Best PREQUELS ?
 

For this thread, let's leave the Star Wars prequels outta it. They are great, let's leave it at that

I actually liked Cube Zero

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was pretty fun.

I would have left it at that if you left it at "let's leave the Star Wars prequels outta it". You just had to squeeeeeeeeeeze that "great" part in there didn't ya? :)

Anyhoo, I honestly can't think of ONE prequel that's any good. Sure I can live with Temple of Doom, but I don't count that as a prequel.

Red Dragon is pretty good.

Could Godfather 2 be consider a prequal? Atleast half of it?

IMDB's list of prequels:

http://www.imdb.com/List?tv=on&&keyw...ing=19;prequel

Nothing really stands out except for Temple of Doom and Godfather 2 - neither of which I really think of as prequels...

Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me if you consider it as a prequel to the TV series

Vampire Hunter D is on that list. What is it a prequel to?

Why isn't Temple of Doom a prequel? GL said he intended it as a backstory to take place before Raiders.

The Good,The Bad,and The Ugly?

Temple of Doom is absolute crap. Can I say Batman Begins?

Temple of Doom and Red Dragon are both good, but neither are better than the original. I'm not sure if there is one that is better than the original.

Edit: I like Amityville II better than the first one. :shrug:

No.

I enjoyed Missing In Action 2: "the beginning" over the first one.

I liked Red Dragon.

Does this count as a prequel or a remake?

Godfather 2 isn't a prequel...it's a sequel with flashbacks! :)

You didn't need to include that, no one was going to mention them anyway. :D

I'd leave them out too but not because they are Great. Mediocre maybe.

They question is a hard one as there arent many good Prequels. Prequels usually don't work because you know what is going to happen already.

Red Dragon (the book) was written before Silence of the Lambs so can it really be considered a prequel since it was done before ?

I would definitely include ROTS, but that's just one man's opinion.

Batman Begins is not a prequel. It's just a retelling of Batman's original.

Infernal Affairs II

I always considered Red Dragon a remake of Manhunter (1986), but that's just me.

I guess technically it is...I just don't think of it as a prequel since it really doesn't provide any back story to Raiders of the Lost Ark. The idea that it was set in a time frame before Raiders isn't really apparent while watching the movie - nor does it really matter what time frame it was set in. Prequel...sequel...doesn't really matter with the Indy flicks, as they can all stand on their own.

Can't it be a remake and a prequel at the same time?

Not since it was written before SotL. It is the first book in a series. There is no prequel.

I was thinking of that, but I don't know if it a prequel. At the end Blondie acquires the trademark poncho, which suggests it is the beginning of the trilogy, but I can't think of any events that would definitly put it before the first two chronologically.

Exactly. And furthermore, the film version of Red Dragon was released first (as Manhunter). Then Silence, then Hannibal. Remaking Red Dragon doesn't make it a prequel at all.

The upcoming Young Hannibal will be the real prequel. :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367959/

I felt that Paul Shrader's Exorcist: The Beginning was a pretty solid prequel.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is good. It's the first Indy movie I saw so I have special place for it.

I thought that was retitled to Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist to differentiate it from Renny Harlin's schlockfest.

Hmmm...never thought of it that way. I think the trilogy is supposed to be individual films with the same character like the Indy movies. The last one is supposed to be the finale and I always took the acquisition of the poncho at the end as signal that the blondie character is indeed the "man with no name" who finally has his "poncho of power" if you want to get into super hero talk stuff. ;)

Is the craptacular Alien vs. Predator the only movie to be both a sequel AND a prequel? (i.e. it's a sequel to the Predator movies, but a prequel to the Alien movies)

Favorite Prequel
 

How about:

(1) God of Gamblers III (prequel to God of Gamblers) starring Leon Lai which I liked better than God of Gamblers I or II.

(2) I concur with Infernal Affairs II better than Infernal Affairs.

(3) Iron Monkey - a prequel to the Once Upon A Time in China series starring a young Wong Fei Hong.

(4) One could argue that A Better Tomorrow III is better than A Better Tomorrow.

Considering how you interpret certain parts of FIRE WALK WITH ME, it could be considered both a sequel and a prequel to the TWIN PEAKS series.