Terminator 2: Judgment Day
When a movie makes enough money at the box bureau and garner a big enough fan al-Qaeda , the financiers are eager to produce a sequel . However , it assume a great deal of factors for a sequel to come together – the actors ’ availability , getting the playscript justly , the alignment of the stars etc . – so sequel sometimes arrive years later than their predecessors .
Sometimes , these belated sequels are deserving the waiting . More often than not , they ’re a acid disappointment that defile the reputation of the original . But there is the occasional gem that recapture the magic of its precursor while stay clean enough to free the existence of a follow - up . So , here are 5 belated sequels that we ’re glad we finally get to see , and 5 we wish never happen .
Glad It Got Made: Blade Runner 2049
Ridley Scott ’s experiential neo - noirBlade Runneris one of cinema ’s great untouchable chef-d’oeuvre ( although it keeps getting touched by Scott himself ashe recuts it every couple of years ) , but if anyone could helm a satisfying sequel 35 years after the original hit field , it was the visionary Denis Villeneuve .
Villeneuve like an expert recaptured the spirit of the original , whileexploring new corners of its futuristic world . Blade Runner 2049bombed at the box government agency , just like its predecessor , but it ’s an undeniably beautiful picture .
Wish It Never Happened: Zoolander 2
Ben Stiller already got all the comedic gas mileage he could out of the Derek Zoolander character in 2001’sZoolander , a cult classic that blends the fashion manufacture with an espionage plot of land . So , by nature , 2016’sZoolander 2was a dashing hopes .
Every joke was either a rehash of a gag from the original or an agonizing endeavor to be “ current , ” like kill off Justin Bieber or include a selfie stick . The first movie had an factual plot , but the sequel just had a broadly speaking connect string of tired gags .
Glad It Got Made: Aliens
Seven years after the originalAlienmovie tally theaters , James Cameron wrote and lead its continuation , Aliens . Alienwasa sci - fi horror masterpiece , impeccably craft by Ridley Scott , and Cameron knew he was never go to meet Scott ’s masterclass in suspense .
So , he switched genre and made an natural action thrillerabout Ripley unite a band of Colonial Marines as they take on swarms of the xenomorph that assail the work party of the Nostromo .
Wish It Never Happened: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
In 1989’sIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade , theIndiana Jonestrilogy get through a perfect conclusion , with Indy give up the seeking for the Holy Grail and realizing what ’s really of import in life story , beforeriding off into the sunset with his father and his two closest ally .
But then , 19 years after , Steven Spielberg and George Lucas delivered the CGI - ridden monstrosity that isIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . On top of Harrison Ford ’s age distracting fromthe breakneck action at law - adventure limit piece , the plot involving extra - terrestrials was farcical .
Glad It Got Made: Rambo
The thirdRambomovie , Rambo III , wasthe most expensive movie ever made at the time of its release . But while it had newsbreak in nigger , it did n’t really get the spirit of the John Rambo character . That ’s what made its continuation , 2008’sRambo , such a breath of fresh air when it arrived a humongous 20 days afterward .
InRambo , the grizzled Vietnam old-timer ’s peaceable life as a ophidian catcher in Thailand is disrupted when some activists call for him to take them into Burma , where he singlehandedly adopt on the State Peace and Development Council with nothing but his hunting knife and an M2 Browning motorcar gun .
Wish It Never Happened: Bad Santa 2
The originalBad Santais one of the funniest colored comedy to come from a mainstream Hollywood studio apartment , but its delayed subsequence was so high-risk that it should n’t have been made .
While the original movie has overbold gag that land and take the sentence to build an earnest family relationship between its characters , Bad Santa 2is just offensive for the sake of being offensive . It ’s doubly as vulgar as the original with a fraction of the appealingness .
Glad It Got Made: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
When he helm a subsequence to his neo - noir sci - fi thrillerThe Terminator , James Cameron excite up the formula in a way that every subsequentTerminatorsequel ’s director has tried and fail to do .
Whereas the pilot told the storey of a human time traveler protecting the female parent of the Resistance ’s leader from a relentless T-800,T2told the story of a T-800 protect the 10 - year - older Resistance leader himself from an even more advanced Terminator model .
Wish It Never Happened: Jurassic World
Steven Spielberg ’s original 1993Jurassic Parkmovie is a chef-d’oeuvre of blockbuster cinema , exemplifying just how much can be done with big - budget , effects - driven movies . However , the moviehas never had a good sequel . Jurassic Worldwas guess to turn thing around , but it end up being the worst of the caboodle ( until its own successor , Fallen Kingdom , sink to new lows ) .
The fact that someone is act as by Chris Pratt does n’t make them a character . The fact that dinosaur are involved does n’t make a scene exciting . Jurassic World ’s lazy , unimaginative approach represents all the worst things about franchise reboots .
Glad It Got Made: Mad Max: Fury Road
With its breathtaking practical stunt work , consummate visual storytelling , Mad Max : Fury Roadis a rarefied case of a movie deflower by setbacks that actually finish up being well worth the wait . George Miller stuck by the project , and his sight for it , through thick and slight as it weathereda long least sandpiper in development hell .
come exactly three decade after its predecessor – the unsatisfying , ‘ fourscore - centricBeyond Thunderdome – Fury Roademerged as one of the greatest action movies ever made .
Wish It Never Happened: Dumb And Dumber To
The originalDumb and Dumberis a funniness classic . Not all of its jokes have aged graciously , but for the most part , it ’s a laugh saturnalia from begin to terminate . Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels were well - matched booster cable with incredible on - screen chemistry who were perfectly suited to their function as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne .
Unfortunately , when the two reunite for the sequel , Dumb and Dumber To , 20 years by and by , it was painful to follow . The Farrelly brothers had two decades to finetune the hand , and yet , every jest is either crass , strained , exhausted , obvious , creepy , or needlessly bigoted .
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