Which 5 movies do you wish they'd never made sequels for?

[nerim]

On 22/09/2022 at 20:39, Warwagon said:

So, you want to wipe your brain of Star Trek: Nemesis so you can watch, that which you hate, for the first time again?

Trick question, eh? It doesn't take a second viewing to realize that a crap film is still crap. See what happens when I don't read or post in a while? Phrase a trick question, get a trick answer! 🙄

[nerim]

On 22/09/2022 at 23:36, Fleet Command said:

This reminds me that I must have added another item to my list: Pirates of the Caribbeans 4 & 5. Like Stuart Baird, director Joachim Rønning had absolutely no idea what Jack Sparrow was all about, mistakenly thinking that in the first film, Jack Sparrow was not the lead. Apparently, nobody told him that in the first film, which Joachim Rønning says was his favorite, Jack shot and killed the primary antagonist.

Thank you, Fleet Command, for getting the drift of my post. 😁  

[Matthew S.]

On 22/09/2022 at 23:39, Warwagon said:

So, you want to wipe your brain of Star Trek: Nemesis so you can watch, that which you hate, for the first time again?

Check the tread title again sir 😛 lol

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 23/09/2022 at 06:48, Matthew S. said:

Check the tread title again sir 😛 lol

HA! Who knew this thread existed! Not me!

[TheReaperMan]

Jurassic World series - just crap 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - should have just been the one film

Home Alone 3 and onwards not the same 

Highlander - they can only be one 😛

indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - just felt crap and not an indy film. 

 

 

[Matthew S.]

On 23/09/2022 at 09:00, Warwagon said:

HA! Who knew this thread existed! Not me!

Need to update your prescription again lol

[Emn1ty]

I think I'm going to put things that largely ruined the series. I don't mind mediocre sequels as long as they don't trash the franchise.

 

- Star Wars sequels (prequels I have mixed feelings on)

- The Hobbit (garbage)

- Matrix Revolutions

- Hellraiser sequels

- Anything after Saw 3

[Fleet Command]

On 16/10/2022 at 22:16, Emn1ty said:

- The Hobbit (garbage)

I agree with this entry. I believe the entire Hobbit trilogy must have been a short. (By "short," I mean a film under 30 minutes, not men's underwear.) They tried to cash in on Lord of the Rings' success. To that end, they added sun-resilient orcs and (hold on to your jaws) a love affair between a dwarf and an elf! 😲

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On 17/10/2022 at 12:18, Fleet Command said:

I agree with this entry. I believe the entire Hobbit trilogy must have been a short. (By "short," I mean a film under 30 minutes, not men's underwear.) They tried to cash in on Lord of the Rings' success. To that end, they added sun-resilient orcs and (hold on to your jaws) a love affair between a dwarf and an elf! 😲

I have recently read an analysis about how amazing they did with so little material and so little action in the book to make it.

 

I was not convinced. Yes. I believe they needed to pad the action as it was a child’s book but 1 movie would have been fine!

 

making 3 long ass movies made me feel like I should be paid to watch - extra action or not, feels like a cash grab

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I still did not see the new series but I already feel like I will not like it as it is just random padding of Tolkien work again (or worse)

 

original trilogy was, by the way, perfect - again I saw a doc about it and damn, it was amazingly respectful of the book and they did work really really hard to make it into something great

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On 16/10/2022 at 14:46, Emn1ty said:

I think I'm going to put things that largely ruined the series. I don't mind mediocre sequels as long as they don't trash the franchise.

 

- Star Wars sequels (prequels I have mixed feelings on)

- The Hobbit (garbage)

- Matrix Revolutions

- Hellraiser sequels

- Anything after Saw 3

Anything after saw 1

 

i hate gore and I don’t even like horror, but first saw was something so interesting I watched it

 

every movie since was just more or same and downhill decent into gore

 

disgusting 

 

matrix movies were also useless after first one. not horrible but just downhill

[FloatingFatMan]

On 17/10/2022 at 17:43, E.Worm Jimmy said:

i hate gore and I don’t even like horror, but first saw was something so interesting I watched it

 

every movie since was just more or same and downhill decent into gore

 

disgusting 

Horror movies are one thing, but I will NEVER understand how people can enjoy either watching OR making "gore" movies.  I think there's something seriously wrong with you if you enjoy that kind of thing, and should probably seek professional help...

