That is a killer premise. Probably not financially. But creatively? Absolutely.
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Until then, I’ll keep streaming the original just for that market scene on the hyper-dimensional beach. Valerian 3 C1ty Of A Th0us4nd P14n3ts -MovieLin...
But here we are, six years later, still talking about it. Why? Because the was unmatched. That is a killer premise
The biggest sin of the original was casting two actors who acted like annoyed siblings rather than lovers. For Valerian 3 , you need a "Die Hard in Space" dynamic. Give us a grizzled, older Valerian (think a younger Bruce Willis) and a Laureline who isn't rolling her eyes every three seconds. Absolutely
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Think about it: Alpha has absorbed the tech and biology of 1,000+ worlds. What if it develops a hive mind? What if it decides that humans are a virus? The third film would see Valerian and Laureline fighting the very station they swore to protect .