Thu
Jul
3
Basic Instinct II
Just now, I was listening to a psychologist on NPR. The subject was self-destructive habitual behavior, and she was saying that human beings crave established patterns, even if repetition is not serving them well. Something that once worked but has now ceased to be effective is revisited out of the intense comfort we take in the familiar.
It occurs to me that by coupling this basic and irrational human instinct with insatiable corporate greed, you arrive at the guiding principle behind movie sequels.