Taking a look at Den of Geek’s 2009 movie guide showed me four things.

1. You cant get enough sequels.
I love em’ I‘ve always felt that with the sequels epically superhero/fantasy films, that you get to skip all the introduction stuff, and get to the story and character development.  While X-Men 2 wasn’t a gem, you did get to skip all the baggage X-Men 1 carried with it introducing an entire world to a audience that may not be completely with familiar with. I hope that Iron Man 2 will do the same only better (But do we really need  The Fast and the Furious 4)

2. Almost every film will have a crazy amount of visual effects and animation
This is great because it means alot of jobs for people I know.  Hopefully more will continue (see number 4)

3.  Hollywood is out of ideas
I swear I wont pay for a rehash of 80’s tv shows epically if they are poorly Written/Directed (See Speed Racer) and Cast (See Dukes of Hazard). I will however keep an open mind when it comes to my fav shows like GI Joe, and if i see MacGuyver remade im gonna take a flame thrower to this place.

4. The CG/3D bubble has not burst.
During the 90’s I worked as what some would call a “computer monkey”, someone who didn’t really have any skill other than being able to use a computer and basic knowledge of the internet. I got paid a lot of money to do various things, like make bad web pages, and copy books into a database, and scan stuff. Then the Internet bubble burst and people weren’t doing that anymore. Don’t get me wrong you can still do that but it isn’t as easy to come by. (Maybe it is I really have looked in a while but thats the sense i get). Anyway I’m always worried that the 3D or visual effect bubble will burst and there will be a backlash in the market resulting in jobs being lost or outsourced. Having worked in live action i will never believe that CG will replace it at any point, but I’m investing a lot of my career into it and I hope that there will be a balance.