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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 414072" data-attributes="member: 8">Nevertheless....T2 TRAINSPOTTING (2017)[ATTACH=full]54950[/ATTACH]I probably wouldn&#039;t have bothered with a &#039;97 or &#039;98 sequel, but a story that literally happens 20 years later proved to be a temptation I couldn&#039;t resist.They might as well have called it Trainspotting XL because everything I felt was missing in the original (reason, for example) is delivered in spades by the older gang.It is possible to watch T2 first because apart from a certain plot point it doesn&#039;t rely too heavily on nostalgia - although I didn&#039;t have to wait 20 years for it, so maybe there&#039;s a difference - and the story gives enough information about the situation and why it has become like that.The nostalgia is actually addressed in conversation&nbsp; - &quot;you&#039;re a tourist in your own youth&quot;&nbsp; - and it made me think that youth doesn&#039;t exist until you no longer have it.Bit of a paradox, come to think of it.Spud&#039;s memoirs kinda make it look as if it was always meant to be these two films, the whole story, therefore I think it&#039;s more effective to watch the original first (as obvious as that may sound).A few bits from the original are re-used but not to make it look better than it was.Besides, the cinematography is fresh and exciting therefore these moments always come unexpectedly. There&#039;s a lot of clever mixing and editing that makes the film very pleasant to watch and worth revisiting (and that includes the &#039;96 version that has unintentionally become &quot;Part I&quot;).[MEDIA=youtube]2EQCpQbUrzI:53[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 414072, member: 8"] Nevertheless.... T2 TRAINSPOTTING (2017) [ATTACH type="full"]54950[/ATTACH] I probably wouldn't have bothered with a '97 or '98 sequel, but a story that literally happens 20 years later proved to be a temptation I couldn't resist. They might as well have called it Trainspotting XL because everything I felt was missing in the original (reason, for example) is delivered in spades by the older gang. It is possible to watch T2 first because apart from a certain plot point it doesn't rely too heavily on nostalgia - although I didn't have to wait 20 years for it, so maybe there's a difference - and the story gives enough information about the situation and why it has become like that. The nostalgia is actually addressed in conversation - "you're a tourist in your own youth" - and it made me think that youth doesn't exist until you no longer have it. Bit of a paradox, come to think of it. Spud's memoirs kinda make it look as if it was always meant to be these two films, the whole story, therefore I think it's more effective to watch the original first (as obvious as that may sound). A few bits from the original are re-used but not to make it look better than it was. Besides, the cinematography is fresh and exciting therefore these moments always come unexpectedly. There's a lot of clever mixing and editing that makes the film very pleasant to watch and worth revisiting (and that includes the '96 version that has unintentionally become "Part I"). [MEDIA=youtube]2EQCpQbUrzI:53[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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