Movies that shouldn't have sequels, but do (and vice versa).

[Mad Hatter]

The book sequel to Jurassic Park was great. Had the movies stuck closer to it, then the movie would not have been bad.

QUOTE=Joshua Dyal]Yeah, if you only allow the human race, and fighter and rogue as character classes. Maybe barbarian can pass muster too.

And it doesn't have any monsters. Don't get me wrong; it's a great movie, and I have a copy in my DVD collection, but it's not much of a D&D movie.[/QUOTE]

This does not preclude it from being a DnD movie. SO what if it had only two classes? There's still a party. And monsters might have been nice, but DnD isn't all about monsters. I personally like a good human villain in DnD games. Then everything isn't so black and white or whatever. 13th Warrior is a great DnD flick.

As for Star Trek, I enjoyed Search for Spock. Some of them are good and others not so much.

I was reading an interview with Joss Whedon. He was going to act as script doctor to Aliens: Ressurection. His ideas were phenomenal and that would have been a worthy sequels to the Alien franchise.

Everything after Batman and Batman Returns is drek and should be burned.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Everything after Batman and Batman Returns is drek and should be burned.

I assume you aren't including the recent Batman Begins?

I read in an interview with Rachel Weiss that there may be another Mummy movie in the future. Although I've seen some posters here pan the second one, I loved both Mummy movies. They felt like spiritual cousins to the Indiana Jones movies. Quirky and fun and not too serious, but serious enough to be cohesive. I would love to see a third (and final) Mummy.

 

[Napftor]

How about Beastmaster? One would have been fine, thank you very much.

As for the Star Trek sequels, I actually enjoyed all of them up to and including Generations. The rest (yes, even First Contact) were just very expensive episodes.

And I'm glad we're finding some love for Conan the Destroyer. Could we conceivably call Red Sonja a sequel to the Conans? If so, I enjoyed that one as well. Sure they're not Oscar caliber, but they're fun.

 

[Silver Moon]

Blues Brothers. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?

Obviously nobody who suffered through it.

They made the same mistake with BB2000 as they did with Airplane II and Wayne's World II - they tried to copy way too much from the original film without remembering to include any of the magic that made the original special.

But we should all just be thankful that Sly Stallone gets turned down every time he tries to float the idea of either a Rocky VI or Rambo IV.

 

[Villano]

Highlander, King Kong (the 70's remake), and The Matrix were three films that didn't need sequels since they ended in a way that makes it obvious the filmmakers had no plan in place for doing so (Kong died at the end of his film). Also, John Carpenter didn't intend to bring back Michael Meyers beyond Halloween 2, so they should have left him dead for the sequels.

Gone With The Wind (there was a made-for-tv sequel), Amityville Horror, The Ring, and Jaws also really didn't need sequels. Although, to be fair, I've heard that the original plan was for Jaws 2 to follow Richard Dreyfuss's character. Considering he was a marine biologist (or whatever), having him encounter another killer aquatic creature (since the title is just "Jaws", it doesn't have to be a shark) would have at least had some logic behind it.

And there are lots of bad sequels. I could have lived without Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the SW prequels, Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers, the Next Gen Trek movies, and anything after the first Batman (I haven't seen Batman Begins, yet, so I'm not including that).

Then there's a special type of sequel that shouldn't have been made because it seems like the movie is set in a totally different universe than the original. Beastmaster, Deathstalker, Django (western anti-hero turned "Rambo" for the official sequel), Black Mask, The Howling, and Chronicles Of Riddick. Highlander 2 also falls into this category.

Personally, I would have liked a sequel to The Sword & The Sorcerer. Admit it, when you were a kid and saw a sequel announced in the end credits, you wanted to see it.

 

[Skrit]

Movies that should...
1. Friday the 13th! For god sake all of them sucked!!!
2. The Ring.. First one was Bleh, second one was YUK! Don't understand why the Women I know are terrified of it..
3. Lethal Weapon after the second one..
4. Psycho
5. Children of the Corn
6. Leprechaun, I'll forgive the first one. But after that please just let it die..
7. Star Trek Take away the odd numbered movies I'm happy.
8. Planet of the Apes.. No remake for that matter too..
9. The Crow. I won't even talk about it..
10. Pitch Black..

Movies that Needed Sequels..
1. Conan ohh it has a Sequel I just don't acknowledge it..
2. Sin City from what I hear it's comming..
3. Aliens Need more of these with qulaity of the first/second
4. The Thing (Carpenter's version) what happens when people come to check out the place?? The video game explained it, but I'd like to see a movie..
5. Pictch Black I'd like to see a WELL DONE sequel

 

[Mad Mac]

Just for the sake of throwing in titles than no one has mentioned yet, Kickboxer and Bloodsport reeeeeeeally didn't need sequels, thank you very much. It's not like the first ones were even great movies, but they were what launched Van Damn's career. (No, I don't remember the spelling)

The Kickboxer follow-ups are especially unwatchable, as they not only swap out Jean Claude for the tall goofball from Step by Step, they again, ruin the first movie by saying the muay thai dude showed up later and shot Van Damn and his brother dead, and make the aforementioned Thai guy the head villian of a half dozen insanely crappy sequels that defy all laws of probability by progressively sucking even more than one could think possible. Besides, the Muay Thai guy gets his booty unequivically handed to him in every single movie, including the 1st one. How does a guy who everyone has beat the crap out of 10 times already get off pretending to be scary?

 

[John Crichton]

Aliens. Alien 3 basically said that "oops, Aliens didn't end on a happy note like you thought, moments later, everyone died off screen." Grrrrr. Now I can't stand to watch Aliens and it used to be my favorite movie.

Ya know, I've always wondered how good that movie would have been if the studio left Fincher alone to do his thing. Every other one of his films was good except that one.

 

[John Crichton]

I really could have done without:

The Matrix: Reloaded - Dissappointing in almost every way.

Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World - The book was really good and I was looking forward to seeing it on the screen. Still waiting.

Chronicles of Riddick - I liked (didn't love) Pitch Black. This movie was just a mess. I was really looking forward to a new, cool sci-fi franchise too.


They need to make:

The Incredibles - Perfect supers movie needs some kind of follow up.

DareDevil - Just get David Fincher or Alex Proyas to direct it and make it rated R. Just watch the directors cut of the first film and imagine it with a director with more style.

Blade: Trinity - I like Blade, but he doesn't even have to be in it. Just focus on the Nightstalkers.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith - Give the Smith's their own agency and let the bullets fly.

Office Space - This concept needs more milking.

The Rundown - Surprisingly entertaining. The Rock and Scott were hilarious.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Another shouldn't: The Wizard of Oz

Another should: Conan the Barbarian/the Destroyer. He needs to become king (not just governor of California)