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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4830899" data-attributes="member: 20715">Just thought it was worth explaining why I thought these were top candidates:Star Trek:&nbsp; Animated Series, ST Phase II, Enterprise, non-canon novels, JJ Abrams reboot, &quot;apocryphal&quot; ST V, Star Fleet BattlesStar Wars:&nbsp; Disappointing prequels, Extended Universe, Star Wars Xmas Special, retconning with rerelease (&quot;Han shot first&quot;)Highlander:&nbsp; Has a sequel ever deviated more from the premise of the original?Terminator:&nbsp; Time travel and many authors/directors = problems across four movies and a television series.Transformers:&nbsp; Many various Japanese and American incarnations, including Michael Bey's summer explosion-fests.Fallout:&nbsp; Change in setting and tone in Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel, and to a lesser extent in Fallout 2, and the complete revamp of play style in Fallout 3, not to mention the cancelled Van Buren and sequels to BoS and Tactics.Traveller:&nbsp; Rebellion and virus, not to mention several different systems including GURPS and D20.Doctor Who:&nbsp; Some of the oldest episodes of this series no longer even EXIST, and how many iterations have we seen?Marvel Universe:&nbsp; Suffers from alternate timelines, heroes who migrate through the years so that major events always happened &quot;10 years ago,&quot; even if first mentioned in 1975, characters who appear and disappear, etc.&nbsp; Poster child for continuity questions:&nbsp; Spider-Man.DC Universe:&nbsp; Same as with Marvel, but exacerbated by the fact that&nbsp; most of DC's major characters came from sources outside of a common continuity.&nbsp; Poster child for continuity questions:&nbsp; Green Lantern.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4830899, member: 20715"] Just thought it was worth explaining why I thought these were top candidates: Star Trek: Animated Series, ST Phase II, Enterprise, non-canon novels, JJ Abrams reboot, "apocryphal" ST V, Star Fleet Battles Star Wars: Disappointing prequels, Extended Universe, Star Wars Xmas Special, retconning with rerelease ("Han shot first") Highlander: Has a sequel ever deviated more from the premise of the original? Terminator: Time travel and many authors/directors = problems across four movies and a television series. Transformers: Many various Japanese and American incarnations, including Michael Bey's summer explosion-fests. Fallout: Change in setting and tone in Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel, and to a lesser extent in Fallout 2, and the complete revamp of play style in Fallout 3, not to mention the cancelled Van Buren and sequels to BoS and Tactics. Traveller: Rebellion and virus, not to mention several different systems including GURPS and D20. Doctor Who: Some of the oldest episodes of this series no longer even EXIST, and how many iterations have we seen? Marvel Universe: Suffers from alternate timelines, heroes who migrate through the years so that major events always happened "10 years ago," even if first mentioned in 1975, characters who appear and disappear, etc. Poster child for continuity questions: Spider-Man. DC Universe: Same as with Marvel, but exacerbated by the fact that most of DC's major characters came from sources outside of a common continuity. Poster child for continuity questions: Green Lantern. [/QUOTE]

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