Movie Franchises... where they should have stopped... where they maybe should have gone on...

[Vortigan]

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[Huckleberry]

9 hours ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

The three greatest sequels of all time are Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, and Terminator 2.

You might be forgetting something, Godfather II

[Ford2112]

7 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

godfather 2 can't find a spot?

 

 

It's weird. I always have considered 1 and 2 to be their own movie and not sequels,but those are the two greatest films of all time.

[riderpride]

For some reason I loved Tremors - the sequels are all pure garbage 

Back to the Future should have stayed a one-off

Always wanted to see Norm Macdonald do a Smokey and the Bandit. The only man to be more Burt Reynolds than Burt Reynolds. I loved those Celebrity Jeopardy skits

[Ford2112]

1 hour ago, riderpride said:

For some reason I loved Tremors - the sequels are all pure garbage 

Back to the Future should have stayed a one-off

Always wanted to see Norm Macdonald do a Smokey and the Bandit. The only man to be more Burt Reynolds than Burt Reynolds. I loved those Celebrity Jeopardy skits

Norm was my favorite comedian may he rest in peace. I got to see him before he passed. Dirty Work is one of my favorites!

[porkchop]

Fast & Furious catalogue is incredible when you consider they rebooted the thing with the 4th and now are approaching 10/11 movies over a 20 plus year span. 

[MoeFOH]

3 hours ago, riderpride said:

For some reason I loved Tremors - the sequels are all pure garbage 

Tremors is a cracker of a film. Very underrated, in my opinion. Haven't seen any of the sequels, and I won't. Don't want to spoil the original. 

[Juliano88]

Fast and the Furious after initial discussions of the original release. 

[Chibearsv]

41 minutes ago, MoeFOH said:

Tremors is a cracker of a film. Very underrated, in my opinion. Haven't seen any of the sequels, and I won't. Don't want to spoil the original. 

 

4 hours ago, riderpride said:

For some reason I loved Tremors - the sequels are all pure garbage

 

"Broke into the wrong goddam rec room didn't you!" 

Some great moments in that one

[riderpride]

4 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Norm was my favorite comedian may he rest in peace. I got to see him before he passed. Dirty Work is one of my favorites!

Beauty of a movie. Farley was on-point on that one.

'SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE' has me rolling on the floor each time

Which tour were you able to see?

[Ford2112]

2 minutes ago, riderpride said:

Beauty of a movie. Farley was on-point on that one.

'SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE' has me rolling on the floor each time

Which tour were you able to see?

It was a few years back at the Improv in San Jose Ca. Took my dad. We laughed out asses off for the entire set. Norm killed.

[Edicion]

22 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

wouldn't bond have only come up if people were not enjoying them, given the title of the thread? 

Maybe I misread it as "where they should have gone on" as keep on going. Bond should keep on going and release the movies more frequently :

Casino Royale 2006, Quantum of Solace 2008S, Skyfall 2012, Spectre 2015 and the latest iteration 2021 takes it to 5 movies in 15 years. 

 

 

[Edicion]

I also think they should have stopped the Rocky after he met Ivan Drago, and Rambo after Rambo 2, but Rambo 3 is not terribly terrible. The two final Rambos were. 

[riderpride]

On 11/16/2021 at 4:25 PM, williamthewolf said:

Lethal Weapon will soon have a 5th installment.  Don't know what to say to that. 

And as for Mad Max, I was good with the first two with Gibson. As much as I love over the top 80's I couldn't get into Beyond Thunderdome. The reboot Fury Road was great and hopefully the follow up is just as fun. 

Unconfirmed rumors that Smithy was the feral child in the second movie

@El Presidente, can you confirm 🤣

 

[El Presidente]

Was just talking to Smithy yesterday.

He still wants the Smithsonian to go into production. 😁

 

 

[ebhead]

I'd have to say Superman 3, 4 were rather odious...Superman 2 was a worthy sequel (although I can also say 1 and 2 were one movie).

[ElJavi76]

+1 on the unnecessary Dumb and Dumberer (2).

The other recent abomination was Coming 2 America.

Certain comedies are an institution and provided laughs to an entire generation. Leave them be. Neither of these two releases were remotely funny. Shame!

[Ford2112]

On 11/19/2021 at 6:14 AM, ebhead said:

I'd have to say Superman 3, 4 were rather odious...Superman 2 was a worthy sequel (although I can also say 1 and 2 were one movie).

Terrence Stamp killed in Superman 2,

[BigGuns]

It appears the new Ghostbusters had a stellar opening weekend. Anyone catch it?

[Bill Hayes]

Godfather 2 and Terminator 2 brilliant and in that order for me then ESB. Rocky and First Blood sequels not really up to scratch IMHO and include Predator sequels. I think Tarantino left it open for a sequel to Kill Bill when Uma killed an assassin in front of her child and said, "If you feel raw about it, I'll be waiting". BB v Nikita might be a bit cheesy but maybe not in the hands of Q. I am very much looking forward to Top Gun 2, just for the cliche's and the footage. Although, not really sequels, love fistful of dollars, few dollars more and good, bad, ugly. I thought the Bladerunner sequel was pretty good. Aliens was good too. 

[Fuzz]

4 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Terrence Stamp killed in Superman 2,

You want a villain? Get an English actor.

Terence Stamp and Sarah Douglas had all the best lines. And I'm not afraid to say, I had a crush on Sarah Douglas as Ursa when I was a kid. 😍

[Ford2112]

7 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

. And I'm not afraid to say, I had a crush on Sarah Douglas as Ursa when I was a kid. 😍

Absolutely!

[Edicion]

On 11/17/2021 at 8:26 PM, Bijan said:

That actually brings up another interesting topic of what are the best/worst movie adaptions of books. While twilight wasn't aimed at my demographic I think they did a good job compared to the books. I couldn't make it past book 1, but watched all the movies for some reason.

On the other hand I read the Lord of the rings but wasn't crazy about any of the movies.

I read all the Harry Potter books, but again wasn't crazy about the movies. I wasn't that crazy about the books either (though I think books 5 and 6 were good).

To me in general novellas do very well as movie adaptations. I think Fight Club and the Shawshank Redemption were definitely better as movies than as books.

I've heard it said that death in Venice was similar.

Speaking of books, Wiseguy/Goodfellas and After Hours/Carlito's Way were good adaptations

[bpm32]

They should have made more Aubrey/Maturin movies like they’d planned. “Master and Commander” has slowly risen as a beloved classic over the years.

 

[Edicion]

2 hours ago, bpm32 said:

They should have made more Aubrey/Maturin movies like they’d planned. “Master and Commander” has slowly risen as a beloved classic over the years.

They made plenty of Pirates of the Caribbean instead 😅