You can't make a sequel of Labyrinth in 2020

I just saw someone post that labyrinth fans want Tilda Swinton to play Jarath in the sequel to Labyrinth. No they don't. If you think that they do then you have no idea who the real fans of this movie are. Fans of Labyrinth are 35 to 45 year old women who watched the romantic adventure of a young girl and a much older love interest. You can't make this film in 2020, are you serious?

Don't do this, don't ruin Labyrinth like you ruined JEM. I haven't even seen the JEM movie. I was a JEM mega fan in the 80's. JEM was a romantic cartoon that was a whole lot like a soap opera. JEM led a double life, she was able to hide her identity, she had a hot boyfriend and ran starlight music and an orphanage/foster home all while being a rock star and occasionally solving a crime. Who DOESN'T want to watch that? Instead they tried to appeal to the young girls of today and lost both the old audience and the new one. Can you imagine if they had turned this into a grown-up series on HBO instead? Heck if they had even just followed the original story line it would have been ok. What the ending up making was......a mistake. The reason is in today world JEM's story lines are a bit adult. The cartoon JEM was an adult by the way, unlike the teenager the replaced her with. The film I hear is boring, with no holograms, no camp and no fantasy. JEM was the essence of the 80's and so is Labyrinth and that is why you can't make a sequel to Labyrinth now.


Maybe some young 20-30 year olds will be offended by what I'm about to write, because that is all we do these days, get offended... but it needs to be explained. In the 80's there was no identity politics. In the 80's you could get away with David Bowie playing the, lets just say it out loud, love interest of a 14 year old girl. So raise your hand if you think they can continue the story as a romance?
No Tilda Swinton can not play the romantic lead in this film, perhaps Adam Lambert, but no not a female. I'd like to point out I was corrected when I said this on a message board, she is non-binary. *insert eye roll  Sure, tons of girls will get all sweaty for non binary Tilda..rigghhhttt. If you get mad at me saying this, then I have news for you, Labyrinth isn't for you. Go watch some fan girl YouTube videos about how David Bowie was their first crush before they even knew they liked boys and try again.

YOU CAN'T MAKE LABYRINTH in 2020.  It is not a politically correct film and it's sequel can't be made anymore either. At it's best the movie is about child endangerment and child exploitation...and that's if we forget about the whole part where Jareth want's to basically have a young girl, and I quote 'worship him'.  Look I'd love to see the story of Sarah, Toby and Jareth continued. Maybe Sara can become the part time goblin queen or something, (If they don't go by the comic book part 2), but I honestly don't think 2020 can handle it.