 

[Emn1ty]

On 27/10/2022 at 23:05, FloatingFatMan said:

Horror movies are one thing, but I will NEVER understand how people can enjoy either watching OR making "gore" movies.  I think there's something seriously wrong with you if you enjoy that kind of thing, and should probably seek professional help...

I didn't watch the Saw films for the gore. I don't really care about gore either way. It either adds to the visceralness (think war films, etc) of the situation or it's just there and I mostly ignore it. I absolutely abhor violence and pain... hell I even wince at piercings and tattoos cause I imagine what it felt like to get them. But movies are fiction, not reality.

[FloatingFatMan]

On 28/10/2022 at 09:37, Emn1ty said:

I didn't watch the Saw films for the gore. I don't really care about gore either way. It either adds to the visceralness (think war films, etc) of the situation or it's just there and I mostly ignore it. I absolutely abhor violence and pain... hell I even wince at piercings and tattoos cause I imagine what it felt like to get them. But movies are fiction, not reality.

Fiction sure, but I posit this.  People watch movies because they want to be entertained, yes?  Scifi fans like to imagine the incredible, adventure fans want to experience that which they cannot in reality, horror fans like the adrenaline rush that accompanies fear.... Gore fans?  What do they like, I wonder...

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On 28/10/2022 at 04:37, Emn1ty said:

I didn't watch the Saw films for the gore. I don't really care about gore either way. It either adds to the visceralness (think war films, etc) of the situation or it's just there and I mostly ignore it. I absolutely abhor violence and pain... hell I even wince at piercings and tattoos cause I imagine what it felt like to get them. But movies are fiction, not reality.

You would be surprised then at studies saying your subconscious cannot tell real from a movie

 

and Fatman is absolutely right - if you are looking for gore (which I have to admit I did at one point when I was younger) you need to seriously evaluate as to Why? 
 

some unresolved aggression that you release by watching mutilation?

it is a sick sick way to deal with this. Not normal to humans who are mentally OK - they don’t go to  watch crap like that

 

i will take psychological horror anyway even though I don’t even like such genre that much, but at least there is drama and tension.

saw movies (I think I saw a part of number 5 in cinema before I walked out 30 minutes in) turned into pure gore porn - it is not healthy at all

 

I think it is mostly for teens who look for shock value as they just have not been to see real evil in the world to dislike it

i cannot see a healthy functioning adult who likes later saw movies.

there are way better ways to release all your negative ###### then watching gore

 

 

 

 

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On 28/10/2022 at 05:11, FloatingFatMan said:

Fiction sure, but I posit this.  People watch movies because they want to be entertained, yes?  Scifi fans like to imagine the incredible, adventure fans want to experience that which they cannot in reality, horror fans like the adrenaline rush that accompanies fear.... Gore fans?  What do they like, I wonder...

Agreed 100 percent 

gore does not even give the rush or fear - it is just in your face mutilation with not even suspense - you know it is going to happen- why even watch?????

 

[FloatingFatMan]

On 28/10/2022 at 16:23, E.Worm Jimmy said:

Agreed 100 percent 

gore does not even give the rush or fear - it is just in your face mutilation with not even suspense - you know it is going to happen- why even watch?????

 

In my life I have seen real life gore... When I was a kid I saw another kid hit by a fast moving train. Trust me, you do not EVER want to see something like that for real.. Ever...  Seeing it all the time for entertainment? It decenticizes you.

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On 28/10/2022 at 11:33, FloatingFatMan said:

In my life I have seen real life gore... When I was a kid I saw another kid hit by a fast moving train. Trust me, you do not EVER want to see something like that for real.. Ever...  Seeing it all the time for entertainment? It decenticizes you.

I have seen horrible things live, including kids head run over by giant truck tire in front of me (it could have been me if I was it go first, on that slide). Brains everywhere!

 

that is real life 

I have seen terrible terrible things on internet too.

