Uneccessary Sequels

Good Afternoon Students, this is Dr. Cooper. Today there is a large focus on sequels; Grown Ups 2,
Despicable Me 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, Iron Man 3, etc. Everywhere today we see Hollywood trying to capitalize on the success of their blockbuster movies by making sequels to stretch the dollar signs, often at the cost of a franchise's quality. Here are some movies that never should have been made...ever.


Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull

Making a third sequel decades after the last movie was made usually sounds like a bad idea. In this case, it was a terrible idea. It could have been a nice campy, adventurous new Indy movie, but the plot was very poor. I mean, Communists are cool villains, but the movie had aliens. Indiana Jones does not search for aliens- he searches for treasure! Also, the part where Indy survives and atomic bomb in a refrigerator is completely...stupid.

Star Trek 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

The original Star Trek movie series was not a major box office hit, so why they made freakin ten of them is beyond me. Now, Star Treks 2, 3, and 4 are pretty good, but the next six go into a complete tailspin regarding quality. The main reason I chose these movies is because of the decision to make TEN MOVIES, when they weren't very successful at all. At least the reboot series is pretty good...


Men in Black II

Men in Black was a great movie that had a nice ending. Agent K got to retire and live out his life, and J became partners with the odd girl from the morgue. Men in Black II completely disregards that. The new partner conveniently quits, and K has to be brought back from retirement to save the day. This movie was clearly meant to stretch out the profits made from the original Men In Black, and while it may have been successful, the fact that it was produced at all disappoints me greatly.

And of course...

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

This movie isn't considered a sequel per say, but it was a continuation of the franchise. From poor scriptwriting, to Jar Jar Binks, Star Wars Episode I has been hailed as the worst Star Wars movie ever and got the entire prequel trilogy off to a bad start. Despite this, the movie was ironically the most successful Star Wars movie too, grossing over $1 billion.




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