Terrible Sequels

[krazeyeyez]

is it just me or does it seem like they have just been digging to the bottom of the barrel to sequel so so movies from like 10+ years ago. stir of echoes i actually enjoyed at the time but i was at blockbuster yesterday and noticed stir of echoes 2 on the wall.... along with open water 2 and whole lot more, these two stuck in my head cause seeing them made me laugh out loud in the middle of the store like a crazy person.

i like some originality, of course your gonna draw ideas from things you've scene and your gonna make a certain genre which leads to the same old same old, thats ok nothing is truly original, but i don't like this trend ive been seeing lately.

[cdot2four]

lol open water 2 was horrible.

[jsteinhauer]

Hey, look how many American Pie movies there are. I watch every single one of them.

The last man on Earth won't be Will Smith. It will be a Stiffler.

[The Don]

a Ghostbusters remake is supposed to be coming...

if they could bring back Dan Aykeroid and Bill Murray I'd be PSYCHED!!!

[davidPS3]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

is it just me or does it seem like they have just been digging to the bottom of the barrel to sequel so so movies from like 10+ years ago. stir of echoes i actually enjoyed at the time but i was at blockbuster yesterday and noticed stir of echoes 2 on the wall.... along with open water 2 and whole lot more, these two stuck in my head cause seeing them made me laugh out loud in the middle of the store like a crazy person.

i like some originality, of course your gonna draw ideas from things you've scene and your gonna make a certain genre which leads to the same old same old, thats ok nothing is truly original, but i don't like this trend ive been seeing lately.

I agree that there are alot of movies that need to or should have ended with just the stand alone movie. SOE was a stand alone, how they could try to make a part two is puzzling and open water, come on, the first one was the end, let it be.

Very good post here and I agree, some movies need to be left alone.

[soccrstar]

They are making another Indiana Jones Movies

I forgot what it is called

[krazeyeyez]

yeah the worst is when they sequel movies i like with a cheap knockoff ahem starship troopers 2, but some of the movies lately im sill wondering who thought making the first one was a good idea and how does he still have a job? american pie is sad because it went the way of national lampoons releasing movies that shouldn't get to sport the name.

[Ferris]

Well, they've be re-releasing movies and creating awful sequels for a while now. I remember noticing the trend when H20 came out. Personally, I don't think there should have been an Ocean's 12, but there are plenty of people who disagree with me on that one.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by krazeyeyez

is it just me or does it seem like they have just been digging to the bottom of the barrel to sequel so so movies from like 10+ years ago. stir of echoes i actually enjoyed at the time but i was at blockbuster yesterday and noticed stir of echoes 2 on the wall.... along with open water 2 and whole lot more, these two stuck in my head cause seeing them made me laugh out loud in the middle of the store like a crazy person.

So, do you honestly think SoE2 or OW2 have anything to do with the original films, except that the original screenwriter had sold the title rights off to the studio, a bargain-basement video producer was later able to buy the intellectual title-properties at a rights-clearance sale (or the original studio could dig it out of the vault when they had a B-loser they didn't know how to sell), and attach them to an existing spec-script that would've otherwise been "sort-of maybe" on the theme of ghosts or swimming?
If you believe that, we've got a copy of Creepshow 3 we'd like to sell you...

...Welcome to B-movies in the 00's, where the grindhouses are gone, and everything's for sale.

[jmlalit5]

What are some of the best and worst sequels you guys have seen?

Best (or, at least worth watching)
Spider-man 2
Batman Begins (don't know if this qualifies as a sequel or not)
Ocean's 13 (nowhere near as good as 11, but certainly better than 12)
Pirates 2&3 (don't know why there's so much hate for these, sure #1 was the best but these are still good)
Terminator 2&3 (I think 3 has way too many haters, it's not bad)
Die Hard 3&4
X2
All Harry Potter
Batman Forever (Hey, don't give me that look)
Austin Powers 2
Goldeneye
Shrek 2
Gremlins 2 (1st is better but this one's still fun to watch)

Worst (or, at least dissapointing)
Ocean's 12
Spider-man 3 (not as bad as people say it is, but still a bit dissapointing)
Batman & Robin
Shrek the Turd
Beverly Hills Cop 3
MIB 2 (not terrible, but bad compaed to how much I love the 1st one)
Scary Movie 4

That's just a small list. What's everyone else's lists look like?

[DarthDVDS]

Bloodryane 2. nuff said

[bda4life]

I agree that Ocean's 12 was a pathetic attempt to cash in on the success of the first movie, but let's not forget about all of the horrible Rocky sequels. The first Rocky was the only good one. I will agree that I enjoyed Clubber Lang in the third movie, but Stallone being what 5'5" and kicking all the ass that he did in the third, fourth and fifth movies. I refuse to watch the last one because of the crap that he pushed on to us after the original.

In my opinion, the best sequel I have ever seen is Godfather Part II. I am sure there are a few others, but rarely does a sequel rate higher than the original.

[cj-kent]

I really am disappointed in the number of sequels or requels (remakes) of movies I'm seeing these days. It seems like Hollywood has run completely out of new ideas. How many movies over just the past year have been remakes or sequels? Fan 4, Spidey 3, I Am Legend, Shrek 3, Rambo, Hairspray, TMNT, 28 Weeks Later, POTC At World's End, Ocean's 13, Harry Potter, Daddy Day Camp, Rush Hour 3, 3:10 to Yuma. That's just to name a very few!! Come on Hollywood we need a new Star Wars or Matrix-like event where we see something fresh that of course launches and entirely new franchise!!

[jk1138]

Originally Posted by cdot2four

lol open water 2 was horrible.

LOL so was Open Water!

[jk1138]

Originally Posted by jmlalit5

What are some of the best and worst sequels you guys have seen?

Best
Termanator 2
Alieans

Worst
Weekend at Burnies II
Lion King 2 and 1/2

[jurassic_pork]

A couple more worth mentionining as how they made it through:

Save the last Dance 2

Step Up 2

and all the damn Bring it On sequels they keep busting out!!!!

[Dadds]

Originally Posted by The Don

a Ghostbusters remake is supposed to be coming...

if they could bring back Dan Aykeroid and Bill Murray I'd be PSYCHED!!!

yeah its the form of a video game for xbox 360 and ps3 lol

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by jmlalit5

What are some of the best and worst sequels you guys have seen?
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...ALL of which were made by the original studios and producers.

What this remotely has to do with rights-bought Take-the-title-and-run off-topic video swindles by studio direct-to-DVD divisions is anyone's guess.

(Or, don't tell me, YOU believe Open Water 2's a "real" sequel, too?
Warn you, I've seen some recovery clinics where they use ALL SEVEN "Howling" sequels as aversion therapy to snap patients back to reality. )

[supersix4]

most of them tho are like 3rd party crap movies not real actual sequels... so I mostly stay away from them like lake placid 2 lol

[Batman00]

I cant believe they are making Passion of the Christ 2: Kill Judas