i actually feel that way as well.

Considering how many records Jurassic World broke... They probably would like to replicate that success with another big 90's film and bring in the Billions.
Obviously the reward will hopefully out-weigh the risk.

It certainly beats rebooting something for a 3rd time like Spiderman, and they are retaining some sort of story continuity even if some of it is retconned, so I'll give them props for that.

I liked him in Jurassic Park but he was starting to get old by the time of Independence Day for me.

Otherwise, it's probably about the most cliche' laden movie I've ever seen lol... I liked it as a kid but a few years ago watched it again and... eh... there's just so many cliche's and plotholes that I had trouble enjoying it. Will Smith was still cool though.

Maybe it's contagious. 

Denny Crane

If you are asking about ID4 sequel, it's a full on sequel not a reboot. 

The story is about how the aliens have been watching us and planning their revenge after they got beaten last time. Over those 20 years, earth has also been planning and now we about to have a show down. 

Well, a 200 million dollar budget isn't insanity these days. Ever since Titanic, studios have been more willing to invest huuuuuuge sums for production, but I do think this one is a bit riskier despite the first's success. 20 years has been kind to Jurassic Park (because everyone wants to see a fun movie with realistic-ish dinosaurs in it) and Star Wars (because it's STAR WARS) but destruction porn doesn't have that same novelty as it once did.

On top of that, worldwide audiences might not respond as favorably if it has all the American flag-waving like the first, Will Smith isn't in it, and the way the first ended any sort of sequel could be looked at as a cash-grab.

This movie might succeed and become a blockbuster success, but it could flop hard, especially with Star Trek coming up soon after. This one's hard to for me to predict, so, yeah, it does seem a little crazy to spend 200 million on something if you aren't sure how well it'll do.

I read somewhere that this film was planned some time ago and that there would be a 3rd film as well. The plot details I read made this possible.

I liked the first movie. I love alien invasion movies though so maybe I'm biased.

200 million bucks for Anti-Virus software installed.

Anyway, i might going to watch that film this Friday & see what's going on.

Er. I know it's a sequel. I thought I worded it well enough to get that point across. :P