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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:39 PM Original message |
Best movie with the worst sequel? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Die Hard |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good one! |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. The fourth was pretty fun. Nothing tops the first, though. n/t |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. When Die Hard 3 was shown on AMC's DVD onTV |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think I've got this figured out |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I actually love ALL the American Pie films. |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You generally either love them or hate them as a bunch |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I agree with you there, although I haven't seen any of the Porky movies. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
91. Agreed, it's really the same movie just 3 different times |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mercifully, I had forgotten all about 'The Sting II' |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Jurrasic Park |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I read the novel in 91 or so, and I was SURE that I remembered Malcolm dying |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yeah Hammond dies |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I guess I should have posted a SPOILER ALERT in my subject line |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. the novels |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. You win. It's The Exorcist |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Caddyshack... hands down. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Another good one! |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Winner. We walked out of the theater during the sequel. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Back to the Future would be up there. |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. The sequels of Back To The Future, |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Part of the problem with the Exorcist II: The Heretic, IIRC... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If I'd made a movie that bad, I'd claim to have been drunk, too |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought Psycho II was great |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Now that you mention it, maybe I am! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Matrix |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Bravo! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Nope. The Exorcist wins easily. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Gettysburg" was pretty good, if the Civil War interests you... |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Would that count? |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I was thinking in terms of G&G being released after Gettysburg... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Chinatown |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I agree, and I haven't |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Escape from New York |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Haven't seen Escape from LA, but you're right about Ghostbusters |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. well that's what Escape From LA was like |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Escape From L.A. is easily one of the worst movies ever made. |
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Lethe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. i agree |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Love the first one. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Another one: Robocop |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Robocop III was the worstest ever... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. The Whole Nine Yards |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I've actually never seen either of them. Was the first one good? |
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stklurker (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
68. Whole Nine Yards |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. Ghostbusters |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. I totally forgot about Poltergeist II, and not without good reason |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Alien 3 is a really good film IMO |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. Eddie Murphy made a couple that qualify. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Good list...you're right on all three. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. In terms of narrative, Crocodile Dundee II's heart was in the right place |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hopefully not the upcoming sequel to The Thing. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I saw Gigantis within the last year or so |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. You are correct. |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
46. According to Entertainment Weekly, |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Blues Brothers 2000... I'd blocked that from my mind. |
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coyotespaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
47. Ironically enough, the greatest movie ever had the worst sequel ever |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. There Should Have Been Only One |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. So bad I'd blocked it from my memory |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Then you didn't see "Highlander II: Renegade Edition" |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Time travelers?!? LOL |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Time travel would fix everything involved with the movie... |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
55. Grease. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. The UNWATCHABLE, God-Awful Charles Grodin sequel to "A Christmas Story" |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. My God |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Showtime put it into extra-heavy rotation when it was released...it was on virtually every day. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. Grodin's been pretty good in a few things... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Midnight Run...easily his best. |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
58. Predator |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. I actually like the second one better. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. Jaws. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. And don't forget Jaws IV |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. A shark that eats a helicopter didn't do it for ya? |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. Shawskank Redemption 2: Battle for Mexico |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
67. The Passion of the Christ. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Would that be "Easter: Payback of the Christ?" nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. The Sting |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. I don't remember any of those having sequels |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. yeah, i blocked them from memory, too |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I now remember "More American Graffiti". |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Basic Instinct 2 was straight to DVD |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
71. Exorcist III, however, was actually very good |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
77. the Godfather- Godfather 3 |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
78. This sequel stinks to high heaven --Alien Resurection.. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Alien 4 was lousy, but the OP asked for worst *first* sequels |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
79. Major League |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. I recall vaguely a sequel to "Gone With the Wind" made in |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. I think that Joanne Whaley saw it, but she's about the only one |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
82. There's only one possible answer. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Which was the first sequel? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Beneath, yes |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
83. The Matrix. |
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RiffRandell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
84. Halloween. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
90. Mission Impossible |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
92. although I didn't even see the first two movies in the series |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
94. The Blair Witch Project |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. I thought they were equally bad |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
95. Austin Powers |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
97. I watched part of Speed this weekend and I did really like that movie |
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