Topic: Best SEQUELS out there? (Read 8266 times)

alecho · « **on:** December 18, 2008, 05:06:53 PM »

I just watched Terminator 2, an awesome sequel, but then watched Terminator 3, which pretty much destroyed the hype created by its prequel. Most movie sequels don't live up to its prequel. So! my question to you is...

What are the best sequels out there?

Any reply is appreciated! thanx in advance.

Joe Sixpack · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2008, 05:09:08 PM »

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

pbsaurus · « **Reply #2 on:** December 18, 2008, 07:26:13 PM »

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is far better than the original.

Anthrax-Smoothy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2008, 08:22:08 AM »

I liked The Dark Knight, in my opinion, it was better than Batman Begins. Terminator 2 is actually my favourite out of all of them.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2008, 09:06:55 AM »

If you're into foreign films, look for the forthcoming Der Untergang 2: Hitler Takes Manhattan.

Also, I've decided that my firstborn son won't be named "HeavyJay, Jr." He'll be "HeavyJay: With a Vengeance."

Anthrax-Smoothy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2008, 09:33:41 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on December 19, 2008, 09:06:55 AM

If you're into foreign films, look for the forthcoming Der Untergang 2: Hitler Takes Manhattan.

Also, I've decided that my firstborn son won't be named "HeavyJay, Jr." He'll be "HeavyJay: With a Vengeance."

That actually made me giggle.

/applaud

Min · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2008, 01:15:20 PM »

Superman 2

Telepathica · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2008, 01:33:26 PM »

I really enjoyed Ghostbusters II...not at all to say that it's better than the first, but it was better than most sequels. Also, I found the sequel to Clerks to be extremely hilarious, but perhaps that's just me. I think it should have been made in black and white as the first one was, though. I like both of Scream's next films; the second and the third. I thought that it was an awesome trilogy with a bad ending. But, hey. I guess some people enjoy happiness in movies...not sure why. Another great trilogy? Back to the Future.

The worst sequel to anything is The X-Files: I Want to Believe. So what if it wasn't a direct sequel from The X-Files: Fight the Future. It was to the series. And being as big of an x phile as I am? To say that I hate it is saying a lot.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2008, 02:19:24 PM »

As far as epic sequels go, I'll say Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2008, 02:22:47 PM »

I think I may be the only person in existence who liked "The Chronicles of Riddick".

Also "The Empire Strikes Back" was still better than "A New Hope".

EDIT: "Star Trek IV" was also better than the ones before it, IMO. However, I have yet to see the latest one. I will probably be forced to weigh special-effects and graphics against content and sheer sentimentilism and that may tip a personal scale for me.

xolik · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2008, 03:48:15 PM »

Star Whores 2: The Wrath of Cock.

Totally better than the original.

Double Botch · « **Reply #11 on:** December 20, 2008, 10:16:58 AM »

Quote from: Wunderkind on December 19, 2008, 02:22:47 PM

I think I may be the only person in existence who liked "The Chronicles of Riddick".

Also "The Empire Strikes Back" was still better than "A New Hope".

EDIT: "Star Trek IV" was also better than the ones before it, IMO. However, I have yet to see the latest one. I will probably be forced to weigh special-effects and graphics against content and sheer sentimentilism and that may tip a personal scale for me.

Wunderkind == Win

Also, Indiana Jones Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. Crystal Skull got George Lucased into being subpar.

Die Hard 2, With a Vengeance, and Live Free or Die Hard were all worthwhile sequels.

Oh and Short Circuit 2 and Weekend at Bernie's 2 were ok too.

HeavyJay · « **Reply #12 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:04:17 AM »

Quote from: Double Botch

Crystal Skull got George Lucased into being subpar.

Yeah, it certainly wasn't those Star Wars prequels that made me hate Lucas. Oh wait, it was.

Quote from: Double Botch

...and Live Free or Die Hard were all worthwhile sequels.

Are you shitting me? The plot was ridiculous, and John McClane may as well have been giving out candy canes. They pussed him up for this edition just to get the more family-friendly film rating. Gabe and Tycho sum it up:

Quote from: Double Botch

Oh and Short Circuit 2 and Weekend at Bernie's 2 were ok too.

Stop...just stop. Dancing voodoo Bernie? "Los Lobos?" HOW COULD YOU ENJOY EITHER OF THOSE FILMS?

* HeavyJay explodes

Scheherazade · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2008, 12:50:29 PM »

Quote from: Double Botch on December 20, 2008, 10:16:58 AM

Wunderkind == Win

Also, Indiana Jones Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. Crystal Skull got George Lucased into being subpar.

Die Hard 2, With a Vengeance, and Live Free or Die Hard were all worthwhile sequels.

Oh and Short Circuit 2 and Weekend at Bernie's 2 were ok too.

Agree with Die Hard 2 and With a Vengeance, but other than that you're wrong.

Also, if Crystal Skull tore away your respect for Lucas, I suggest you watch Howard the Duck.

elias1955 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:09:58 AM »

PotC2, The Second Mummy movie, 28 Weeks Later, Austin Powers 2, and Jurrasic Park 2 and 3 are pretty fun. And, of course, Terminator 2 is awesome, and I kinda like 3 as well. Super psyched to see 4 next summer too.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:44:31 AM »

"Jurassic Park 2" & "3" pissed me off because there was that awesome shot in the first movie where the embryoes(?) were buried in ooze, and they had all these options for freaky evolving mutations in the sequels, but then, you never heard of the embryoes(?) buried in the ooze ever again. It nags me to this day.

