# In cinema, does a prequel ever actually help the story?

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**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cinema-does-a-prequel-ever-actually-help-the-story/824514 "2018-11-14T18:21:58Z")\
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_Black Sails_ was a series not a film, but was very good and is a prequel to _Treasure Island_, and I think enhances the characters Captain Flynn and Long John Silver.

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