GOOD sequels!

deejay

There aint many...

but 'Rush Hour 2'...so good! It's much beta than the first one, I laughed my ass off.

Can ya think of anymore?

Terminator

Good sequels are so rare

My favourite sequels include :

Aliens
The Silence Of The Lambs
Godfather II

And of course, T2

DrunkLeprachaun

Aliens,
Star Wars: The Empire Strike Back,
and of course, Evil Dead II.

lampsie

The george romero zombie trilogy is a prime example...

Night of the living dead - good
Dawn of the dead - even better
Day of the Dead - fantastic!

lampsie.

Dr. Loon

Had to look up a list of films to refresh my memory, but I thought these were good...

Terminator 2
Aliens
Evil Dead 2 and 3
The Godfather sequels
Beverly Hills Cop 2 was okay
Hannibal
Mad Max 2
Predator 2
The Spy Who Shagged Me
Lethal Weapon 2
Back to the future 2 was alright
Die Hard 2
Rocky sequels
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
The Omen sequels
Superman 2

Terminator

Oh yeah forgot about Superman 2

Mistakill

Mine are:

T2
Aliens
Predator 2 (its only a bit better than the first one)
The spy who shagged me
Licence to kill (007)

thats about all i can think of ATM

deejay

The 'Back to the Future' movies are cool, they aint like normal sequels coz they start off where the last one finished, it's more like one big 5 hour film!

alb

Originally posted by Terminator
Good sequels are so rare

My favourite sequels include :

Aliens
The Silence Of The Lambs
Godfather II

And of course, T2

The Silence Of The Lambs is a sequel?....to what?

Gambler

Silence was a sequel to another Hanibal Film.. can't remember name for the life of me [Edit]Actually have a feeling it was something like Manhunter or some such...[/edit] and My throw in would be to add Blade 2 to the pot.

koneko

Originally posted by lampsie
The george romero zombie trilogy is a prime example...

Night of the living dead - good
Dawn of the dead - even better
Day of the Dead - fantastic!

Yay lampsie! Cannot agree more, finally a fellow Romero-a-holic. I even mailed Tom Savini a while back, glad i got a reply too, he's weird.

Mine:

Godfather II, T2, Aliens (oh yeah baby!), Evil Dead 2, Hellraiser 2 (sad... I know).
Not good? Dusk till Dawn 2. God that was awful. Ring 2. Poor follow-up to a wonderful first.

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Mistakill
Licence to kill (007)

Bond movies aren't really sequels either are they? I mean yeah he's supposed to be the same bloke, but are they really considered sequels, rather than a series?

Terminator

Originally posted by alb


The Silence Of The Lambs is a sequel?....to what?

An earlier Lecter film, I think it was called Manhunter

koneko

Originally posted by alb
The Silence Of The Lambs is a sequel?....to what?

Manhunter:

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091474

Gambler

Woah.. fast replies here I see

deejay

'Manhunter'

colinsky

Faraway, So Close.

Sequel to Wings of Desire.

Khynareth

Aliens
Hellraiser II
Blade

Makaveli

Manhunter was based on Red Dragon right?

Flimbo

no, they run the gas off the electricity and the electricity off the gas, and they save £200 a month

Mistakill

Originally posted by Dr. Loon

Bond movies aren't really sequels either are they? I mean yeah he's supposed to be the same bloke, but are they really considered sequels, rather than a series?

In my book they're sequels because they follow each other in succession.

Open a new thread and see what other people say about it.

Bard

oh come on... how can you possibly say that Predator 2 was better than the first one?... sheesh... :rolleyes:

My addition to the list would be Desperado - the sequel to "El Mariachi"... which was quite a bit better than it's predecessor (although El Mariachi was a very good movie in its own respect).

Kali

predator 2? i thought this was meant to be good sequels? predator was excellent, but my god the second one stank lots.

[edit: good timing there Bard!]

most of the decent ones have already been mentioned, t2/aliens/indianajones.. dont know if back to the future 2 was tho..

ObeyGiant

Originally posted by lampsie
The george romero zombie trilogy is a prime example...

Night of the living dead - good
Dawn of the dead - even better
Day of the Dead - fantastic!

lampsie.

Leaving aside the fact that Day of the Dead was a saccharine piece of sentamentalist tripe ("Bub the lovable, talking zombie"? Kiss my pis%#73), I suggest you look up the word "sequel" in the dictionary - the "dead" movies are not sequels.

lampsie

>Leaving aside the fact that Day of the Dead was a saccharine >piece of sentamentalist tripe ("Bub the lovable, talking zombie"? >Kiss my pis%#73), I suggest you look up the word "sequel" in >the dictionary - the "dead" movies are not sequels.


From dictionary.com:

se·quel Pronunciation Key (skwl)
n.
Something that follows; a continuation.
A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative continues that of a preexisting work.

The dead trilogy follow the collapse of civilisation, each movie showing conditions as they get worse:

Night: Dead begin coming back to life, no-one knows whats going on

Dawn: People are no longer allowed to remain in their homes, the situation has become desperate, but the humans still seem to be in with a fighting chance

Day: Dead have completely taken over, 'living' seem to be all but extint.

That stikes me as "Something that follows; a continuation"

As for Day being crappy, it is fairly slow paced with a lot of dialogue, but personally I thought it was really well written (tho he acting was /very/ suspect at times!) ...guess it doesn't appeal to everyone.

Not trying to be bitchy or anything, just don't like Romero's flicks getting rubbished

- lampsie

ObeyGiant

Originally posted by lampsie
Something that follows; a continuation.
A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative continues that of a preexisting work.

The dead trilogy follow the collapse of civilisation, each movie showing conditions as they get worse:

Certainly, but this is not a "continuation", or a "work whose narrative continues that of a preexisting work" - they're merely three films that have a common theme (people coming back from the dead, hungry for human flesh). As such, they cannot be called "sequels".

If we were to follow your definition, I can think of countless films that one could throw into that list, to increase the amount of "sequels".

Originally posted by lampsie
Night: Dead begin coming back to life, no-one knows whats going on

Or, even simpler:

Night: Dead begin coming back to life, no-one knows whats going on... Duane Jones/Tony Todd kick some ass.

Dawn: Dead begin coming back to life, no-one knows whats going on... Ken Foree kicks some ass.

Day: Dead begin coming back to life, no-one knows whats going on... Noone kicks ass. Zombies are suddenly "lovable".

I'll say it once again, in case I didn't make myself clear enough the first time I said it - the only continuation through these films is a continuation of theme.

LoGiE

Hmmm....
Aliens [horror/sci-fi classic]
Predator 2 [sci-fi classic]
Any of the friday the 13th movie sequels:D [Horror classic's]
Mad Max2 [sci-fi Classic]
Rocky 4 [ERrrr...got lot's of punching ]
looking at my list i think i should prehaps widen my horizons and look into other genre..

BlitzKrieg

Im ust ay i am very happy.....


Aliens is probably the most commonly mentioned film here and as it is my fav film of all time (let alone fave sequel) I must celebrate



*does a happy dance*


Other sequals uhmm i actually dont know..Well I could say T2 is a good sequel but not better...Then theres all the trilogy's...Like Indiana Jones and Star wars.

I know the 4th Star trek film....

TinCool

I can't believe how many people have mentioned Predator 2 as a good sequel. I mean, have you actually sat down and watched it ? It has absolutely none of the atmosphere or originality of the first one.

I think Predator 1 is a great action flick. One of Arnie's best movie's he did in the 80's (along with T1). Predator 2 doesn't even come close, it's just a cash in.