Has there ever been a sequel so stupid you refused to accept it?

[Christopher]

There are no sequels to Rendezvous with Rama. Nope, never happened. Just an ugly rumor.

For me the Robocop franchise begins and ends with the film 1987 Verhoeven film Robocop
Anything thing else with that name doesn't exist IMO

To me, the "real" RoboCop is the original film and the 1994 TV series (whose pilot was adapted from Neumeier and Miner's rejected RoboCop 2 script, so I consider it more genuine than the Frank Miller nonsense that followed on the big screen).

And I consider Terminator to consist of the original film, T2, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

 

[Jetfire]

'Dey keel'd Hiks 'n Newt!'

Oh, and Jetfire's avatar reminds me of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, another rancid sequel I've tried to blot from my memory. And then there's Speed 2: Cruise Control, which was so horribly paced and unintentionally funny, and the completely vapid, unintelligible M:I-2.

I didn't like it either...I didn't like the first film.

I have to support Jetfire.

 

[TedShatner10]

For me the Robocop franchise begins and ends with the film 1987 Verhoeven film Robocop
Anything thing else with that name doesn't exist IMO

RoboCop 2 is also underrated, though flawed, rushed, and a bit too dark. RoboCop 3's problem was that it aggressively steered away from the sleaze, gore, and darkness of the first two movies (to be more marketable) veering into high camp and blandness. Same goes for that fairly obscure Canadian TV spin-off from the mid 1990s.

 

[Warped9]

Matrix 2 & 3
Starship Troopers 1 was bad and I never knew there was a sequel.
Men In Black 2
Anything after Aliens is shit.
Anything after '68 Planet Of The Apes (actually Beneath wasn't that bad).
Star Trek IV and everything afterwards.
The Legend Of Zorro
Superman II, III, IV and Returns

ENT and VOY are utter crap.
Stargate SGU

 

[tharpdevenport]

"Men In Black 2"
All the Star Wars prequels.
"Star Trek: Nemesis"
JJ's "Star Trek"

 

[HarryM]

Alien 3 was the first one that popped into my head (before I even opened the thread). It just really seemed to take a massive dump on Aliens, which was/is a favorite of mine.

 

[Harvey]

'Dey keel'd Hiks 'n Newt!'

Come on now, be fair. And, besides, we already had a whole trilogy of threads beating that horse into the ground.

Robocop 2 is on demand at the moment for free...I have a perverse desire to see it at some point.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is pretty awful, and it's awfully easy to watch VI directly after IV...but I don't know if I'd go as far as to say that I refuse to accept it. The same goes with Alien 3 (and 4). I even saw both AVP films, though I have absolutely no desire to see or own them, if that meats the OP's criteria.

 

[Silvercrest]

Harry Potter 5 (book and film) - Okay, so Fudge doesn't believe Voldy's back. Are there no opposition political parties to challenge that view? Are there no parliamentary inquiries? Is there even a legislature, or in the magical community an elected permanent dictatorship?

More: The series pays lip service to the fact that the Ministry of Magic is just the British branch of wizard government (or is that the wizard branch of British government?). Anyway, there are supposed to be other wizard governments in other countries. But the way it's actually treated (particularly in book 7) is that the British Ministry is pretty much all there is. Once Voldy takes it over, that's it for the wizard infrastructure. There is zero discussion of calling in the wizard governments of other countries to fight Voldy. Either every one of the characters has forgotten about this concept, or there aren't any other wizard governments out there.

 

[TedShatner10]

I wouldn't scapegoat Alien 3 for killing off two popular characters from Aliens, since Michael Biehn was being a dick (he admitted as much on DVD interviews in recent years) and Carrie Hann was a significantly older teen by the early 1990s.

 

[Candlelight]

There are no sequels to Rendezvous with Rama. Nope, never happened. Just an ugly rumor.

Completely agree. I can't see how such an amazing book featuring astronauts with the "right stuff" can somehow be followed up with crap caricatures.

Make the movie Freeman!!

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Maybe the Schuemacher Batman movies, but then Burton's films now seem goofier anyway.

No mention of Exorcist 2, which I've heard is utter garbage.

Halloween's 3, 4, 5, 6, H20, Resurrection, the remake and the remake's sequel...as well as 1 and 2.

Ha. What a convaluted franchise.

 

[Anwar]

Anything after Aliens is shit.
Superman II, III, IV and Returns

ENT and VOY are utter crap.
Stargate SGU

I like Alien 3, VOY, Stargate Universe and Superman III.

Must be an "open-minded" thing.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Personally I find Alien 3 underrated

Alien 3 isn't a really bad movie per se (it's not great either, but watchable), but it's a terrible sequel to Aliens.

Oh, and Jetfire's avatar reminds me of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, another rancid sequel I've tried to blot from my memory

Did people liked the first one?

Yeah, I know many people did. But I still found it quite lacking.

 

[TedShatner10]

Alien: Resurrection is in my mind the first genuinely bad Alien movie, though it has its moments and more artistic merit than the even more dismal AvP cash in clusterfuck.

 

[Jetfire]

Oh, and Jetfire's avatar reminds me of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, another rancid sequel I've tried to blot from my memory

Did people liked the first one?

Yeah, I know many people did. But I still found it quite lacking.

Lacking? It sucked, the second one sucked and the 3rd one will suck. Hopefully a good live-action Transformers movie will get made...some day.

 

[Silent_Bob]

As with most people, Highlander 2 has to come near the top of my list of utterly dire sequels i try to ignore.

Others include Aliens Vs Predator and Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem, both of which managed to crap over their progenitor franchises.

And speaking of Paul W.S Anderson shite, Resident Evil Apocalypse and Resident Evil Extinction. Whilst the first Resident Evil film was flawed and rather mediocre, it was at least reconcilable with the game series. It's sequels not only squandered any traces of potential the first film boasted they also crapped all over the game series and alienate the bulk of the existing fanbase. And Afterlife looks to be continuing this fine tradition.

 

[Ethros]

I don't mind Alien 3 at all, for what it is.
Aliens is my 2nd favourite film of all time, but the events of Alien 3 never ruin the ending for me. Whenever I see that last scene of Aliens I always like to think Alien 3 is just one possible future, and another is they all get home and live happily ever after.
(I do think Resurrection sucks though)


Oh and last years Star Trek effort as someone mentioned, I'd forgot about that. For me that's nothing to do whatsoever with the Star Trek 1964/6 - 2005 universe (Trek Prime if you will)
Its such nonsense the timeline from which old Spock comes from isn't Trek Prime; the whole thing is just a reboot IMO. A lot of people seem to love it, and fair do's to them, but I just thought it was awful.

 

[butch101]

well, Poltergeist is a masterpiece. Poltergeist 2 and 3 suck big time ! I think of Speed 2 which was pretty bad too... Schumacher's Batmans are going straight for the toilet... Oh, and definitely Superman 3 and 4.

Butch

 

[Warped9]

Batman '89 is okay. But the three after that are YUCH!!!

And you can throw away anything bionic after The Six-Million Dollar Man pilot movie.

As for Superman the '78 Superman is kinda okay, but I haven't really liked anything Superman after George Reeves' first two seasons until the '90s Superman TAS.

 

[Lord Garth]

Has there ever been a sequel so stupid you refused to accept it?

Technically? No. I count the good with the bad, for better or worse.

BUT I came real close with Matrix Revolutions.

The staged moon landing shoot from Diamonds Are Forever is also something I wish I didn't see.