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Be glad you missed it. I should have known something was wrong when the local Atlanta station aired at at 6 or 7 am. I woke up early one Saturday to catch it, and was immediately turned off. The same thing was done to that Speed Racer 2000 (something like that) which aired several years ago. Strange hour, but it was so bad I see why. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:18:28 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS All I remember seeing was a commercial. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Yep. And did you ever see that god awful animated Highlander? It took place in the future. I watched maybe one ep and swore off of it forever. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:00:48 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS I think that they just spin a wheel with plot points on it and go from there. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I'd forgotten the fourth film, in which Connor and Duncan have to fight a mad religious fanatic Immortal who has so many kills--over 600, to the McLeod's 200+ each--that he's all but unstoppable. It was pretty bad, with only the resolution to the problem of this powerful Immortal halfway interesting. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to see it. As for the last movie, The Source, it was released to TV three years ago. I actually killed brain cells watching it, hoping against hope they'd get it right. Nope. Here's some critics' thoughts on that last movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source Reception Critical reaction to Highlander: The Source has been universally negative. Christopher Monfette of IGN gave The Source a score of 1 out of 10, saying: The worthwhile days of Connor MacLeod , it would appear, are officially over—dead, decapitated, and depleted of their power. The struggle for an immortal to move through life unchallenged has since mutated into an awkward arrangement of mismatched mythologies, TV-to-movie crossovers, and a steady stream of low-budget, direct-to-DVD cash-cows which may, in the end, prove to be the only truly immortal thing about this series. [ 14 ] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk gave the film one half star out of five, saying: The Source is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. If you've seen the previous sequels, you already know that's saying something. There is some relief that this franchise will finally be put out of its misery, because nobody in their right mind would try to keep this series going after watching just how boneheaded Highlander: The Source is. [ 15 ] Danél Griffin of Film as Art gave The Source one half star out of four, remarking that it's bad—cheesily bad, colossally bad, monumentally bad, bad enough to make you never want to watch another movie again bad. [ 16 ] Keith Breese of FilmCritic.com gave the film one star out of five, saying: Not only will Highlander fans be disappointed by the film's nosedive into nonsense, but the average viewer will be stunned by the backyard quality of this film. The acting is uniformly terrible, the special effects are hideous, the sets are cheap and grubby, and the direction is uninspired. The film is an utter failure. ... Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe. [ 17 ] The Sci-Fi Movie Page gave The Source one and a half stars out of five, saying: Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower, along comes Highlander: The Source . ... One gets the impression that The Source was filmed with theatrical distribution in mind but that no sane cinema distributor would touch it with a ten-foot barge pole. Good for them. Instead it went straight to the SciFi Channel and now the DVD shelves where you should let it stay, collecting dust. [ 18 ] Noah Antwiller of The Spoony Experiment had this to say about Highlander: The Source. The Source is dogshit. I mean weapons-grade dogshit. If your dog shat something this nasty, you’d have it put down and buried in a Hefty bag. I wasn’t even ready for something this bad. If you thought The Quickening was the low-point of the series, well, I don’t even know anymore. This movie punched me in the nuts and stole my lunch. I’m still a little dizzy from that one. If it’s not worse than Highlander 2, it’s right up there. I mean, second-place by a razor-thin margin. I think the only reason The Source isn’t as notorious as Highlander 2 is because nobody saw it (it was direct-to-video) and expectations for the series were already rock-bottom. I don’t want to say too much but if ever a movie shot its way to the top of my review
[scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS
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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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* ** http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2004_havana_nights_dirty_dancing_2._wallpaper_001.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Caddyshack1.jpg* 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
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My wife and I have both been suffering from horrible summer colds, so we've been in the house for over a week. This Saturday night, desperately unable to sleep, but too sick to do anything else, I turned the tube to Miss Congeniality 2. I knew it couldn't be as funny as the original--which has enough one-liners and fun that I still love it--but man, was I surprised at how bad it was! I think I laughed exactly twice in the whole thing. My wife, who generally is more forgiving of comedies like this, turned to me and said That was horrible! I'm so glad we didn't pay to see it. It was indeed so bad that, had one seen it first, one would have thought that Bullock and Regina King were completely devoid of any comedic talent. I know it's an inescapable fact of Hollywood, but they really do need to realize that often you can't bottle lightning twice, and you just have to forego making a crappy sequel. .That's especially true when some of the people instrumental in making the first movie don't return. In this one, for example, Michael Cain was a hoot as Bullock's advisor in the first film. His character was obviously gay, but that wasn't the angle played up. In this one she gets a younger guy as her advisor, and he plays up the gay thing to the point of distraction. The movie even ends up in a drag club where this dude dresses up like a woman--for no reason other than it fulfilled a lifelong dream of his! With such awful stereotypes, bad writing, and no originality anywhere to be seen, it perfectly exemplifies the point of the article you posted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:05:53 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS 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
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That is all horribly pain-inducing. And, back when I worked for Federated, I learned that one of my fellow supervisors had a role in Jaws: The Revenge (and became a shark snack, if memory serves). Hurt his feelings when I said that I wouldn't see it if I were paid in gold bullion. 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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* ** http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2004_havana_nights_dirty_dancing_2._wallpaper_001.jpg * 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.
