Vincent Vega Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Of all these negatively viewed continuations and sequels to beloved franchises, which is the worst? Edited February 6, 2013 by Vincent Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Since when it Live Free or Die Hard negatively viewed?Anyway, I'd say Terminator: Salvation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Salvation by a country mile.Don't really think it's fair to include The Hobbit either, since first of all it's an adaptation, and secondly the source material precedes the source material for LOTR by about 20 years. I get that you're judging it strictly on the films, but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm actually going to say Terminator 3, because it really should have ended with Terminator 2. Ending it there leaves Salvation out of it anyways.I do enjoy Terminator 3 - it's fun, Arnold's Terminator is as intriguing as ever, and the action is good. In terms of story though, it feels like a really unnecessary sequel. They literally had to cheat the logic of the second film just to allow a third film to exist, and once they do that, the plot is basically the second film rehashed. It didn't need to exist. Whatever plot holes one might find aside, Cameron tied up all the loose ends in Terminator 2. They defeated the T-1000, prevented judgment day, and destroyed all evidence of the terminators. Suddenly in the third film it changes gears to the "it's inevitable" notion, which actually opens up more plot holes as to why the second film would have played out as it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Episode 1 hands down. Biggest let down in film history. Loved the Hobbit btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 don't think Godfather III should be up therehow about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Never Ending Story III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBolt Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The Mummy Returns wishes it was as bad as The Mummy 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bellastar2355 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The mummy series The Godfather 3 wasn't so bad, it was just not as good as part 1 and 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekylhyde Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm actually going to say Terminator 3, because it really should have ended with Terminator 2. Ending it there leaves Salvation out of it anyways.I do enjoy Terminator 3 - it's fun, Arnold's Terminator is as intriguing as ever, and the action is good. In terms of story though, it feels like a really unnecessary sequel. They literally had to cheat the logic of the second film just to allow a third film to exist, and once they do that, the plot is basically the second film rehashed. It didn't need to exist. Whatever plot holes one might find aside, Cameron tied up all the loose ends in Terminator 2. They defeated the T-1000, prevented judgment day, and destroyed all evidence of the terminators. Suddenly in the third film it changes gears to the "it's inevitable" notion, which actually opens up more plot holes as to why the second film would have played out as it did.Actually, there's still one arm left behind in T2 in the steel mill, so they didn't completely prevent Judgement Day. But the plot of the third film isn't based on that so... whatever, I guess .I enjoy both T3 and Salvation, but they're nowhere near as good as the first two. And I like Salvation a lot more than T3, because, with all it's flaws, they at least tried to take the franchise in a new direction and not just completely rehash the old movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Libertad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I heard Warner Bros is wanting to make a prequel to The Shining. That would be awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB. Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I heard Warner Bros is wanting to make a prequel to The Shining. That would be awful.Would be totally unneccessary and don't think it they should do that. It will be compared too much. Don't think it would work.Salvation is myanswer by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Home Alone 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I heard Warner Bros is wanting to make a prequel to The Shining. That would be awful.Wtf?! Are people insane?! That's a bad idea, a very bad idea. I've chosen Star Wars episode 1. It was a big latdown. Oh... and Legally Blonde 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The Halloween movies got crappy after the first two. The first two are freakin' awesome and then they come out with this Season of the Witch bull shit? I mean, really. Halloween: H2O isn't all that bad though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Toss up between Episode One, Jones and the 3rd Terminator (I have never seen Salvation). Episode one was the biggest let down of the bunch: so much hype, so much planning. But I actually feel Episode 2 was even worse. T3 the most, least needed - I agree with James Bond here. But finally I plumped for Indiana: too many memories of the poorly cgied Tarzan scene and the aliens things at the end. It seems to encompass everything that is wrong with Spielberg/Lucas these days. Horrid. Edited February 6, 2013 by DieselDaisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 The Halloween movies got crappy after the first two. The first two are freakin' awesome and then they come out with this Season of the Witch bull shit? I mean, really.Halloween 3 was great but it just wasn't a Halloween movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Oh shit, I forgot Alien 3. That's definitely the worst continuation of a franchise in film history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Oh shit, I forgot Alien 3. That's definitely the worst continuation of a franchise in film history.Good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Oh shit, I forgot Alien 3. That's definitely the worst continuation of a franchise in film history.Good movie. I can only speak from personal experience, but I have never enjoyed a movie less than that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm actually going to say Terminator 3, because it really should have ended with Terminator 2. Ending it there leaves Salvation out of it anyways.I do enjoy Terminator 3 - it's fun, Arnold's Terminator is as intriguing as ever, and the action is good. In terms of story though, it feels like a really unnecessary sequel. They literally had to cheat the logic of the second film just to allow a third film to exist, and once they do that, the plot is basically the second film rehashed. It didn't need to exist. Whatever plot holes one might find aside, Cameron tied up all the loose ends in Terminator 2. They defeated the T-1000, prevented judgment day, and destroyed all evidence of the terminators. Suddenly in the third film it changes gears to the "it's inevitable" notion, which actually opens up more plot holes as to why the second film would have played out as it did.Actually, there's still one arm left behind in T2 in the steel mill, so they didn't completely prevent Judgement Day. But the plot of the third film isn't based on that so... whatever, I guess .I enjoy both T3 and Salvation, but they're nowhere near as good as the first two. And I like Salvation a lot more than T3, because, with all it's flaws, they at least tried to take the franchise in a new direction and not just completely rehash the old movies.Well, I didn't say the second was without its plot holes. You're right that it was good that Salvation at least tried a different direction instead of rehashing the same idea again, but I just didn't think it was a particularly well made movie. It was boring, whereas at least Number 3 was fun in the "turn off your brain and enjoy the Arnold action" kind of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm actually going to say Terminator 3, because it really should have ended with Terminator 2. Ending it there leaves Salvation out of it anyways.I do enjoy Terminator 3 - it's fun, Arnold's Terminator is as intriguing as ever, and the action is good. In terms of story though, it feels like a really unnecessary sequel. They literally had to cheat the logic of the second film just to allow a third film to exist, and once they do that, the plot is basically the second film rehashed. It didn't need to exist. Whatever plot holes one might find aside, Cameron tied up all the loose ends in Terminator 2. They defeated the T-1000, prevented judgment day, and destroyed all evidence of the terminators. Suddenly in the third film it changes gears to the "it's inevitable" notion, which actually opens up more plot holes as to why the second film would have played out as it did.Actually, there's still one arm left behind in T2 in the steel mill, so they didn't completely prevent Judgement Day. But the plot of the third film isn't based on that so... whatever, I guess .I enjoy both T3 and Salvation, but they're nowhere near as good as the first two. And I like Salvation a lot more than T3, because, with all it's flaws, they at least tried to take the franchise in a new direction and not just completely rehash the old movies.Holy shit! I've seen T2 loads of times and just realized you're right. There is an arm left behind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) A Christmas Story 2.What the hell was that???And that Dumb and Dumber "prequel" Cringeworthy! Edited February 6, 2013 by Forsaken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Oh shit, I forgot Alien 3. That's definitely the worst continuation of a franchise in film history.Oh no, you did not. Alien 3 is a movie of absolute genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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