Valerian 3 | C1ty Of A Th0us4nd P14n3ts -movielin...

Let’s be honest: Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) was a beautiful, chaotic mess. It had the most expensive opening 20 minutes of any film in history (the breathtaking "Space Oddity" sequence) and some of the clunkiest dialogue ever spoken by leads who had zero romantic chemistry.

That is a killer premise. Probably not financially. But creatively? Absolutely. Valerian 3 C1ty Of A Th0us4nd P14n3ts -MovieLin...

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. Let’s be honest: Luc Besson’s Valerian and the

But here we are, six years later, still talking about it. Why? Because the was unmatched. Probably not financially

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 .

Until then, I’ll keep streaming the original just for that market scene on the hyper-dimensional beach.

By MovieLinguist