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Apologies for the scream you all heard... On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: My wife and I have both been suffering from horrible summer colds, so we've been in the house for over a week. This Saturday night, desperately unable to sleep, but too sick to do anything else, I turned the tube to Miss Congeniality 2. I knew it couldn't be as funny as the original--which has enough one-liners and fun that I still love it--but man, was I surprised at how bad it was! I think I laughed exactly twice in the whole thing. My wife, who generally is more forgiving of comedies like this, turned to me and said That was horrible! I'm so glad we didn't pay to see it. It was indeed so bad that, had one seen it first, one would have thought that Bullock and Regina King were completely devoid of any comedic talent. I know it's an inescapable fact of Hollywood, but they really do need to realize that often you can't bottle lightning twice, and you just have to forego making a crappy sequel. .That's especially true when some of the people instrumental in making the first movie don't return. In this one, for example, Michael Cain was a hoot as Bullock's advisor in the first film. His character was obviously gay, but that wasn't the angle played up. In this one she gets a younger guy as her advisor, and he plays up the gay thing to the point of distraction. The movie even ends up in a drag club where this dude dresses up like a woman--for no reason other than it fulfilled a lifelong dream of his! With such awful stereotypes, bad writing, and no originality anywhere to be seen, it perfectly exemplifies the point of the article you posted. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:05:53 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http
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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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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* ** http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2004_havana_nights_dirty_dancing_2._wallpaper_001.jpg * 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
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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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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* ** http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2004_havana_nights_dirty_dancing_2._wallpaper_001.jpg * 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
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There was a Highlander after the third movie? O holy hell. ~ 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 11:02 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: 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.comwrote: 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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* ** http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaws4_meglafoam1.jpg 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
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- *Highlander: Endgame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_Endgame *, the fourth film - *Highlander: The Sourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source *, film spin-off of the television series - *Highlander: The Reckoninghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Reckoning *, a franchise reboot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reboot_(fiction) film There was also several animation shows that also had their own spinoffs. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: There was a Highlander after the third movie? O holy hell. ~ 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 11:02 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: 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.comwrote: 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* Image source - denofgeek The sequel was doomed after Keanu Reeves didn’t agree to sign up for it, yet
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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
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Sure. You never saw The Source, the awful TV movie starring Adrian Paul, released a year or two ago? It was really awful. they killed off a couple of cool characters, put up all this foolishness about the Source of Immortality, and gave us a truly horrendous ending. - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:03:35 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS There was a Highlander after the third movie? O holy hell. ~ 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 11:02 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: 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
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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.netwrote: 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.comwrote: 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/speed2.jpg* 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
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I'd forgotten the fourth film, in which Connor and Duncan have to fight a mad religious fanatic Immortal who has so many kills--over 600, to the McLeod's 200+ each--that he's all but unstoppable. It was pretty bad, with only the resolution to the problem of this powerful Immortal halfway interesting. