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In watching TV over the weekend, I ran across a couple of movies that should never have been made.  I am firmly of the belief that some plotlines are best left as a stand-alone feature and should not be overdone by making more movies!  Don’t get me wrong, I love a GOOD sequel, but not all sequels are created equal.  HA HA HA.  *ahem*

Moving on, to NonSoccerMom’s List of Sequels That The World Could Do Without (possible spoilers, although I don’t think so):   

Men in Black II. Oh, no.  No no no.  I really enjoyed the first movie because it was such a novel idea!  Who doesn’t like a movie about a secret law enforcement group?  Particularly if they are there to police the aliens living among us!  See?  Novel.  But in the second movie the whole thing just fell flat.  And Lara Flynn Boyle scares me a little.  Not to mention, way too much of that talking dog.  Just…no.

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.  This is another example of an awesomely creative idea run way into the ground.  I love The Matrix.  It is absolutely excellent, and I think it works so well because it was so innovative.  And the ending was such that it could have been left alone and no one would have been the wiser.  But the Wachowski brothers had planned on a trilogy, by god, and that’s what they made.  Okay, okay.  If I’m being totally fair and honest, the second one wasn’t THAT bad.  Revolutions, however, stinks.

The Lost World:  Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III.  I have already spoken of my love for the original Jurassic Park.  It’s a love that does not extend to these crummy sequels.  Again, a novel idea that was taken too far.  Do we sense a pattern of overkill here?  Also, Tea Leoni is just annoying.

The Ring Two. GAH.  The first one scared the crap out of me.  And while I will admit this one is sort of creepy, it just doesn’t have the impact of the original.  Probably because of the lame scene with the deer.

Under Siege 2:  Dark Territory.  Really?  The world needs TWO movies starring Steven Seagal as a soft-spoken Navy SEAL turned chef?  At least Gary Busey isn’t in this one.

Blade II and Blade: Trinity.  Yikes.  I ashamedly admit I actually liked Blade, okay?  Yes it is…bad.  For lack of a better word.  But at least the first one doesn’t have 40,000 main characters and also at least had the element of originality working for it (there I go with the “novel idea” thing again).  The second and third one are just too much.  Too many characters, too over-the-top.  Actually, I have two main problems with Trinity:  Jessica Biel and Parker Posey.  I like both of them in other films, but Biel does not cut it as an action star (see also:  Stealth, OH MY GOD) and Posey seems to be having a very hard time with her vampire teeth the entire movie.  It’s really hard to take her seriously as big bad vampire queen or whatever when she talks like she has a mouthful of marshmallows.

Look Who’s Talking Too and Look Who’s Talking Now.  Come on, admit it.  You liked Look Who’s Talking just like the rest of us.  The kid playing Mikey was cute, and we all wanted Kirstie Alley and John Travolta to get together.  At the risk of repeating myself (TOO LATE), it was a creative idea!  And as usual it was done to death, especially by the third one.  Who wants to see a movie about talking animals?  NOT ME.  At least their lips didn’t move.   Because that freaks me right the hell out.

Ace Ventura:  When Nature Calls.  The original is on my list of all-time favorites.  It cracks me up every time.  I was very disappointed in this one though.  Not nearly as funny, and a lot more of the gross humor that I really hate.  To be honest, I haven’t see it since it was in the theater back in 1995 so I don’t remember a lot of the details.  I do seem to recall some disgusting scene involving a revolting amount of snot, though, and that was more than enough for me.  Bleah.

You may think from reading this that I hate all sequels.  Not true.  Some of my favorite movies come in sets:  Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings.  I just like for the follow-up films to be halfway decent, that’s all.  What sequels do you think are lame?