Movies that should have never had a sequel?
07-14-07, 06:03 AM
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Far too many to mention but among the worst:
The Sting
48 Hours
Speed
You can usually tell very quickly if the cast/crew cares about the film or they just view the sequel as a residual paycheck.
The Sting
48 Hours
Speed
You can usually tell very quickly if the cast/crew cares about the film or they just view the sequel as a residual paycheck.
07-14-07, 06:52 AM
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Some films not previously mentioned:
Splash (yes, there was a Splash Too...made for TV, and understandable why)
2001: A Space Odyssey -- Stanley Kubrick's zombie will one day drag Peter Hyams to hell
Jurassic Park
Every single Disney film from Bambi to the present (Toy Story excepted, if you consider that Disney...I don't).
Like Perkinsun, I am curious how Bill Cosby envisioned the other five parts of the Leonard saga.
Splash (yes, there was a Splash Too...made for TV, and understandable why)
2001: A Space Odyssey -- Stanley Kubrick's zombie will one day drag Peter Hyams to hell
Jurassic Park
Every single Disney film from Bambi to the present (Toy Story excepted, if you consider that Disney...I don't).
Like Perkinsun, I am curious how Bill Cosby envisioned the other five parts of the Leonard saga.
07-14-07, 07:53 AM
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Friday The 13TH--------I mean did we need another Halloween knock-off!
Friday The 13TH--------I mean did we need another Halloween knock-off!
American Psycho shouldn't of had a sequel (American Psycho 2), thankfully hardly anyone saw it because it has nothing to do with the brilliant original. Halloween III: Season of the Witch shouldn't have ever been made, but thats not a sequel.
07-14-07, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by The Monkees
Blues Brothers 2000, probably one of the worst sequels of all time. I mean the story had NO plot! John Belushi was probably spinning in his grave.
07-14-07, 10:53 AM
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Are We There Yet?
National Lampoon's Vacation
Bruce Almighty
Rocky
Rambo
Star Wars the Phantom Menace
Legally Blonde
Bring it On
American Pie 3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ghostbusters
Men in Black
ANY Disney movie (not including Pixar)
Hollow Man
Leperchaun
Butterfly Effect
Man, I just realized I could do this all day...
Are We There Yet?
National Lampoon's Vacation
Bruce Almighty
Rocky
Rambo
Star Wars the Phantom Menace
Legally Blonde
Bring it On
American Pie 3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ghostbusters
Men in Black
ANY Disney movie (not including Pixar)
Hollow Man
Leperchaun
Butterfly Effect
Man, I just realized I could do this all day...
07-14-07, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
Aliens.
07-14-07, 11:38 AM
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These are movie series that would have been great if they had stayed as single standalone movies:
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Matrix
The Star Wars Trilogy (No need for Prequels)
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
It is not to say that some of these sequels aren't bad, and they are entertaining, but years later, they just seem so inferior when you watch them next to the originals.
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Matrix
The Star Wars Trilogy (No need for Prequels)
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
It is not to say that some of these sequels aren't bad, and they are entertaining, but years later, they just seem so inferior when you watch them next to the originals.
07-14-07, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Digigeek06
ARE YOU KIDDING!!! ALIENS is the BEST Sequel EVER! Your CrAzY!
07-14-07, 12:25 PM
#47
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Originally Posted by wendersfan
Yeah, that movie sucked. However, Alien<sup>3</sup> was really good.
If I had a dime for everytime I heard that silly "but they killed Hicks and Newt!" argument, I'd be rich.
And to save everybody some time, the correct answer to the question:
Movies that should have never had a sequel?
07-14-07, 12:41 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by coli
These are movie series that would have been great if they had stayed as single standalone movies:
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Matrix
The Star Wars Trilogy (No need for Prequels)
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
It is not to say that some of these sequels aren't bad, and they are entertaining, but years later, they just seem so inferior when you watch them next to the originals.
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Matrix
The Star Wars Trilogy (No need for Prequels)
Jurassic Park
Back to the Future
It is not to say that some of these sequels aren't bad, and they are entertaining, but years later, they just seem so inferior when you watch them next to the originals.
Oh, and also "Romancing the Stone" had one - "Jewel of the Nile" - which was REALLY bad!
07-14-07, 01:11 PM
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I think there's a difference between a film that either sets it self up for a sequel (like The Matrix) or lends it self to having sequels (like James Bond, each mission can be a different movies) AND a movie which is a complete story where no sequel is needed (i.e. the Highlander) or where the second movie seems to be just milking the characters (Blues Brothers 2000).
The former I have no problem with. I think most people list these kind of movies because they thought the sequels sucked. But if done right, the sequels would have been fine. And I'm saying those movies SHOULD have sequels. It's just the execution failed, and I wouldn't put them on this list.
It's the latter kind of movies that shouldn't be made, and which I think beyond on a list like this. Instead of bitching about movies which you hated, which movies should have never been green-lit (irrelevant of how they turned out) in the first place because the idea was so bad.
The former I have no problem with. I think most people list these kind of movies because they thought the sequels sucked. But if done right, the sequels would have been fine. And I'm saying those movies SHOULD have sequels. It's just the execution failed, and I wouldn't put them on this list.
It's the latter kind of movies that shouldn't be made, and which I think beyond on a list like this. Instead of bitching about movies which you hated, which movies should have never been green-lit (irrelevant of how they turned out) in the first place because the idea was so bad.
07-14-07, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by AllHallowsEve
I'm surprised you'd say that. Only because you own many of the keystone 80's horror sequels.
I'm not disagreeing with you fully however. You are right -- probably about 70% of the time imo.
I'm not disagreeing with you fully however. You are right -- probably about 70% of the time imo.
Originally Posted by dhmac
Blues Brothers 2000 was both a Musical and a Comedy. As a Comedy, it failed miserably, with mostly lame rehashes of stuff from the original movie. But as a Musical, it worked very well with a selection of music that was at least on a par with, and even arguably better than, the music in the original movie. (And watching a Musical for the "plot" is kinda missing the point.)
And I agree that the music in the movie is very good. I do indeed own the soundtrack to the movie.
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