Sequels
What are your ultimate thoughts on sequels? Favorite ones?
Most sequels are not as good as the original, of course. Some are truly better. Some are not really better, but maybe more entertaining, if that makes sense. Like Rocky II and Scream 2, for example. Even some bad ones at least have some fun things in them. There were sequels before, but sequel-mania really took off in the 80's. It seemed like it really calmed down in the 90's. It came back huge in the 2000's. |
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Depends on the sequel but I usually like 'em.
T2 Aliens Godfather II those are the obvious top 3 on my list. |
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A good majority of them are terrible. I do like The Dark Knight though.
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Pretty sure it picked up rapidly in the 90's, especially with Disney.
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Empire Strikes Back
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Back to the Future part II is a strong case for the potential of sequels.
Back to the Future part III is...decent (kinda). |
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Originally Posted by Yeti4623
(Post 11557496)
There were sequels before, but sequel-mania really took off in the 80's. It seemed like it really calmed down in the 90's. It came back huge in the 2000's.
The Blondie series ran for 28 films, from 1938-1950, averaging about two per year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(comic_strip)#Film Red Ryder was another series that ran for 28 films over 10 years, meaning an average of nearly 3 a year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ryd...and_television The Durango Kid series ran for 64 films, with 63 of them filmed within a 7 year span, or 9 a year on average: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...tt#Durango_Kid |
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I've never seen any sequels.
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Yeah...sequels aren't anything new.
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Most of them suck except for IMO :
The Bride of Frankenstein Sanjuro Dawn of the Dead Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan The Color of Money The Godfather II French Connection II The Silence of the Lambs A Shot In The Dark Hellraiser II Evil Dead II Inferno Terminator II Aparajito The Road Warrior Aliens The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse 2046 Three Colours: White Manon of the Spring |
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Although I'm overwhelmingly in the minority I LOVE Ghostbusters II and would rank it ever so slightly above the original.
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SON OF KONG (1933) was an early sequel that disappointed audiences.
But what were the earliest sequels? I'm guessing these two: Douglas Fairbanks' DON Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925) was a sequel to THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920). Rudolph Valentino's SON OF THE SHEIK (1926) was a sequel to his THE SHEIK (1921). |
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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
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But what were the earliest sequels? I'm guessing these two: Douglas Fairbanks' DON Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925) was a sequel to THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920). Rudolph Valentino's SON OF THE SHEIK (1926) was a sequel to his THE SHEIK (1921).
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Then there's the kind of sequel, where the original movie is sort of a surprise hit. Then when they make a sequel, they don't just make a sequel, they film two sequels back-to back with a cliffhanger in the middle:
Back to the Future The Matrix Pirates of the Carribean |
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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
(Post 11557765)
But what were the earliest sequels?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_a_Nation Prior to that there were short film sequels to previous shorts. I don't know if it's the earliest, but one example would be the sequels to the 1910 version of The Wizard of Oz, also made in 1910, with the sequels subsequently lost. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Won..._Oz_(1910_film) |
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Originally Posted by Jay G.
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I don't think this is necessarily true. Sequels have always been a part of the cinematic landscape, and prior to the advent of TV there were theatrical film series known to extend into the dozens.
The Blondie series ran for 28 films, from 1938-1950, averaging about two per year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(comic_strip)#Film Red Ryder was another series that ran for 28 films over 10 years, meaning an average of nearly 3 a year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ryd...and_television The Durango Kid series ran for 64 films, with 63 of them filmed within a 7 year span, or 9 a year on average: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...tt#Durango_Kid |
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