Movie Sequels

[OlgaTheDwarf]

Is it just me or are there too many movie sequels being made?
what are your thoughts on this?

[Juu]

I wouldn't say [i]too[/i] many... but sorta..yes.

I personally don't like most movie seqels. I only liked Rush hour II and The mummy returns.

[Guest Anakin Solo]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by OlgaTheDwarf [/i]
[B]Is it just me or are there too movie sequels being made. [/B][/QUOTE]

Huh? Im confused by this question. Are you sayign that theres too many being madE?

[Juu]

LOL, dude, read the question.

for example, most of the disney movies are sequels now.

[Kinetic]

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Yes, although I hate Disney with a passion, I laugh at how they ruined most of their classics. I see commercials like:

Little Mermaid 2
Cinderella 2
Hunchback of Notre Dame 2
Peter Pan 2

And I remember counting something like 11 at one time, and I think it's hillarious how some idiot at Disney thought he would be great for making a sequel to a classic, and screwing disney over :laugh:
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[Guest Anakin Solo]

"Dude", I did read the question. Read it again, it doesnt say, are there to many sequels being made it says, and I qoute, "Is it just me or are there too movie sequels being made. ". Notice the, "Too movie Sequels beign made"

Its not a very clear question in my mind.

[OlgaTheDwarf]

My apologies to SSjgoten for making my question unclear. I edited it and I hope that it's a little clearer now.

[Guest Anakin Solo]

I think you should put a MANY after the too. So people can understand more. It still says the same thing, but with an added sentence.

Though you dont have to listen to me, just tryin' to help another member. :-D

[OlgaTheDwarf]

Sorry, I missed that. I'm just a little tired, but thanks for pointing it out to me.

[Guest Anakin Solo]

No problem. Happy to help. And yes I do think that there are to many being made. :D

[Omar Harris]

I hate most sequels. It's usually the same garbage as the original just regurgitated to get fan's money. Even worse is that everything gets screwed, like in horror movies the monster comes bakc from a death no one could walk away from, usually do to some BS reason like he was never dead in the first place, and ends up becoming a laughing stock. Unless a sequel is created that improves on the original I don't usually like sequels. Disney sucks at making sequels cause they screw up their best stories, like Tarzan and Lion King and make them even more kid-friendly than the mature originals. And they're straight-to-video. Everything straight-to-video sucks.

[Mist]

[color=red][size=1] I think that some sequels are well done, and some were...well, crap.

Example:

Good Sequel= Rush Hour II

Bad Sequel: Men In Black II

My reason for RH II being a good sequel is that it held onto the hilairious flare of the first movie, and it's plot was as well-done as the first.

My reason for MIBII being a bad sequel was that the plot was too simple and it wasn't as funny as the first one. I'm not saying it was a bad movie, but I'm just saying that it couldn't eve hold a lighter to it's original.[/color][/size]

[Manic Webb]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Aries [/i]
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Yes, although I hate Disney with a passion, I laugh at how they ruined most of their classics. I see commercials like:

Little Mermaid 2
Cinderella 2
Hunchback of Notre Dame 2
Peter Pan 2

And I remember counting something like 11 at one time, and I think it's hillarious how some idiot at Disney thought he would be great for making a sequel to a classic, and screwing disney over :laugh:
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Someone once told me that Disney's new Mickey Mouse show "The House of Mouse" is actually a training ground for new animators to learn how to draw classic characters for the sequels.

Anyway, at some point, sequels became a major way to cash in on a movie. The sequels themselves not only make money, but they remind people to buy the first movie on video (more cash).

[Rain]

Why is it that when a movie is made its automatically assumed there will be a sequel? What, do the movie producers think theyll be the lucky one in a thousand person who makes a good sequel?
The only sequel ive seen that was as good as the first was Austin Powers 2...but there pushing it with Austin Powers 3.

[vegeta rocker]

mmmmm
blade2,tarzan2, peter pan2,mib2,(recently)

and in the works: scobby do 2,xmen2,spiderman2
too many sequels? naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (shoot me)

[John2]

xmen 2 and spider man 2 sound good to me, but not scooby do 2 or disney sequels.

[Guest Solid Snake]

[color=teal]Although I'd love to agree with you on so many aspects of how sequals are released, I must say that that would be wrong. ;)

I believe that many of us, since we are grown up on movies, are attracted to the sequal of one that we either saw or heard about in the past. We tend to shrug off many original titles that we, frankly, don't give a damn about, and focus on more familiar ones, making it [i]seem[/i] as if there are TONS of movies that sequal a past film.

