Sequels that surpass the original...

[Living-In-Clip]

In celebration of my finding the new \'Alien Quadriligiy\' 9-disc DVD box set a week \'n\' half early, I\'m posting this thread.
Name a sequel that in your opinon surpasses the original...

Mine ...

Aliens

The original Alien was a great film, but extremely slow. Cameron took the sequel, kept everything the original had , and then bumped it up a couple notches.

X2: X-Men United

I hate the original X-Men. Too much character development. Lame effects, terrible plot and the list goes on and on. The sequel has character development, nott o much, better effects and all around just a better movie. Since the time X-Men came out, I\'ve watched it a total of three times. Once in the cinema, twice on DVD. I\'ve already watched X2 around four or five times.

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The darkest of the series and the only one worth watching in my opinion.

The Bride of Frankenstein

A classic Universal Horror film, that sets the bars for sequels.


Oh and the movie  series box set to end all movie series box sets...

The Alien Quadrilogy Box Set features all of the films in the saga plus an additional bonus disc - groundbreaking sci-fi with tons of extras!!   ALIEN - The original 1979 theatrical version and the 2003 Director\'s cut.   ALIENS - The original theatrical version and the special edition.   ALIEN 3 - The original theatrical version and a restored pre-release version with more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage.   ALIEN RESURRECTION - The original theatrical version and an extended cut with alternate opening and ending sequences.  

                                                                                                                                                                       

MSRP: $99 dollars / Release Date: 12/03/03 .

I found my copy and one other copy at Wal-mart earlier this week though, for the price of $79.

Movie sequels only, or books and games too?

IMO, Aliens > Alien. T2 > T1. Empire > A New Hope, but IMO both are near-equal. I don\'t see how you can say that ANH and ROTJ aren\'t worth watching.. considering how damned good ANH was.

X2 was slightly better than X-Men, I will agree on that. I also think that LOTR:TTT was better than FOTR, for the same reason. (less character development) Once TTT came around, we were already familiar with the cast so it easier to just send them on their quest unhindered. FOTR is almost equally good, though. Nice balance.

[nO-One]

Terminator 2 of course
Not really a sequel per se but Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan was way better than the Motion Picture.

[Titan]

Terminator 2 definitely

Rush Hour 2

Aliens (and LIC, I agree totally about Aliens, but yet to see Alien . Its in theaters I think, maybe I can go check it out if it still is) I didn\'t know about that set. I\'ll have to pick it up. Thanks for the info.

[Living-In-Clip]

Never seen Alien? Good grief, kid! You have missed a cinematic masterpiece. Go now and see it in its limited release or pick the Alien Quadriligy box set up.

[Titan]

I\'ve seen Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Ressurection (all masterpieces) but never Alien. I have a couple Blockbuster gift cards. I could go pick it up when I have time. I doubt I\'ll get into theaters anytime soon to see the directors cut (BTW, is the Alien Directors Cut in the Quadrilogy set?). Now that I know about this set, its on the top of my list of things to get.....when I get a job

[Living-In-Clip]

I\'m going to cover me ears when you said Alien 3 & Ressurection was "masterpeices" ..

Yes, the box set contains..

Alien (\'79 version) & Alien: \'03 Directors Cut

Aliens (original cinema version) & Aliens: Extended cut

Aliens 3 & Aliens 3 alternated cut / extended.

Alien: Ressurrection (orignial) & Alien: Ressurection / alternate cut.

Each movie comes with a disc of extra\'s, then one huge disc to wrap it all up. It\'s a 9 disc DVD set.

Godfather 2 > Godfather

[GmanJoe]

Grease2 J/K!!!!

The Two Towers
Terminator 2
Aliens
Godfather 2
Empire Strikes Back

[Titan]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
I\'m going to cover me ears when you said Alien 3 & Ressurection was "masterpeices" ..

Yes, the box set contains..

Alien (\'79 version) & Alien: \'03 Directors Cut

Aliens (original cinema version) & Aliens: Extended cut

Aliens 3 & Aliens 3 alternated cut / extended.

Alien: Ressurrection (orignial) & Alien: Ressurection / alternate cut.

Each movie comes with a disc of extra\'s, then one huge disc to wrap it all up. It\'s a 9 disc DVD set.

Damn LIC. This is definitely something I\'m going to buy. And for 100 bucks? Man, this will be worth it. And yes, Alien 3 and Ressurection I thought were very good movies

Hmmm.. this is a toughy.

Xmen1/2 - For sure. I thought the first was really good when it first came out. I bought it, then I saw the second one. I was pretty blown away.

Godfather 1/2- I wouldnt have listed this unless someone else mentioned it. Good thing too.

Terminator 1/2- The first just blowed. The second is one of my favorite movies ever.

Other than that, their is nothing that I can really think of. Bleh...

I would say that Wrath of Khan and First Contact are better than the first Trek movie.. but are they sequels? Kinda.

I was never a big fan of this Aliens craze or whatever the devil it is you people watch these days.

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Legally Blonde 2

Originally posted by The Hurricane
I was never a big fan of this Aliens craze or whatever the devil it is you people watch these days.

Hehe yeah, it\'s totally new... I mean, it\'s not like those movies were made in 1979 and 1986.