What movie spawned the best sequal/prequal

[Stalemate]

Tough choice when you have to stick away from the big franchises (SW, ST, MAtrix, LOTR, etc.)

[Kineda]

Wow what a tuff choice...

after debating for a while i decided on army of darkness, great flick but mallrats was a definate close second. back to the future was great but the sequels were weak...kevin smith rocks but bruce campbell was pure genius in army...thats right i said the words!!

but how could i disregard lines like :

"It's a schooner!" "You dumb ba$tard its a sailboat!"

damn i want to vote again......

[meatwad]

I'll nominate Highlander 2 for the WORST sequel.

[Cleetus]

Originally posted by meatwad
I'll nominate Highlander 2 for the WORST sequel.

I'll second that!!!

[Cobra X]

On that list, Army of Darkness without a doubt. It & Evil Dead 2 both surpassed the original in every way.

I don't see how Mallrats can be considered "sequel" per se...I mean, they both share some characters (Jay & Silent Bob), and make references to certain events - the chick having the embolism in a pool...Randall & Brodie both have/had a cousin Walter who did weird stuff to themselves sexually), but they didn't really continue a main story or anything.

[Radical Dreamer]

Any kevin smith movie

[Radical Dreamer]

Originally posted by Cobra Tha Funky Homo Sapien
On that list, Army of Darkness without a doubt. It & Evil Dead 2 both surpassed the original in every way.

I don't see how Mallrats can be considered "sequel" per se...I mean, they both share some characters (Jay & Silent Bob), and make references to certain events - the chick having the embolism in a pool...Randall & Brodie both have/had a cousin Walter who did weird stuff to themselves sexually), but they didn't really continue a main story or anything.

Actually they do....somwhat, kevin smiths movies are called the Jersey Trilogy, even though there are 5 of them.

They dont continue a story per se', but they all show events that happen in around a 3 day period in the jersey area, kevin smith himself even calls them sequels from time to time

[techguy13]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Aliens. Admittedly Alien was the better film but Aliens must be the best shoot'm up sci-fi flick ever.

[MacGyver]

T2 wins hands down.

Don't forget Die Harder and Die Hard with a Vengance. Those were pretty good sequels.

[Jediab]

Most movies that have sequels are a rsult of the original being a hit. If the 1st one didnt do squat, they "usually" do not make a 2nd one. You would think they would have learned after Highlander 2 to just plain stop please dear god stop!!

Some movies like the Star Wars trillogy were orignally 1 whole story, but had to be split into 3 movies because of size. Lucas now has enough money he can put out any movie he wants without any worries about a studio backing him up. Not listening to George's plan to produce a movie is like saying you don't want to hear Steven Spielberg's opinion on directing.

Together those 2 equal totally awesome movies.

[gazzak]

I have to agree with the T2 crowd, brilliant.

However, the Guy Ritchie movie Snatch is much better than Lock Stock, but can it be called a sequel? I think so, and that for me was the best ever because I have watched it 10+ times and still find new things to laugh out loud at!!

At the other end of the scale it has to be Police Academy. s h i * e!

[Carlitos_Way]

I think The Goonies should have had a sequel.

[Kineda]

it was supposed to

[Orangeman]

You forgot:

Star Trek - The Movie (with Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelly) Forget TNG- the series just isn't as good.

Godfather - All of them

Superman - All of them

Batman (the first two - the third was the 'nippled' batman and had nothing but explosions and special effects)

and Rocky

Also:

Deep Throat 2 & 3 (much better than the original)

[BlueShadowDemon]

I liked both the Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. They were both great movies, and pretty hilarious. Back to the Future most likely was the best of those choices. I have all 3 movies, but my personal fave is the 2nd one