{"id":737,"date":"2024-02-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=737"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:29:42","slug":"before-the-tremor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/before-the-tremor\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the Tremor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Review May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ve said this before, but there\u2019s a lot of times that turning a film into a franchise can really ruin a great concept. Now I don\u2019t know what the sequels are like, however what I will say is that the prequel definitely turned out better than expected\u2026wait, I\u2019m supposed to leave that talk until the end\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rejection to Perfection<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                You don\u2019t exactly need to pay too much attention to notice this change. The first focus we are introduced to in the town of Rejection is the water tower \u2013 the same water tower in Tremors <\/em>that shows Perfection. I wondered if Chang referring to the town as \u2018our perfect home\u2019 is also a reference to the later name change. Some may say that it could be a coincidence, that these are just two small towns in the same area \u2013 but there are also the little things like Chang\u2019s Market\u2026that and the fact that we actually see the name changed at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                The only confusing part for me is that the prequel film is set in 1889, and as far as I could tell \u2013 it doesn\u2019t span 3 years\u2026but in Tremors <\/em>the sign shows that Perfection was established on 1902.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Ties<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It\u2019s a common thing that families will live in a small town for generations, and it seems that the town of Perfection is no different. Firstly, Walter Chang, owner and proprietor of Walter Chang\u2019s Market \u2013 originally Chang\u2019s Market \u2013 logically a descendant of the Pyong, Lu Wan and Fu Yein Chang. With them, you also have Burt Gummer \u2013 the conspiracy theorist and prepper \u2013 who is the great grandson of Hiram Gummer in Tremors 4. <\/em>The more interesting part is that both characters are played by Michael Gross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise of the Graboids<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Now, I\u2019m just going to point out that I didn\u2019t come up with this name for the worm-like creatures \u2013 blame Walter Chang! Now I\u2019ve seen Tremors <\/em>a few times and I\u2019m certain at no point do the townsfolk of Perfection reference the events in this prequel. You would think it would have been told for generations as a warning in case the creatures returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                You would definitely have expected it to be passed down in the Chang family but then again, it seems that they agree to not tell anyone about, as they call them, dirt dragons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attack of the Juveniles<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It might just be me, but I\u2019m certain that the Graboids in Tremors 4: The Legend Begins <\/em>are smaller than those that attack Perfection in the first film. If that is the case, that means that they have been surviving underground in Neveda for at least 100 years! OK, maybe that would\u2019ve been the case if they hadn\u2019t killed all 3 at the end of the film.which film?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curious Moments<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This has nothing to do with the fact that Tremors 4: The Legend Begins <\/em>is a prequel to Tremors <\/em>but these are little things that stood out to me. For example, Earl and Valentine find Edgar dead in a telephone box ends up being similar to the fact that Juan climbs a telegraph pole in Tremors 4 <\/em>to get away from the Graboids. Also, Perfection clearly requires there to be an Old Fred but he ends up dead in both films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Conclusion<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I got a little bit ahead of myself at the beginning and began to conclude before I even started but I was right \u2013 the prequel is definitely better than expected. It wasn\u2019t cheesy and as far as I could tell, there was nothing altered that could have changed the future timeline like other prequels have fallen foul of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers I think I\u2019ve said this before, but there\u2019s a lot of times that turning a film into a franchise can really ruin a great concept. Now I don\u2019t know what the sequels are like, however what I will say is that the prequel definitely turned out better than expected\u2026wait, … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-if-we-prequels-have-offended","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}