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

[diaglo]

I want to see "Jews in Space"!!

already happened. google

Dr. David Wolf or Colonel Ilan Ramon (edit: although he died on the Space Shuttle Columbia)

 

[Desdichado]

But if my campaign is very like 13th warrior, does that mean it's not representative of D&D? Because it ignores so many iconic D&Disms?

I think so, yeah. I mean, representative? If you're purposefully straying from the norm? What kind of representative is that? And a movie can't very well claim to be a D&D movie if it doesn't feature much (if any) of the iconic D&Disms. Not that the 13th Warrior claims to be a D&D movie, but it was put forward as one.

Ironically, I recall Ethan Skemp saying on the old Werewolf: the Apocalypse list-serve that other than the fact that the characters aren't werewolves, he thought that 13th Warrior would be the perfect W:tA movie. Especially for an all Get of Fenris group, but not necessarily.

Frankly, I can see that a lot sooner than I can see it as a D&D movie. Although this does raise the interesting idea of running a one-shot that purposefully is much more like 13th Warrior. Maybe also add the Scout, Swashbuckler, and a handful of other classes to the selection of Fighter, Barbarian and Rogue to allow for more variety.

 

[Templeton580]

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[DreadPirateMurphy]

Movie series that shouldn't have gone past the first:

Rocky
Jaws
Police Academy
Lethal Weapon
Beverly Hills Cop
Die Hard
Blues Brothers
Jurassic Park
Home Alone
Men in Black
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Mission: Impossible
First Blood
Silence of the Lambs
Smokey and the Bandit
Charlie's Angels
Karate Kid
Ghostbusters
Friday the 13th

Movie series that should have stopped with 1 sequel:

Superman
Batman
Alien

Movie series that periodically prove some people can make anything suck with enough repetitions, while still offering tantalizing bits of what made the originals enjoyable:

The Matrix
Star Wars
Star Trek

 

[Chorn]

Sequels missed or wanted:
Heroic Trio

Executioners
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108606/

A good sequel, albeit bleak and kind of depressing at times.

 

[Hijinks]

Movies with sequels I could have done without:
Poltergeist
The Princess Diaries
Scooby-doo (What IS this tripe??)

while I'm sure that there are plenty of people on these forums that enjoyed the first Underworld: I was not one of them. The first one, IMO, was awful and I cannot imagine why anyone would want a second one.

Meh. I liked it The part at the end with the slicey-slicey, oh look your head fell apart! is lame, I grant you. But I liked the idea of the covens and the different elders running them, also the heroine was smokin (imho). Michael Corwin's actor is beautiful to look at, as well.

I loved Pitch Black but am "ehh" about Riddick, although the dash across the hot planet (somehow I don't think they intended theater audiences to laugh uproariously when they first announced the name of the planet, Crematoria, but oh well), was pretty well done for an action sequence.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Frankly, I can see that a lot sooner than I can see it as a D&D movie. Although this does raise the interesting idea of running a one-shot that purposefully is much more like 13th Warrior. Maybe also add the Scout, Swashbuckler, and a handful of other classes to the selection of Fighter, Barbarian and Rogue to allow for more variety.

Why is nobody mentioning 'Ranger'? I'd almost call Edgtho an iconic D&D ranger... him, and Tristan from King Arthur.

-Hyp.

 

[BadMojo]

I really could have done without:

The Matrix: Reloaded - Dissappointing in almost every way.

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.

See, I liked those two. Matrix: Reloaded was, for me, shallow but enjoyable.

I liked Pitch Black quite a bit and also liked Chronicles of Riddick. Now, I didn't get to see Riddick in the theater so I only saw the extended version (which, I believe adds in a lot of back story and makes the whole thing less convoluted).

I'd actually like to see a sequel to Chronicles. It wasn't perfect, but it was a fun Sci Fi adventure movie.

 

[Rackhir]

W.D. Richter, director of Buckaroo Banzai, wrote the original Big Trouble in Little China script.

Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League would have been aces.

"Why's that watermelon there?"
"I'll tell you later."

Actually he didn't write the original script for BTiLC.

http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/q12.html - Second part after the reasons for BB vs WCL never getting made.

He did extensively re-write the script that originally had been written by two other writers.

 

[Joker]

Gremlins 2 was good.