I am glad I stopped watching that crap and now try to be nice and appreciate nice people and things 

[Emn1ty]

On 28/10/2022 at 08:33, FloatingFatMan said:

In my life I have seen real life gore... When I was a kid I saw another kid hit by a fast moving train. Trust me, you do not EVER want to see something like that for real.. Ever...  Seeing it all the time for entertainment? It decenticizes you.

I'll agree to disagree, not sure why I've got two people criticizing my choice in entertainment and deciding to give me an armchair psychological evaluation.

[Fleet Command]

On 30/10/2022 at 08:16, Emn1ty said:

I'll agree to disagree, not sure why I've got two people criticizing my choice in entertainment and deciding to give me an armchair psychological evaluation.

Passing over your choice of entertainment, most psychological evaluations originate from an armchair. 😈

[FloatingFatMan]

On 30/10/2022 at 04:46, Emn1ty said:

I'll agree to disagree, not sure why I've got two people criticizing my choice in entertainment and deciding to give me an armchair psychological evaluation.

Apologies if you felt judged, such was not my intent.  It was more a general observation on movies that are just about the gore and nothing else, not movies that are about something else but in which gore occurs, such as war movies.

[Jim K Global Moderator]

On 29/10/2022 at 23:46, Emn1ty said:

I'll agree to disagree, not sure why I've got two people criticizing my choice in entertainment and deciding to give me an armchair psychological evaluation.

I agree.  I can separate fact from fiction.  Nothing in movies has ever compared to seeing flesh blown off exposing ribs, blown off limbs (some quad), gunshot wounds to head, etc., that I witnessed while deployed to the Balad Theater Hospital in Iraq.

Gore in movies doesn't bother me (it isn't real) ... people psychoanalyzing others based on their viewing choices does.  Enjoying gore movies doesn't mean the viewer need to seek professional help.  Obviously, if the viewer starts to abuse animals that is a different topic entirely.  Hell, I don't even like to kill insects (unless it is a mosquito...seriously, screw those blood-sucking a-holes).

Only thing in horror movies that bother me are damn jump scares...hate them.  Before watching a horror movie, I'll look up the time stamps to know when/if a jump scare will happen.  

 

How am I the only one to have mentioned Jaws in this thread?  Seriously...all the sequels were terrible.

[Fleet Command]

Did anyone know that Jodie Foster acted in a gory movie as a child prostitute when she was a minor? She had to undergo psychiatric treatment. There was even a social worker on site. But also, the producer had her assist in mixing the liquid that eventually served as blood in the film, for the bloodbath scene.

[FloatingFatMan]

On 30/10/2022 at 10:43, Fleet Command said:

Did anyone know that Jodie Foster acted in a gory movie as a child prostitute when she was a minor? She had to undergo psychiatric treatment. There was even a social worker on site. But also, the producer had her assist in mixing the liquid that eventually served as blood in the film, for the bloodbath scene.

Jodie Foster did more than a couple of questionable things in movies as a child.  The word "Exploited" comes to mind...  I'm glad protections for kids in modern movies are much improved over what they were back then...

[Jim K Global Moderator]

On 30/10/2022 at 05:43, Fleet Command said:

Did anyone know that Jodie Foster acted in a gory movie as a child prostitute when she was a minor? She had to undergo psychiatric treatment. There was even a social worker on site. But also, the producer had her assist in mixing the liquid that eventually served as blood in the film, for the bloodbath scene.

...because her character was a prostitute...and she was 12....not because of the "gore"...

 

On 30/10/2022 at 05:55, FloatingFatMan said:

Jodie Foster did more than a couple of questionable things in movies as a child.  The word "Exploited" comes to mind...  I'm glad protections for kids in modern movies are much improved over what they were back then...

...It would appear that this happened then...

 

Jodie Foster:

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“People thought I was too young to play the part of a prostitute and people — lawyers, that is — in the government of California, wanted to make sure I was psychologically ready. I had to do some tests,”

 

Source

[Fleet Command]

I watched that film a long time ago. I don't remember any prostitution scenes. Maybe that's because the bloodbath at the end stands out.