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#1 2011-07-15 21:54:21

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Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

I get that some do but just look at Star Wars, Harry Potter or even Toy Story.

Talk about good sequels and bad ones.


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#2 2011-07-15 21:57:43

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.


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#3 2011-07-15 22:00:28

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

Nah, George Lucas wanted the movies to end up like that.

The franchise was a success and there isn't any talk of sequels, JJ.


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#4 2011-07-15 22:11:00

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

SpriteMaster wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

Nah, George Lucas wanted the movies to end up like that.

The franchise was a success and there isn't any talk of sequels, JJ.

No I mean like he started with one and he made sequels and prequels. So it was successful


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#5 2011-07-15 22:12:29

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

No, the first three movies are still good.


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#6 2011-07-15 22:13:32

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

JJROCKER wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

the first three movies

Yeah, I know, the original trilogy is great.


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#7 2011-07-15 22:19:00

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

the first three movies

Yeah, I know, the original trilogy is great.

They are all good.


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#8 2011-07-15 23:00:51

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

JJROCKER wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

the first three movies

Yeah, I know, the original trilogy is great.

They are all good.

No, only the original trilogy.  smile

Metacritic: The Phantom Menace comes in at a rating of 52
Attack of the Clones at 53
And I do agree that Revenge of the Sith is the best prequel coming at 68.

But all of those are measly compared to the 90 somethings of Star Wars New Hope. And I don't even get why they hate RotJ so much on there.

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#9 2011-07-15 23:03:39

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:


Yeah, I know, the original trilogy is great.

They are all good.

No, only the original trilogy.  smile

Metacritic: The Phantom Menace comes in at a rating of 52
Attack of the Clones at 53
And I do agree that Revenge of the Sith is the best prequel coming at 68.

But all of those are measly compared to the 90 somethings of the original trilogy.

Bam this is correct.


Anyways, sequels can be ok, but usually they seem like a blatant way to make some more money by taking a successful movie and "stretching" it a bit further (which usually they are).  And often they just don't fit with the original or tie back to it well, which ruins your perspective of the movie and become biased against it.


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#10 2011-07-15 23:13:51

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

Kileymeister wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:


They are all good.

No, only the original trilogy.  smile

Metacritic: The Phantom Menace comes in at a rating of 52
Attack of the Clones at 53
And I do agree that Revenge of the Sith is the best prequel coming at 68.

But all of those are measly compared to the 90 somethings of the original trilogy.

Bam this is correct.


Anyways, sequels can be ok, but usually they seem like a blatant way to make some more money by taking a successful movie and "stretching" it a bit further (which usually they are).  And often they just don't fit with the original or tie back to it well, which ruins your perspective of the movie and become biased against it.

That didn't happen with Star Wars


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#11 2011-07-15 23:57:10

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

There were four movies of the Shrek series.

I like the first one the best, but the others are ok.

Also, I think they like the first best because the others can be boring cause it uses the same plot sometimes.


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#12 2011-07-16 00:08:34

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

This only happens when people milk "cows" (series(es?) ) past when they're due.  Toy story NEEDED a sequel.  Star wars, on the other hand DIDN'T need the prequels.  Profit over quality is the thinking process in many major movie studios.


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#13 2011-07-16 00:10:28

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

hdarken wrote:

There were four movies of the Shrek series.

I like the first one the best, but the others are ok.

Also, I think they like the first best because the others can be boring cause it uses the same plot sometimes.

I like the third one


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#14 2011-07-16 00:18:44

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

hdarken wrote:

There were four movies of the Shrek series.

I like the first one the best, but the others are ok.

Also, I think they like the first best because the others can be boring cause it uses the same plot sometimes.

The only ones I liked were the first two.

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#15 2011-07-16 00:24:36

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:


Yeah, I know, the original trilogy is great.

They are all good.

No, only the original trilogy.  smile

Metacritic: The Phantom Menace comes in at a rating of 52
Attack of the Clones at 53
And I do agree that Revenge of the Sith is the best prequel coming at 68.

But all of those are measly compared to the 90 somethings of Star Wars New Hope. And I don't even get why they hate RotJ so much on there.

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#16 2011-07-16 00:26:33

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

I like them


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#17 2011-07-16 00:29:48

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

OK EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION WHEN THEY SAY "THEY SUCK" THEY MEAN IN THEIR OPINION OK OK. >:c


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#18 2011-07-16 00:32:46

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

veggieman001 wrote:

OK EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION WHEN THEY SAY "THEY SUCK" THEY MEAN IN THEIR OPINION OK OK. >:c

Do you really like sequels that much?


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#19 2011-07-16 08:02:37

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

soupoftomato wrote:

Star Wars should've stopped before they made 1, 2, and 3.

Harry Potter was pretty much expected to have sequels and obviously it had a good basis to work with for making the movies. And Toy Story is Pixar.

Mr. Lucas was not in his right mind when he made those ones...

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#20 2011-07-16 08:04:56

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

Some movies have great sequels, some movies have terrible sequels.

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#21 2011-07-16 08:06:47

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

777w wrote:

Some movies have great sequels, some movies have terrible sequels.

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#22 2011-07-16 08:26:19

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

Because a lot of time they just do it for the money.  wink

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#23 2011-07-16 08:29:47

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

TinyTorchic22 wrote:

777w wrote:

Some movies have great sequels, some movies have terrible sequels.

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#24 2011-07-16 10:27:36

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

Megaman 2. Castlevania 2.


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#25 2011-07-16 12:02:31

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Re: Why do people think sequels ruin movies?

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

Because a lot of time they just do it for the money.  wink

Yeah, of course, they woulden't do them for anything else.


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