"PotC2" was ok, but I was severely disappointed in "PotC3" because I kept hoping they would kill off Orlando Bloom who I happen to think was a sissy through the entire series, then they made the little sissy immortal and I was all "W-T-F?".

"Live Free or Die Hard" had some good one-liners but the storyline sucked like someone needed to pay the rent.

Now that I think about it, I kinda liked "Spiderman 3" a little more than the first one, but "Spiderman 2" made me want to gnaw my hand off.
Also, "X-men 2" lived up to the original IMO and "X-men 3" impressed me because they actually killed Jean Gray, which I wasn't certain they were going to do at first.

elias1955 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2008, 02:08:57 AM »

Agree on the PotC3 thing. ;P Will Turner is just a pansy boy!

I've disowned Spiderman 3... not because of the emo-peter parker thing... but because they just ruined Venom for me. Topher Grace is a PERFECT choice for Eddie Brock... but not for Venom. And the rendering they did of him felt more like Carnage tahn Venom to me... if Carnage had a person inside of him, that it. Venom is supposed to be HUGE! And have a deep, growling voice! Bleh.

X2 and X3 are both better than the first, though I do have my beefs with X3... Namely,. they made Angel a pansy-boy (they ruined my favourite X-Person!) and the whole final battle very much felt like it was filmed on a stage. I don't expect them to go out of their way and rennovate Alcatraz for a comic book movie, I just wish I hadn't been so aware that I was watching a movie at that point.

I don't know if anyone has seen the new Wolverine trailer, but it looks to be a VERY promising sequel/prequel.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2008, 02:11:35 AM »

Return of the Living Dead is a sequel with the best line evar!!11!

Min · « **Reply #18 on:** December 21, 2008, 09:17:44 AM »

Quote from: Wunderkind on December 21, 2008, 01:44:31 AM

"Jurassic Park 2" & "3" pissed me off because there was that awesome shot in the first movie where the embryoes(?) were buried in ooze, and they had all these options for freaky evolving mutations in the sequels, but then, you never heard of the embryoes(?) buried in the ooze ever again. It nags me to this day.

Well of course that couldn't have come up in the second because The Lost World was based on the book. Besides, the embryos couldn't live under mud in a canister. That was the point of them showing that they were lost. There was no third Jurassic Park book and that's what I don't like about the third movie. I don't even know if I saw it. They're still working on the fourth movie now.

Jurassic Park was about math, not about dinosaurs. That's what I loved so much about it. The sequels were not. That's why they're no good.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2008, 02:11:07 PM »

Quote from: Detta on December 21, 2008, 09:17:44 AM

Well of course that couldn't have come up in the second because The Lost World was based on the book. Besides, the embryos couldn't live under mud in a canister. That was the point of them showing that they were lost.

Where the realist in me agrees with you and gets the point, the sci-fi fan in me wanted freaky mutated monsters.

12AX7 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 21, 2008, 03:35:05 PM »

FMM FTW!

12AX7 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 21, 2008, 03:36:44 PM »

...ya know; as soon as I saw that posted I realized the implications were it to be quoted and used for evil purposes.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #22 on:** December 21, 2008, 05:01:58 PM »

Edward Penishands II

Double Botch · « **Reply #23 on:** December 22, 2008, 09:11:16 AM »

Quote from: HeavyJay on December 20, 2008, 11:04:17 AM

Yeah, it certainly wasn't those Star Wars prequels that made me hate Lucas. Oh wait, it was.

Are you shitting me? The plot was ridiculous, and John McClane may as well have been giving out candy canes. They pussed him up for this edition just to get the more family-friendly film rating. Gabe and Tycho sum it up:

Stop...just stop. Dancing voodoo Bernie? "Los Lobos?" HOW COULD YOU ENJOY EITHER OF THOSE FILMS?

* HeavyJay explodes

Star Wars, already a given that they blew, figured we were all on the same page. George Lucased was a reference to how epic the prequel fuck up was and that it was simply continuing into his other movies.

Live Free or Die Hard, I watch that movie like I watched Hackers. Of course all the jargon and tech is wrong but it was still total Die Hard. He killed a chopper with a car and shot himself in a pre-existing gunshot wound to kill the bad guy.

Short Circuit 2 and Bernie's 2. Ever heard of the term Awesomely Bad? Aside from the fact that I saw them when I was kid, they are great MST3K fodder as an adult.

Quote from: ihatecliches on December 20, 2008, 12:50:29 PM

Also, if Crystal Skull tore away your respect for Lucas, I suggest you watch Howard the Duck.

Again, Awesomely Bad. Loved Howard the Duck.

If you want a really bad sequel, go watch Highlander 2. Aside from Sean Connery returning for some deus ex machina there was nothing about that movie that deserved to be made.

Wunderkind · « **Reply #24 on:** December 22, 2008, 09:19:27 AM »

For some of us, the meer existence of Sean Connery in a film makes it worth watching. To be honest, I don't remember a damned thing about "Highlander 2" except that Sean Connery was hawt.

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