# you loved the original, but the sequel... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994 "2003-09-26T16:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Xanthas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@Xanthas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xanthas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/21 "2003-09-27T05:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Another book for me: Book Two in George RR Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” series. I just couldn’t keep reading it. Wow, I’m surprised to see that mentioned here. Is there something in particular that turned you off about it? I thought it upheld the quality of the original very well. As for my contribution, after seeing the sequel to **Caddyshack** , it was very, very difficult to resist the urge to stab myself in both eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/22 "2003-09-27T06:18:51Z")
To get back to books, Harry Harrison’s _Bill the Galactic Hero_, but every sequel I’ve managed to force myself to finish has been god-awful. It’s possible the quality picked up after book four, but I doubt it, and I’m not prepared to waste the time finding out. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/23 "2003-09-27T10:01:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zanshin \* > \*\* > > - Highlander 2. What a piece of dreck. I remember being in the theater opening night, eagerly awaiting this movie (as I’d loved the first one) and walking out PISSED. \*\* Oddly enough, that’s exactly what Russell Mulcahy did on premiere night after seeing what the studio had done to his movie. The Renegade Cut is supposedly much better, taking out all the alien shit and adding in some plot. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/24 "2003-09-27T10:05:51Z")
I’ll be the third to second _Matrix: Reloaded_. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/25 "2003-09-27T15:59:42Z")
I’ll be the 4th, 5th and 6th person to add Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Reloaded. Torturing convicting mass murderers with that movie would be considered inhumane. T3 was, as a standalone movie, pretty good. However, when compared to T2 it just doesn’t hold up at all well. Rambo II and III sucked great blue whale semen compared to First Blood Scream 3 - Ugh! Beverly Hills Cop III - A sentiment considerably less complimentary than Ugh! Star Wars I/II - A sentiment so much less complimentary than Ugh! it hasn’t even been invented yet Back To The Future II - Awful, incomprehensible movie. I have the trilogy and the 2nd one is used to protect my coasters from potential I’ve-drunk-too-much-and-just-tried-to-pour-a-beer damage. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/26 "2003-09-27T16:32:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xanthas \* > **Wow, I’m surprised to see that mentioned here. Is there something in particular that turned you off about it? I thought it upheld the quality of the original very well.** It did. It just became too much. Too much death. Too much violence. The second book carried through with the story, with the same implacably grim tone. I just found that I couldn’t keep going. Julie ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994/27 "2003-09-27T16:57:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jsgoddess \* > **What books or movies did you love but you found that the sequels were either terrible or unbearable for other reasons?** All of them. Well, okay, maybe not **all** of them. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ had a pretty good sequel. But for the most part, sequels tend to be a pale shadow of the original. The list of disappointing sequels is so long, it would be easier to whip together a list of sequels that **weren’t** disappointing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-loved-the-original-but-the-sequel/203994.md?page=1)