The weird thing is there's a kind of division between those who follow the films, and those who follow the TV series. I think I saw the TV series first, then caught the first film--the only good one--afterward. The TV series was really well done, with a couple of exceptions. It had great actors, cool Immortals, intelligent writing for the most part, some memorable arcs, and a great lead in Adrian Paul's Duncan McLeod. I'm a bigger fan of the TV series, and am not that concerned about the film series ever being rebooted.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:56:08 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS They stink. They aren't bad enough to be camp. Maybe in another 20 years? Or after the reboot is released. I think the 4th and 5th just didn't make any sense. There was no continuity between the story lines. One of the movies McCloud was an alien. Another he teams up with another immortal to fight a baddie. Its just endless garbage, but I guess if you are a diehard fan you would love it. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Are the Highlander and Hellraiser sequels "cheesy", or just plain awful? There's a fine line between so bad it stinks, and so bad it's a camp classic. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:02:09 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS You forgot Highlander 3-5 and Hellraiser 3-6 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > wrote: They missed Ghostbusters 2, Highlander 2, and the Matrix sequels. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: There is always one problem with popular/successful movies: the threat of sequels. Sequels have the power to really get movie fans’ blood boiling because unless they are better or as good as the original then they will only crash and burn, and potentially tarnish the credibility of the film it tried so hard to follow. There are quite a few painfully bad sequels out there but in this article I have selected ten of the all-time stinkers. I’m sure you’ll agree with most or will have several others worth contributing. 1. Batman and Robin Image source - snarkerati Filled with cheesy one-liners, bad acting, ridiculous storyline and even more ridiculous costumes this terrible sequel very nearly killed the franchise until a certain Christopher Nolan rescued it. George Clooney as Batman simply didn’t work. Luckily for him he managed to continue his career and has gone on to become one of the leading men of Hollywood, unlike Chris O’Donnell who was playing Russian Roulette as Robin. And who can forget Arnold Schwarzenegger as the lovable Mr Freeze… 2. Blues Brothers 2000 Image source - stuff This film shamefully has one of the lowest audience rankings of movie sequels. Dan Aykroyd has made some brilliant movies in his career, including the original Blues Brothers film with the late John Belushi. This one though was a bad choice. John Goodman could have ruined his career by appearing in this film but thankfully for him The Big Lebowski was also released later that year so all was forgiven for his performance in that. 3. Legally Blonde 2 Image source - totalfilm After the surprising success of the first Legally Blonde film (it made $141 million at the box office) a sequel was always going to happen. Not only was the storyline pretty weak but the timing of the film’s release was worse. In the movie thousands of people march against animal testing and succeed, but in reality thousands of people were marching in protest against the invasion of Iraq and being ignored. D’oh! 4. Grease 2 Image source - unemployment.matters We all know that Grease is one of the most famous musicals of all time and remains a cult favourite to this day. The film was so successful that it took a whopping $394 million at the box office! So why would they decide to go and spoil it all with this dreadful sequel? First of all it was directed by the original movie’s choreographer (not a promising start), secondly the songs were just plain awful, and thirdly the leading actors (Michelle Pfeiffer and Maxwell Caulfield) had nowhere near enough chemistry that the fans expected after the original’s John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. 5. Speed 2 Image source - denofgeek The sequel was doomed after Keanu Reeves didn’t agree to sign up for it, yet they continued to make it with Jason Patric instead. Speed 2 lacked any form of originality like the first film had. Pretty much the same storyline but this time set on a cruise ship rather than a bus…nothing to really get excited about. 6. Jaws: The Revenge Image source - omenaheights The third instalment in the Jaws films earned the lowest amount of money in the franchise. It grossed $50 million, which when you compare to the $470 million made by the original can clearly see that something went horribly wrong. Michael Caine must still be suffering nightmares for agreeing to appear in this rather than accept his Oscar for Hannah and Her Sisters . 7. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Image source - allmoviephoto The storyline for the original Dirty Dancing film was such a hit, why bother changing it for the sequel? The only changed in the sequel was the fact that it was set in Cuba the night before the revolution took place. Unsurprisingly the film flopped big time. The only thing you have to admire about the film is how the makers managed to persuade the original’s star, Patrick Swayze, to make a cameo appearance in the disastrous sequel. 8. Caddyshack II Image source - madamepickwickartblog Caddyshack became a cult classic and a terrific cast. The sequel though, which came out eight years later, simply wasn’t funny and the only original cast member to feature in this one was Chevy Chase. With poor jokes and none of the stars from the first film there to bounce off, Chase’s comic abilities were strangled. The sequel’s bad reviews did work in the original movie’s favour though, revealing to everyone just why they loved the first film eight years previously so much. 9. Cruel Intentions 2 Image source - hotflick Cruel Intentions 2 was supposed to be a TV series called Manchester Prep following the cult success of the original Cruel Intentions movie. However right before airing the show got cancelled so the team behind the series decided to edit the three pilot episodes together to make the film…doesn’t sound good huh? It wasn’t. In what is meant to be a prequel, depicting how Sebastian met Kathryn, the film simply lacks the punch of the original and instead ends up looking like a poor substitute. 10. Men in Black 2 Image source - loyalkng The sequel basically undoes elements of the original, like Will Smith’s Agent J slowly reminding Tommy Lee Jones’ Agent K to come back to work as a Man in Black…right after having his memory wiped clean in the original. It didn’t help either that the film’s original climax was due to take place in the World Trade Center but the filming coincided with the tragedies of 9/11. This meant the ending had to be re-written and re-filmed. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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