# Are sequels to these movies worth seeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999 "2011-09-02T20:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/1 "2011-09-02T20:37:15Z")
I generally avoid sequels to movies I like as I figure how could they improve them. Exceptions of course are movies like the Godfather and Star Wars. Are the sequels to the following movies worth seeing? The Matrix Ghostbusters City Slickers Back to the Future Revenge of the Nerds The Fly ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/2 "2011-09-02T20:39:55Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > I generally avoid sequels to movies I like as I figure how could they improve them. Exceptions of course are movies like the Godfather and Star Wars. > > Are the sequels to the following movies worth seeing? > > The Matrix > Ghostbusters > City Slickers > Back to the Future > Revenge of the Nerds > The Fly Back to the Future…Yes. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, just watch the movie. But seriously, it’s pretty much a continuation of the first one. If you liked BTTF 1, you’ll like the second one just as much. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/3 "2011-09-02T20:40:19Z")
the BttF sequels are not as good as the first one, but I say still worth a watch. don’t watch The Fly II ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/4 "2011-09-02T21:01:56Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > the BttF sequels are not as good as the first one, but I say still worth a watch. > > don’t watch The Fly II I forgot to specify, and I only sort of implied it, but my post was about BTTF 2. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/5 "2011-09-02T21:09:13Z")
In my humble opinion the answer is “no” to all of them except _City Slickers II_, which I preferred to the original. “You were gonna suck on my ass!” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/6 "2011-09-02T21:13:12Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > The Matrix > Ghostbusters > City Slickers > Back to the Future > Revenge of the Nerds > The Fly Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/7 "2011-09-02T21:20:50Z")
City Slickers II highly recommended IMHO Ghostbusters 2… sort of OK, has its moments. BttF 2-3 are not bad, although 2 is embarassingly and humorously dated. Avoid the Matrix sequels. IMHO they are not satisfying and actually degrade my enjoyment of the original. Reloaded has some cool action sequences but there is not much to be said for Revolutions. The Fly II is not good. Mostly forgettable retread. I seem to remember at least one of the Revenge of the Nerds sequels was tolerable, but the original is no masterpiece either. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequels-to-these-movies-worth-seeing/594999/8 "2011-09-02T22:45:54Z")
Don’t watch any Fly sequels. There were two sequels to the original 1950s Fly. Whereas the original was on color, with David Hedison and Vincent Price and decent effects, the second was black and white, with abysmal effects (although, amazingly, it stilll had Vincent Prioce). The third, _Curse of the Fly_, was off-the radar awful. The remake, by David Cronenberg,was pretty good. The sequel to the remake was directed by the special-effects guy from the remake, with a script by nobiody you ever heard of, and is awful. For ,my money, the first sequel to _The Matrix_ is pretty good, if you fast-forward through the time- and soul-killing “Zion” section. I think the film boasyts one of the cinema’s longest and most intense action sequences, starting when they walk into the Merovingian’s restaurant/club and ending with the truck crash. The thirs movie is only sporadically interesting, and a big letdown. The _Back to the Future_ sequels are great, and well worth watching.