures\\\/underworldevolution&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100112044306\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com:80\\\/trailers\\\/sony_pictures\\\/underworldevolution\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 21:28:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 13:48:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 17:08:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 21:06:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 00:55:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 00:55:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6992,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0000295&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0000295&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>While I was not exactly overly enamored with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B0001WTUH6%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B0001WTUH6%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Len Wiseman: Underworld (2-Disc Unrated Extended Cut)\">Underworld<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/underworld.html\" title=\"Eclecticism: Underworld\">disappointing and frustrating<\/a>&#8221; were my actual words after seeing it, in fact &#8212; I just took a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/sony_pictures\/underworldevolution\/\" title=\"Apple - Trailers - Underworld: Evolution\">trailer for the sequel, Underworld: Evolution<\/a>. I may end up wandering out to catch a matinee to see how it fares&#8230;the original <em>was<\/em> quite pretty and nice eye candy, and perhaps they&#8217;ll actually have invested in some slightly more competent screenwriters this time around.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t hold my breath&#8230;but hey, if nothing else, it&#8217;s a chance to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000295\/\" title=\"IMDB: Kate Beckinsale\">Kate Beckinsale<\/a> wearing skin-tight outfits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was not exactly overly enamored with Underworld &#8212; &#8216;disappointing and frustrating&#8217; were my actual words after seeing it, in fact &#8212; I just took a look at the trailer for the sequel, Underworld: Evolution. I may end up wandering out to catch a matinee to see how it fares&#8230;the original _was_ quite pretty and nice eye candy, and perhaps they&#8217;ll actually have invested in some slightly more competent screenwriters this time around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,3182],"class_list":["post-3558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-underworld-evolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}