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to see it. As for the last movie, The Source, it was released to TV three years ago. I actually killed brain cells watching it, hoping against hope they'd get it right. Nope. Here's some critics' thoughts on that last movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source Reception Critical reaction to Highlander: The Source has been universally negative. Christopher Monfette of IGN gave The Source a score of 1 out of 10, saying: The worthwhile days of Connor MacLeod , it would appear, are officially over—dead, decapitated, and depleted of their power. The struggle for an immortal to move through life unchallenged has since mutated into an awkward arrangement of mismatched mythologies, TV-to-movie crossovers, and a steady stream of low-budget, direct-to-DVD cash-cows which may, in the end, prove to be the only truly immortal thing about this series. [ 14 ] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk gave the film one half star out of five, saying: The Source is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. If you've seen the previous sequels, you already know that's saying something. There is some relief that this franchise will finally be put out of its misery, because nobody in their right mind would try to keep this series going after watching just how boneheaded Highlander: The Source is. [ 15 ] Danél Griffin of Film as Art gave The Source one half star out of four, remarking that it's bad—cheesily bad, colossally bad, monumentally bad, bad enough to make you never want to watch another movie again bad. [ 16 ] Keith Breese of FilmCritic.com gave the film one star out of five, saying: Not only will Highlander fans be disappointed by the film's nosedive into nonsense, but the average viewer will be stunned by the backyard quality of this film. The acting is uniformly terrible, the special effects are hideous, the sets are cheap and grubby, and the direction is uninspired. The film is an utter failure. ... Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe. [ 17 ] The Sci-Fi Movie Page gave The Source one and a half stars out of five, saying: Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower, along comes Highlander: The Source . ... One gets the impression that The Source was filmed with theatrical distribution in mind but that no sane cinema distributor would touch it with a ten-foot barge pole. Good for them. Instead it went straight to the SciFi Channel and now the DVD shelves where you should let it stay, collecting dust. [ 18 ] Noah Antwiller of The Spoony Experiment had this to say about Highlander: The Source. The Source is dogshit. I mean weapons-grade dogshit. If your dog shat something this nasty, you’d have it put down and buried in a Hefty bag. I wasn’t even ready for something this bad. If you thought The Quickening was the low-point of the series, well, I don’t even know anymore. This movie punched me in the nuts and stole my lunch. I’m still a little dizzy from that one. If it’s not worse than Highlander 2, it’s right up there. I mean, second-place by a razor-thin margin. I think the only reason The Source isn’t as notorious as Highlander 2 is because nobody saw it (it was direct-to-video) and expectations for the series were already rock-bottom. I don’t want to say too much but if ever a movie shot its way to the top of my review stack, it was this one. This short commentary on The Source came days after Antwiler did a two-part video review of Highlander II: The Quickening . - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:51:40 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS Sure. You never saw The Source, the awful TV movie starring Adrian Paul, released a year or two ago? It was really awful. they killed off a couple of cool characters, put up all this foolishness about the Source of Immortality, and gave us a truly horrendous ending. - Original Message - From: Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:03:35 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS There was a Highlander after the third movie? O holy hell. ~ 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
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I think that they just spin a wheel with plot points on it and go from there. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I'd forgotten the fourth film, in which Connor and Duncan have to fight a mad religious fanatic Immortal who has so many kills--over 600, to the McLeod's 200+ each--that he's all but unstoppable. It was pretty bad, with only the resolution to the problem of this powerful Immortal halfway interesting. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to see it. As for the last movie, The Source, it was released to TV three years ago. I actually killed brain cells watching it, hoping against hope they'd get it right. Nope. Here's some critics' thoughts on that last movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source Reception Critical reaction to *Highlander: The Source* has been universally negative. Christopher Monfette of IGN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNgave *The Source* a score of 1 out of 10, saying: The worthwhile days of Connor MacLeod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_MacLeod, it would appear, are officially over—dead, decapitated, and depleted of their power. The struggle for an immortal to move through life unchallenged has since mutated into an awkward arrangement of mismatched mythologies, TV-to-movie crossovers, and a steady stream of low-budget, direct-to-DVD cash-cows which may, in the end, prove to be the only truly immortal thing about this series.[14]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-13 Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk gave the film one half star out of five, saying: *The Source* is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. If you've seen the previous sequels, you already know that's saying something. There is some relief that this franchise will finally be put out of its misery, because nobody in their right mind would try to keep this series going after watching just how boneheaded *Highlander: The Source* is.[15]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-14Danél Griffin of Film as Art gave *The Source* one half star out of four, remarking that it's bad—cheesily bad, colossally bad, monumentally bad, bad enough to make you never want to watch another movie again bad.[16]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-15Keith Breese of FilmCritic.com gave the film one star out of five, saying: Not only will *Highlander* fans be disappointed by the film's nosedive into nonsense, but the average viewer will be stunned by the backyard quality of this film. The acting is uniformly terrible, the special effects are hideous, the sets are cheap and grubby, and the direction is uninspired. The film is an utter failure. ... Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe.[17]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-16 The Sci-Fi Movie Page gave *The Source* one and a half stars out of five, saying: Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower, along comes *Highlander: The Source*. ... One gets the impression that *The Source* was filmed with theatrical distribution in mind but that no sane cinema distributor would touch it with a ten-foot barge pole. Good for them. Instead it went straight to the SciFi Channelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29and now the DVD shelves where you should let it stay, collecting dust. [18] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-17 Noah Antwiller of The Spoony Experimenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spoony_Experimenthad this to say about Highlander: The Source. The Source is dogshit. I mean weapons-grade dogshit. If your dog shat something this nasty, you’d have it put down and buried in a Hefty bag. I wasn’t even ready for something this bad. If you thought The Quickening was the low-point of the series, well, I don’t even know anymore. This movie punched me in the nuts and stole my lunch. I’m still a little dizzy from that one. If it’s not worse than Highlander 2, it’s right up there. I mean, second-place by a razor-thin margin. I think the only reason The Source isn’t as notorious as Highlander 2 is because nobody saw it (it was direct-to-video) and expectations for the series were already rock-bottom. I don’t want to say too much but if ever a movie shot its way to the top of my review stack, it was this one. This short commentary on The Source came days after Antwiler did a two-part video review of Highlander II: The Quickeninghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_II:_The_Quickening . - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:51:40 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS Sure. You never saw The Source, the awful TV movie starring Adrian Paul, released
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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
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I only watched the movies because there wasn't anything on at the time. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: 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.netwrote: 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.comwrote: 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/batman-robin-clooney-odonnell1.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2819779.jpg* 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* ** *http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/legally-blonde-2-red-white-and-blonde-190-75.jpg * 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* ** * http://urbantitan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5811180.jpg* 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
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Yep. And did you ever see that god awful animated Highlander? It took place in the future. I watched maybe one ep and swore off of it forever. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:00:48 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS I think that they just spin a wheel with plot points on it and go from there. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I'd forgotten the fourth film, in which Connor and Duncan have to fight a mad religious fanatic Immortal who has so many kills--over 600, to the McLeod's 200+ each--that he's all but unstoppable. It was pretty bad, with only the resolution to the problem of this powerful Immortal halfway interesting. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to see it. As for the last movie, The Source, it was released to TV three years ago. I actually killed brain cells watching it, hoping against hope they'd get it right. Nope. Here's some critics' thoughts on that last movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source Reception Critical reaction to Highlander: The Source has been universally negative. Christopher Monfette of IGN gave The Source a score of 1 out of 10, saying: The worthwhile days of Connor MacLeod , it would appear, are officially over—dead, decapitated, and depleted of their power. The struggle for an immortal to move through life unchallenged has since mutated into an awkward arrangement of mismatched mythologies, TV-to-movie crossovers, and a steady stream of low-budget, direct-to-DVD cash-cows which may, in the end, prove to be the only truly immortal thing about this series. [ 14 ] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk gave the film one half star out of five, saying: The Source is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. If you've seen the previous sequels, you already know that's saying something. There is some relief that this franchise will finally be put out of its misery, because nobody in their right mind would try to keep this series going after watching just how boneheaded Highlander: The Source is. [ 15 ] Danél Griffin of Film as Art gave The Source one half star out of four, remarking that it's bad—cheesily bad, colossally bad, monumentally bad, bad enough to make you never want to watch another movie again bad. [ 16 ] Keith Breese of FilmCritic.com gave the film one star out of five, saying: Not only will Highlander fans be disappointed by the film's nosedive into nonsense, but the average viewer will be stunned by the backyard quality of this film. The acting is uniformly terrible, the special effects are hideous, the sets are cheap and grubby, and the direction is uninspired. The film is an utter failure. ... Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe. [ 17 ] The Sci-Fi Movie Page gave The Source one and a half stars out of five, saying: Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower, along comes Highlander: The Source . ... One gets the impression that The Source was filmed with theatrical distribution in mind but that no sane cinema distributor would touch it with a ten-foot barge pole. Good for them. Instead it went straight to the SciFi Channel and now the DVD shelves where you should let it stay, collecting dust. [ 18 ] Noah Antwiller of The Spoony Experiment had this to say about Highlander: The Source. The Source is dogshit. I mean weapons-grade dogshit. If your dog shat something this nasty, you’d have it put down and buried in a Hefty bag. I wasn’t even ready for something this bad. If you thought The Quickening was the low-point of the series, well, I don’t even know anymore. This movie punched me in the nuts and stole my lunch. I’m still a little dizzy from that one. If it’s not worse than Highlander 2, it’s right up there. I mean, second-place by a razor-thin margin. I think the only reason The Source isn’t as notorious as Highlander 2 is because nobody saw it (it was direct-to-video) and expectations for the series were already rock-bottom. I don’t want to say too much but if ever a movie shot its way to the top of my review stack, it was this one. This short commentary on The Source came days after Antwiler did a two-part video review of Highlander II: The Quickening . - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:51:40 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS Sure. You never saw The Source, the awful TV movie starring Adrian Paul, released a year or two ago? It was really awful. they killed off a couple of cool characters, put up all this foolishness about the Source of Immortality, and gave us a truly horrendous ending. - Original Message - From
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All I remember seeing was a commercial. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yep. And did you ever see that god awful animated Highlander? It took place in the future. I watched maybe one ep and swore off of it forever. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:00:48 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] WORST MOVIE SEQUELS I think that they just spin a wheel with plot points on it and go from there. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I'd forgotten the fourth film, in which Connor and Duncan have to fight a mad religious fanatic Immortal who has so many kills--over 600, to the McLeod's 200+ each--that he's all but unstoppable. It was pretty bad, with only the resolution to the problem of this powerful Immortal halfway interesting. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to see it. As for the last movie, The Source, it was released to TV three years ago. I actually killed brain cells watching it, hoping against hope they'd get it right. Nope. Here's some critics' thoughts on that last movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source Reception Critical reaction to *Highlander: The Source* has been universally negative. Christopher Monfette of IGN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGNgave *The Source* a score of 1 out of 10, saying: The worthwhile days of Connor MacLeod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_MacLeod, it would appear, are officially over—dead, decapitated, and depleted of their power. The struggle for an immortal to move through life unchallenged has since mutated into an awkward arrangement of mismatched mythologies, TV-to-movie crossovers, and a steady stream of low-budget, direct-to-DVD cash-cows which may, in the end, prove to be the only truly immortal thing about this series.[14]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-13 Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk gave the film one half star out of five, saying: *The Source* is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. If you've seen the previous sequels, you already know that's saying something. There is some relief that this franchise will finally be put out of its misery, because nobody in their right mind would try to keep this series going after watching just how boneheaded *Highlander: The Source* is.[15 ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-14Danél Griffin of Film as Art gave *The Source* one half star out of four, remarking that it's bad—cheesily bad, colossally bad, monumentally bad, bad enough to make you never want to watch another movie again bad.[16]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-15Keith Breese of FilmCritic.com gave the film one star out of five, saying: Not only will *Highlander* fans be disappointed by the film's nosedive into nonsense, but the average viewer will be stunned by the backyard quality of this film. The acting is uniformly terrible, the special effects are hideous, the sets are cheap and grubby, and the direction is uninspired. The film is an utter failure. ... Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe.[17]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-16 The Sci-Fi Movie Page gave *The Source* one and a half stars out of five, saying: Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower, along comes *Highlander: The Source*. ... One gets the impression that *The Source* was filmed with theatrical distribution in mind but that no sane cinema distributor would touch it with a ten-foot barge pole. Good for them. Instead it went straight to the SciFi Channelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci_Fi_Channel_%28United_States%29and now the DVD shelves where you should let it stay, collecting dust. [18] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander:_The_Source#cite_note-17 Noah Antwiller of The Spoony Experimenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spoony_Experimenthad this to say about Highlander: The Source. The Source is dogshit. I mean weapons-grade dogshit. If your dog shat something this nasty, you’d have it put down and buried in a Hefty bag. I wasn’t even ready for something this bad. If you thought The Quickening was the low-point of the series, well, I don’t even know anymore. This movie punched me in the nuts and stole my lunch. I’m still a little dizzy from that one. If it’s not worse than Highlander 2, it’s right up there. I mean, second-place by a razor-thin margin. I think the only reason The Source isn’t as notorious as Highlander 2 is because nobody saw it (it was direct-to-video) and expectations for the series were already rock-bottom. I don’t want to say too much but if ever a movie shot its way to the top of my review stack, it was this one. This short
