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Author Topic: Movie sequels and prequels that are dead to you Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-15-2009 07:00 PM                        This should be a fairly simple concept for most people, just list movie sequels and prequels which you think the "franchise" is better off without. For example: -Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom -Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull For me, they never happened. The first and the third movies were the only ones that count. -Back to the Future 2 and 3. Back to the Future should have ended right where the first one did. The 2nd and 3rd just made a mess of everything. However I do find them entertaining and I do believe that part 2 is an accurate example of what 2015 will be like, but I pretend that they don't exist when watching part 1. -Ghostbusters 2. Ug. Anything after Aliens. Alien3 was awful, so was Alien Resurrection, and those Alien vs Predator movies have no right to exist whatsoever. -Dracula: Dead and Loving It Was a really shitty sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula. What was Columbia thinking by following that up with this? More? Probably, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-15-2009 07:13 PM                       -- Smokey and the Bandit 2 and 3 These actually made the original a lesser picture. Incredible!  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-15-2009 07:19 PM                        All the Jaws sequels should be expunged from the record. Also Speed 2 Cruise Control.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-15-2009 08:20 PM                     These movies are among the sequels and prequels that are dead to me: Any sequel to Robocop. Utter crap. Any sequel to Beverly Hills Cop. In agreement about sequels to Smokey and Bandit, Jaws and Speed. They're awful. Airplane 2 was pretty dreadful. The Fly 2 (the late 1980s sequel to the remake from David Cronenberg). Unlike the 1986 movie, which was great but really disturbing -this one was just sucky and disturbing only in a couple scenes. Along with any Alien movie made after Aliens, I have to say all sequels and off-shoots of Predator have sucked oily ass. There's only the monster movie starring the Governors of California and Minnesota. The others just don't exist. Transformers was a guilty pleasure. However, I have no desire to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. There's a lot of other sequels and prequels that piss me off. But I haven't thought of them yet. So this post is just a start.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 10-15-2009 08:59 PM                        Superman II, III, IV and Returns. Star Trek: The Motion Picture, V, First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis and Star Trek.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-15-2009 09:56 PM                     The Matrix Reloaded & The Matrix Revolutions The Animatrix was pretty awesome though.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-15-2009 10:34 PM                        I agree with all of the above, with these additions: Star Wars episodes I and II. (I enjoyed III a lot, for some reason.) Any sequel Disney makes for its animated movies. (Pixar gets a pass on this, although we'll see how Toy Story 3 is.) Pretty much all horror sequels (or remakes).  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-15-2009 10:45 PM                     Saw should have ended after the first film, which was brilliant. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a complete waste. All prints should be burned, and masters erased. AJG  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-15-2009 11:19 PM                     Any Star Wars made after "Return of the Jedi." It is very clear that Lucas has a "built-in" audience for his movies. There is a certain segment of the population who will pay to see a Star Wars sequel or prequel simply because it is Star Wars. The thing is, Lucas knows that and he panders to that audience. Consequently, Lucas doesn't have to try hard to make good movies anymore. He knows that any piece of drek he can curn out will turn a profit. He spends his time on making digital special effects that don't add much to the story instead of spending his time on the story itself. I watched Episode 1 with hope that it would be a new and interesting addition to the Star Wars series. It was "good" but not great. I wathced Episode 2 hoping that it would be better but I was disappointed again. Episode 3 turned out nothing more than a "connector" to bring the plots of Episodes 1 and 2 in line with the original Star Wars. If Lucas would ever put out Episodes 7, 8 and 9 I would probably not watch them. If I did I would certainly wait until they are released on video. I would hold out until I could rent thm them on "buck night" at Family Video. So, yeah... Star Wars is dead.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-16-2009 12:10 AM                     The horrendous sequel to 'Romancing The Stone'' ... 'The Jewel Of The Nile'.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 10-16-2009 08:15 AM                        SEQUELS: Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13 I'm also throwing in a remake because they tend to bug me more than sequels: REMAKE: The Stepford Wives  |  IP: Logged Mark Ogden Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 943 From: Little Falls, N.J. Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-16-2009 08:29 AM                     One sequal I was looking forward to seeing, because I loved the original . . . and it turned out to be one of the worst pieces of shit ever: Men In Black 2 . That's the one where the super-secret-unknown-even-to-the-government MIB headquaters suddenly has a Burger King franchise. If you are willing to compromise a major plot point from the original for the sake of a product placement deal, then to you and your movie.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 10-16-2009 09:23 AM                        The Star Wars nay-sayers have a point, of course, but I know some kids under age 12 who sincerely love all the new stuff, especially the animated TV series. Face it, guys. We outgrew Star Wars but that thing is far from dead.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 10-16-2009 11:13 AM                     Going through my movie collection, here are the movies which I did not find (because they're crap). Alien Resurrection Batman and Robin Thunderball Diamonds Are Forever All of the Roger Moore Bonds except For Your Eyes Only Licence to Kill Final Destination 2-4 Ghostbusters 2 Red Dragon Hannibal Rising Highlander 2: The Quickening The Search for Vengeance The Source I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Halloween II Day of the Dead Ocean's Thirteen Psycho II Rocky II-V Spider-Man 3 Vampires: Los Muertos Wild Things 2 The X-Files: I Want to Believe X-Men: The Last Stand X-Men Origins: Wolverine  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 10-16-2009 05:35 PM                        City Slickers II  |  IP: Logged

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