NETA : Memento isn’t a Trillogy, and Saw should have stopped at the first one. Revenge of the Nerds should have stopped at three…
Yeah. Matrix.
(more commentary from the peanut gallery)
Matrix 1 was a wonderful implementation of the heroic cycle. It had the most blatant call to adventure I’ve ever seen. I could watch that movie again and again.
Matrix 2 and 3 were – completeness. I have no pressing desire to see either one a second time.
Crystal Skull was a good way to wrap up Harrison Ford’s role as Indy.
And, should we count The Animatrix?
Perhaps we should ask “What franchise should have stopped at three movies?”
Was that the episode where Yakko, Wakko, and Dot unplugged themselves and entered the “real” world?
Indiana Jones, another good one. And you are right, Temple of Doom isn’t that bad. It’s got some cool memorable scenes too. It’s only in comparison to the other two that it looks sort of meh. I didn’t even go see the new one.
I didn’t think Animaniacs was still around in 99. Pinky and The Brain, in their spin off, perhaps.
The Animatrix is a collection of 9 Anime that offer different stories based off of The Matrix. 8 different artists. [One is a two parter]
I seem to have pulled your leg right off, Meeko. Will you be wanting it back?
Pirates of the Carribean really needed to stop at one movie. Ditto Matrix.
X Men 1 & 2 were both really good, but 3 made me cringe.
I think you have to respect a move that has a dude reaching into someone’s chest and pulling out their beating heart but in comparison is just wasn’t that good. Which is why Star Wars beats it out.
I went as saw the second POC movie and it sucked so bad I can’t make myself see the third. On the other hand the first Matrix move was so good I sat through the stupid that was the next two. I think the only problem with the X-men movies was they tried to cram in too many characters. They were pulling from such a large source and wanted to be sure everyone got to see their favorite. Which is one reason I like the third one because it has my two favorites Juggernaut and Shadowcat. If they had just left it as Dark Phoenix saga like they implied in 2 it would have rocked instead they added the anti mutant serum and things got muddled.
I think the second one is the best one, actually. However, the third one was worse, especially in the middle. Then again, the third one does end with the best 30-40 minutes of the whole series(the Maelstrom).
I know that the trio did a take off from Kubrick’s 2001. Who am I to say they didn’t do other movies?
Trilogies:
- LOTR
- Star Wars (Saga Begins, Empire, Return)
- Terminator (I, II, III)
- Matrix (#3 wasn’t that good but it gave me closure)
- The Godfather (again, #3 kinda sucked)
In comedy:
- Austin Powers
- Pink Panther (I, Return, A Shot In The Dark)
- Vacation (I, Christmas, Vegas) (Didn’t see Euro)
A New Hope? You know, the Fourth, First movie? 
What about Naked Gun?
Scary Movie? [Should have stopped at three, The jokes are VERY dated]
What about Good Bad and Ugly / Fistful of Dollars / For a few Dollars More?
Jurass… No, they should have stopped at the first one.
And, I’m more partial to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But Then again, it is what I grew up with, so.
[3 Live action movies, 1 CGI movie, and another Live action movie is rumored.]
So, Is that still a trillogy?
You know, there is something to be said to having been born in the 80s. That, or my ADD.
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I COULD NOT Finish watching Godfather**… it just got incredibly way to slow.
Same for Amadeus, and The Graduate.
The sad thing is, if it is a movie that is older than I am, I will probably find it either way too slow, or totally unejoyable.
Network was perhaps the only exception to this rule. [[Then again, Have you guys seen Network recently? It’s Daily Show! [Ok, Back when Colbert was Daily show, but still]
How about the Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven/Return of the Seven.
Yeah, I know that there was actually a third movie, proper, in the Seven Trilogy, but it makes a great trilogy if you include Kurosawa’s work there instead of the non-Yul Brynner one.
I’m learning things left and right here, Boozy.
- Seven Samurai and Magnificent Seven are related to each other? – They are a Trillogy, no less?!
2.You too play Magic? 
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The Magnificent Seven was an American remake of Seven Samurai. You know, seven warriors go to rescue a village too poor to pay them from an evil warlord. You’ve got the leader and his right hand man. The young-gun out to proove himself. Even the most skilled swordsman in Japan, and the James Coburn character.
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Nope, not regulalry in about 15 years. I used to date a girl who dragged me along to Draft FNM events when Ravnica came out, and so I’m somewhat familiar with the rules.
I do/did/will again. Played for about 5 years or so…had to stop when I went to college (no money + no one to play with), but I’ll probably start up again in a year or so, knowing me.
I’ve never understood these games, even when they were in their prime in the late 90’s. They just seem like two guys flipping over cards, like classic game “war”.
I’m sure I’m missing tons. Is it true that rare cards sold for lots of money in late 90’s?
Bullshit.
Girls play magic?
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