The fact remains that this is not true, but for years to come, people will fall victom to this 'un-named disease' and continue to blame the movies, lol.[/color]

:blah:

[Sere Tuscumbia]

WAY too many sequels! Disney totally screwed themselves by trying to make sequels like: Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Aladdin, *rummages for Disney movies* Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, etc. Disney movies normally have a happy ending that doesn't ask any questions.

Bring in a sequel, and most people are asking: Why bother? Ok, so some Disney sequels are good (Rescuers Down Under! Yay!), but most suck. Big time.

And for the live action part of it, yeah, too many there too. However, like The Mummy Returns, there are some good ones. (hee. Matrix 2!)

I'm rambling. I'll stop.

Sere

[Sara]

I'm not a huge fan of sequels... The quality is often much lower, and focuses more on recreating what worked the first time than introducing new concepts.

I believe part of the problem is that most people don't really expect anything special from the sequels. And there's already a built-in audience in the fans of the first movie. The bar is lowered, and quality drops.

Another point is that once someone falls in love with a great movie, nothing is ever going to come close to it for them. They idealize it in their mind, and anything that comes afterwards is going to fall short of their expectations.

It even works the other way around. Someone who sees the sequel first, and loves it...and [i]then[/i] sees the original is either going to love it, or hate it. There won't be any middle ground. The second movie made has become their 'original' and the first one made, their 'sequel.'

[SaiyanPrincessX]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Juuthena [/i]
[B]I wouldn't say [i]too[/i] many... but sorta..yes.

I personally don't like most movie seqels. I only liked Rush hour II and The mummy returns. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yes, someone liked The Mummy Returns! :D Anyway I've noticed alot of sequels coming out too. And some aren't as good as the first like a few of you already mentioned, MIB2. My favorite sequel is The Mummy Returns! If they make a third I doubt it will be as good as the first 2 because Brenden Fraser and Rachel Weisz said they don't want to be in a third.:(

[Andrew]

[I]I'm not a person who likes sequels either. But I must stick up for a few in paticular here. I thought that the Mummy Returns was a great sequel, better than the original. I also think that Terminator 2 is a great sequel. I still think that the first one is somehow better, but you have to admit that T2 is cool as F**K![/I]

[I]As for the MIB sequel, I hated the first film, it was so crap and although I haven't seen it I doubt the sequel will do any better. I also hated the X-Men movie and a sequel would probably make it worse. If the second is as good as the first I am very excited for SPider-Man 2 and The Matrix 2. I'm also looking forward to T3 but I'm not sure if it can top the originals.[/I]

[Muse]

Well,I'm someone who likes Sequels Alot,even though on very rare occasions will they be better then the first[I]Cough[/I][B]Austin Powers Three[/B][I]Cough[/I]:D I didnt like when Disney came out with all the sequels to their Classics,Peter Pan 2?They didnt even have the same voices as the first,i mean the kid who did Peter is probably 30-40 something now,Cinderella 2 wasnt in any Condition to make a sequel either...:D

[Devidramon]

It is an extremely rare sequel that is worth watching. And yes, there are too many: I remember a commercial for one of the movie channels. There was a long string of movies that had a number of some kind by it. The only really good sequels I've seen are Terminator 2 (which was actually better than the original) and the movie-slash-series pilot that was [i]Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods.[/i] But with very, very few exceptions, sequel quality ranges from "kinda disappointing" like MIIB to "complete waste of perfectly good film" like The Lost World.

And Disney's the worst for them, making a sequel of [i]every[/i] cartoon they do.

The same goes for sequels to TV shows. Star Trek: TNG, Love Boat: The Next Wave, Crusade, Team Knight Rider, you name it. Most of them are bad, and the ones that are good still can't stand up to the show they're based on.

[Mitch]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mist [/i]
[B][color=red][size=1] I think that some sequels are well done, and some were...well, crap.

Example:

Good Sequel= Rush Hour II

Bad Sequel: Men In Black II

My reason for RH II being a good sequel is that it held onto the hilairious flare of the first movie, and it's plot was as well-done as the first.

My reason for MIBII being a bad sequel was that the plot was too simple and it wasn't as funny as the first one. I'm not saying it was a bad movie, but I'm just saying that it couldn't eve hold a lighter to it's original.[/color][/size] [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=red]You think MIB II wasn't as funny as the first?? I think it was way more funny. Especially that talking dog...

Anyways, yes, there are to many movie sequels being made. As Aries said I hate disney a lot to, and I find it funny to when they do sequels to classics and mess them all up....it's so great....:laugh: [/color]