Too many sequels?

and for some reason now bad sequels are following bad movies like "Chronicles of Riddick"

Sequels are rarely as good as the first for some reason. More than a few others spoiled the entire franchise.

P.S. Ironic that drifter101 has a sequel on his sig

Originally posted by Drifter101
and for some reason now bad sequels are following bad movies like "Chronicles of Riddick"

I don't know where you got that, or this..

to films few have even heard of such as "The Chronicles of Riddick" a sequel to the disappointing film "Pitch Black"

"Pitch Black" actually is a fan favorite in the Sci Fi community, and certainly Vin Diesel's best work to date.

"Chronicles of Riddick" is actually a prequel, and it looks very promising, because he was by far the most interesting character in the movie.

But to answer the question, no, there honestly aren't that many sequels coming out. The only ones that come to mind that have been released are based on book franchises that were written a few years ago.

There are too many REMAKES floating about. Sequels are the least of our worries.

Yes, there are too many sequels.

As soon as film does really well they make a sequal hoping to be as succesfull and that will earn more money.

For those complaining, name the sequels that have been released thus far, soley based on the success of the original movie..

Where's the ill in that? Sure alot of the sequels that have come were bad because they failed to draw us in with Character development. That is where most sequels fall flat... I think if a studio plans on doing a sequel to a successful film. They should look long and hard at what made the first film work. Not just big explosions or fx, but characters that we wanna see. Characters that make us wanna come back to see what new things they are going through etc.

Alot of sequels ruin films but the point is that sequels mean money to the film industry. If the first (and second in some cases) film is very popular then the film industry will make a sequel, you have to remmeber the film industry dont give a monkeys anus about the film, aslong as it gets lots of money. And its easy money if you make a sequel to an already-popular film.

Savvy? 😈 Evil Arnt They 😈

i think there are so many sequels because people these days are running out of unique ideas for films.... and the ones that do come out that aren't sequels are so similar to other movies..... i mean how many times has the earth nearly been wiped out my the same asteriod or how many things can we bring back from the dead before it gets boring.....as i say this is wat i think....neways saying that i am quite looking forward to potc sequels

Too many sequels! Which in turn is not that bad. I mean fans always want more. Unfortunally some sequels just don't deliver the goods. So, sometimes it is a bad idea to make a sequel out of a good movie.

that is also true if one film gets lotsof publicity doesn't mean that the second one will get the same response sometimes the sequel gets rid of the orignal idea....kinda like tomb raider good at first but then goes rather ott with the sequel....just because the are number amount of games doesn't mean they need to do that many movies...unlike harry potter and lotr the only reason they have sequels is because the were ritten as a trilogy....and would be rather stupid if the just shown the first yr at hogwarts

Worst thread title ever. To be topped one day by something like, "Who thinks Titanic was overrated by just the least bit?"

Now that would be a horrible idea for a sequel......T2 (as in Titanic 2) j/k

sequels normally r horrible (except lotr and harry potter). i dont know y. they normally lack a lot of things from the first. i hate it when summer movies r mostly sequels.

Titanic 2 the return of jack form the dead. Man that would suck.

To be said in one of those really deep film advertising voices.

'Jack and Rose go on another ship and after they're traumatic time on the titanic another ice burg hits the new titanic and jack dies again and rose is safe as she hogs this board which could have saved jack aswell. But she goes home all wet and soggy'

Like terminator 3 wasnt bad enough

Pitch Black is not bad. 😐

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
As soon as film does really well they make a sequal hoping to be as succesfull and that will earn more money.

Pitch Black did a lot worst than what many expected, it was too much like alien for it to work

you can't have a sequel to something that is based on a true event......it is like pridicting the future which is pretty far fetched

Originally posted by celestial_moon
sequels normally r horrible (except lotr and harry potter). i dont know y. they normally lack a lot of things from the first. i hate it when summer movies r mostly sequels.

Those were planed. Obviously they only did the 2nd Harry Potter because the 1st one did so well. But they are from different books so.
And LOTR is a movie split in 3 basically.
These days contracts have a 2 movie deal (for those action blockbusters) so technically a 2nd is always in mind. And pretty much always sucks. There are a few exceptions of course.

another thing they shouldn't have such a long wait between each film even tho it mite build up publicity but they can also lose intrest where as the matrix had the rite idea were they fimed to movies at the same time then each had an earlier release date ...(shame bout the movies tho)....