What are some great movie series ruined by bad sequels?

2010-07-20 18:58:03

#26

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6950

Jurassic Park
The Land Before Time
The Matrix (although the story needed to continue, the 2nd and 3rd ones were shit)
The Star Wars prequels. What a bloody disappointment. I was the biggest fucking Star Wars fan before 1998.
The Pokemon tv series.
The Lion King

So many others...

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2010-07-20 19:10:08

#27

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6668|'Murka

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
Adams_BJ wrote:
The new top gun
Once again, implying that the first one was worth watching.

Didn't even realize there was a sequel coming out.

Too bad I'll have to miss that one.

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2010-07-20 19:31:36

#28

Adams_BJ: Russian warship, go fuck yourself; +2,054|6880|Little Bentcock

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
Adams_BJ wrote:
The new top gun
Once again, implying that the first one was worth watching.

ofcourse, because it was.

2010-07-20 19:43:27

#29

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7029|PNW

1) The Star Wars prequels shifted gears from story to effects. Might have won new people over to Star Wars, but it lost me.
2) Harry Potter: series rot. There's only so much book you can cram into a movie, which makes filming a series of seriously interlinked novels, some of which at the time of filming haven't even been released, a complete gamble. Not having ready Harry Potter at all before watching the first movie, I was able to follow it well enough. Since then, I've tried to analyze each film from the perspective of someone who hadn't read the books (as best as I can, since I have read them), and I can see why they're so difficult to follow for anyone who isn't a fan. There are tons of gaps for the non-Potter fan to bridge before they can understand who half of the characters are or what's going on and why.
3) The Hobbit (the next one). Studio buttheads have buried this film in such a mire of legal work that by the time it comes out, it'll have little momentum to work with. I bet it'll be a good movie, though. In like 2018.
4) X-Men: MAKE IT STOP!!

2010-07-21 05:34:30

#30

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6836|Columbus, OH

Doctor Strangelove wrote:
Adams_BJ wrote:
The new top gun
Once again, implying that the first one was worth watching.

Iron Eagle gets more love from Hollywood than Top Gun, what a shame.

2010-07-21 05:36:38

#31

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6885|UK

I have a feeling the new a-team is gonna fail pretty bad.

2010-07-21 06:16:57

#32

M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6480|Escea

Terminator 3 made a complete mockery of the first two. Salvation kinda redeemed it a little.

Also the Star Wars prequels, of which I only really watched because Natalie Portman was in them.

2010-07-21 07:07:13

#33

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6997

Godfather 3
Aliens 3 and 4

2010-07-21 07:07:51

#34

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6911

liquidat0r wrote:
I have a feeling the new a-team is gonna fail pretty bad.

It already has

2010-07-21 08:52:36

#35

pace51: Boom?; +194|5431|Markham, Ontario

paranoid101 wrote:
Godfather 3
Aliens 3 and 4

Aliens four was fine, more of a salvage of the series. Aliens three was cannon fodder though.

2010-07-21 08:54:46

#36

SamTheMan: +341|5399|Stoke, England

shrek
lion king
green street
terminator
batman forever was shit, but the new ones are mint

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2010-07-21 08:59:33

#37

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6704|Amsterdam‫

alien and aliens 3 and 4 were utter shit

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2010-07-21 09:11:52

#38

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6858|132 and Bush

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298650/

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2010-07-21 09:17:15

#39

pace51: Boom?; +194|5431|Markham, Ontario

Kmarion wrote:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298650/

Don't be so quick to shoot it down, pirates movies are generally good. It may suck, and the story sounds slightly cheesy, but it could be great.

2010-07-21 09:20:51

#40

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6858|132 and Bush

I didnt shoot it down. Something to consider.

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2010-07-21 09:26:45

#41

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6996|Toronto | Canada

The only bearable PotC movie was the first one, and even then it wasnt that good.

2010-07-21 09:29:36

#42

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6569

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly aren't going to be in it from what I heard. It just won't feel like a pirates movie without their terrible acting.

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2010-07-21 09:47:04

#43

Buckles: Cheeky Keen; +329|6814|Kent, UK

Transformers 2. I loved the first one and still do. The second one was OK but a bit of a letdown to me, it didn't really improve on the first. I just hope #3 is going to be better.

2010-07-21 10:02:24

#44

Lt. lollerskates: The douchiestbag; +3|6082|Denmark

The Saw sequels. The first one was good, the rest are just wasted of time

2010-07-21 10:15:34

#45

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6858|132 and Bush

Winston_Churchill wrote:
The only bearable PotC movie was the first one, and even then it wasnt that good.

I wouldn't say the others were unbearable...

shit looks pimp on bd btw.

@ebug9 the link i posted says no. Last we heard OB was stuck at sea as the new captain of the dutchman. .. and kiera was given the task of watching over his recently removed heart. mglwtf? So me thinketh writing them out might have been a good move.

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2010-07-21 11:07:26

#46

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6569

Kmarion wrote:
@ebug9 the link i posted says no. Last we heard OB was stuck at sea as the new captain of the dutchman. .. and kiera was given the task of watching over his recently removed heart. mglwtf? So me thinketh writing them out might have been a good move.

I guess that does make sense. I think I read an article at some point saying they refused to act in it because Depp was being paid so much more than they were. Maybe it was a load of bullshit who knows.

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2010-07-21 11:10:09

#47

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6858|132 and Bush

Well, to be fair, Depp was the only one with at least a smidgen of talent. .. Now if Depp walked it was surely game over.

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2010-07-21 11:22:59

#48

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6995|Cinncinatti

I like Barbarossa

2010-07-21 11:28:15

#49

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6858|132 and Bush

Me 2. I was talking of the 3 mentioned characters.

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2010-07-21 15:01:33

#50

Backupwayback: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯; +73|6558

-CARNIFEX-[LOC] wrote:
The Matrix tops my list...

The first movie still stands as one of the best movie theatre experiences of my life...while 2 and 3 are literally some of the most forgettable movies I've ever seen.

i loved the 2nd one. Its still my favorite movie of all time.

Smokin ACES 2 was horrid

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