The Fate of Burt Gummer

I think the Tremors franchise is great. Tremors (1990), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996), Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001), and definitely Tremors: The Series (2003)... but not so much Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004), or Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015), or Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell (2018), but at least Tremors 7: Shrieker Island (2020) was a little more interesting.

I honestly didn't care for Jamie Kennedy as Burt's son, and I think he looked crappy. That's the best way I can describe him. Burt's son shouldn't be crappy, so they wrote him out. Everybody needs a sidekick for exposition, so we'll give you Jon Heder to react to Burt's survivalist militaristic attitude. Throw in Richard Brake as some jerk mercenary hunting the graboids and getting killed by the shriekers and whatnot, and there's your movie. Mildly amusing at best.


It's a more forgettable entry like the last three, but it is made important by its ending. An ending regarding the fate of one Burt Gummer. Now, I know Universal likes to milk this franchise, while keeping it on the lesser DTV tier, but the series has one constant, and that's Michael Gross.

If Burt Gummer is out of the picture, is the franchise over? Are we headed for the inevitable remake? A spin off with the crappy son and/or Napoleon Dynamite? An actual sequel with Kevin Bacon? Or does Michael Gross come back as a relative of Burt's? Maybe a descendent in some future graboid dystopian earth?

Either way, it's pretty sad to see this franchise fizzle out. I wish Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon could have reteamed with Burt Gummer for one last adventure, but like I said, this series was never a priority for Universal. Burt kept the fire burning though. I read that there are still talks of him returning, but I wont hold my breath. I think this may be it for the original Tremors series. 😥

I'm only 3 years late to this movie, by the way. Some fan I am.

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