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26144

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
26145

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
26146

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
26147

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
26148

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu)
26149

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu)

Since the category doesn’t say the prequel has to be a movie… I’ll nominate a book.

  1. The novel *** The Wide Sargasso Sea ***is a good prequel to Jane Eyre.
26150

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu)
  10. The novel *** The Wide Sargasso Sea ***is a good prequel to Jane Eyre.
  11. The novel Hollywood by Gore Vidal- prequel to Washington D.C. (among others)
26151

Eyecccch. I remind you the category is good prequels.

26152

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu)
  10. The novel *** The Wide Sargasso Sea ***is a good prequel to Jane Eyre.
  11. The novel Hollywood by Gore Vidal- prequel to Washington D.C. (among others)
  12. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)

Okay, it hasn’t aired any episodes yet but I’m going to assume it’ll be a good series.

26153

Good prequels, and what they are prequelling

  1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz)
  2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather)
  5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2)
  6. Prometheus (Alien)
  7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.)
  8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe)
  9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu)
  10. The novel *** The Wide Sargasso Sea ***is a good prequel to Jane Eyre.
  11. The novel Hollywood by Gore Vidal- prequel to Washington D.C. (among others)
  12. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
  13. The Scorpion King (The Mummy Returns)

(…which I suppose is only true for certain values of “good”…)
New: Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
26154

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans

Hey: neither was exactly a cinematic masterpiece, but they’re equally good. :stuck_out_tongue:

26155

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
26156

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
26157

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
26158

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
26159

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
26160

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
26161

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
  9. John Carpenter’s ***The Thing ***was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell).
26162

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
  9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell).
  10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

I’ve seen both recently.

26163

Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please)

  1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In)
  2. Clash of the Titans
  3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.)
  4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version.
  5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film.
  6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic.
  7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933)
  8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck.
  9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell).
  10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
  11. Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) is far superior to Bakshi’s 1978 cartoon.