# Worst. Sequel. EVER! Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732 "2010-04-02T14:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/61 "2010-04-03T15:09:25Z")
Sorry for bringing back bad memories, **ArrMatey!** and **Kimstu**! I honestly wish I hadn’t read it again, and I am going to get rid of the copy I have so I won’t be tempted again. I haven’t read any of the other Earthsea stuff, mostly because I got so burned by _Tehanu_ that I didn’t want to risk further disappointment. I’ll see if I can track down “The Bones of the Earth,” though. That sounds promising. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/62 "2010-04-03T15:45:14Z")
I agree with the other posters who say that **Transformers 2** is the worst movie ever, especially in relation to the size of the budget. Whether or it’s the worst _sequel_, however, is debatable because the quality of the first one wasn’t exactly bar-setting. For that, I would have to go with… (cue drumroll)… **Alien 3** , especially for those of us who saw the coming to Earth trailer. My wife walked out of the theater so pissed I thought she would have an aneurism (sp). ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/63 "2010-04-03T16:15:58Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. > > None of the humor, charm or fun of the first movie. > > Caricatures instead of characters. > > No good quotes except maybe “It’s none of your fuckin’ business!” > > Not even Julie Benz in leather pants can save this movie. It just sucks, especially compared to the first one. This. The tone shifted from cool to cute, the formula was auto-derivative and not well executed. It just became campy. Duffy had like 10 years to work on that script and it looks like he shit it out in an afternoon. It’s just bad ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tom\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_P)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/64 "2010-04-04T01:20:44Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > **Alien 3** , especially for those of us who saw the coming to Earth trailer. My wife walked out of the theater so pissed I thought she would have an aneurism (sp). I agree with this. Alien is an very good movie, I consider Aliens as even better (though an action movie instead of a plain horror movie). Alien 3 and Alien 4 are better left unseen. Also: Terminator 3. Just as with the Alien franchise, we got 2 good movies before the series took a nosedive. The moral here: James Cameron can make a good sequel, but you should let the series stop when he does. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/65 "2010-04-04T01:33:54Z")
No, you’re all wrong. The all time worst sequel is _Grease 2_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/66 "2010-04-04T01:48:52Z")
You apparently haven’t seen [_WarGames 2: The Dead Code_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865957/). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/67 "2010-04-05T01:59:24Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > The Lost Boys sequel. > > Not even really a sequel to the first one except for the fact that Corey Feldman is in it, and not an interesting story either. The two main characters, the guy and his sister, are the kids of Jason Patric’s character, and the main vampire guy was the brother of Kiefer Sutherland’s character (also his real life half-brother) but they didn’t spell this out explicitly enough for most people, I guess. In any event, it’s not even close to the original, but as direct to video sequels and direct to video vampire movies go, it’s not too bad. I’d watch it again. As for the ending The alternate ones were even more interesting, IMO, revealing that the brother of Feldman’s character was now a vampire, and heading back into town Apparently it did well enough that there is another DTV sequel coming out sometime this year. minor spoiler re: the ending of the 2nd movie and casting of the 3rd Corey Haim had nothing to do with the new one, even before his untimely demise, so it likely doesn’t have anything to do with following up on their confrontation at the end of 2 ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/68 "2010-04-05T12:33:48Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > A lot of it has to do with the tone of the film. The first had a sort of gritty, working class texture that just went so well the story and the type of music they were performing. The second one has a kidified feel (it was rated PG-13) and a lot of the gags just felt dumbed down. > Also, in the first movie, it seemed like a lot of the performers were genuinely having a good time. Here they’re just going through the motions and you get a sense that the only reason they’re there is to collect a paycheck. > And then there’s the zombie sequence at the end…well, the less said about that, the better. I’ll just say that the producers must have had a videotape of Eric Clapton and BB King blowing goats, because there’s no other explanation for why they’d be there. Pretty much exactly what I was about to say. It’s like the two movies didn’t exist in the same universe. Not that I’d call the original _Blues Brothers_ realistic by any stretch, but it established a set of rules and remained consistent with them. The zombies, levitations, people turning into rats, _et al_, of _BB2K_ didn’t fit with that at all. I stop short of considering it the worst sequel ever, though, because the musical numbers were outstanding – at least as good as in the first. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/69 "2010-04-05T14:13:47Z")
I needed eyewash, brain bleach, _and_ an MIB flashy thingy to expunge the horror that was _Babe 2: Pig in the City_ from my mind. Even that didn’t work entirely, though, and I suspect that the resulting misfiring in my neurons is somehow responsible for the subsequent epidemic of childhood obesity, the increase in sunspots, and the endless progression of unspeakable films starring obnoxious talking animals. The horror…the horror… ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/70 "2010-04-05T17:41:35Z")
I tried to watch **S Darko**. It was so horrible that I think I made it about half an hour in before just having to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/71 "2010-04-05T19:03:02Z")
Re: _Jurassic Park_ > [@DocCathode](#): > > I have to disagree. The dino effects were great. But the scientists made all kinds of stupid mistakes that were massively unrealistic. Maybe I work with substandard scientists and engineers, but I see stupid mistakes on a fairly frequent basis. A film in which people do implausible and dumbass things, especially under stress, pretty much mirrors reality as I experience it. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/72 "2010-04-05T19:27:38Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Re: _Jurassic Park_Maybe I work with substandard scientists and engineers, but I see stupid mistakes on a fairly frequent basis. A film in which people do implausible and dumbass things, especially under stress, pretty much mirrors reality as I experience it. That mistakes I meant are mostly in the _design_ of the park. The one that really gets me is the electric fences. Even absent sabotage, those were a stupid mistake. Some of the dinos could easily charge through even a working electric fence. Had they built real concrete barriers, the dinos would have been contained. Of course, then the movie would have only lasted ten minutes. But, I’ve always said if the only reason you can give for somebody doing something stupid is ‘it is necessary to the plot’ then you have failed as a writer. For examples of fine writing see Aliens “Take off and nuke the place from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” Naturally, they’re prevented from just taking off. Or Army Of Darkness- Instead of just turning his back on a supposedly destroyed monster “It’s a trick. Get an axe” ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732/73 "2010-04-05T19:32:01Z")
No one’s mentioned it yet so I’ll throw out **Son of The Mask**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-ever-part-deux/534732.md?page=3)