Sequels that are BETTER (than the first)

Submitted by riffx on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:12
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  • Dawn of the Dead (Night of the Living Dead)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
  • Superman II (Superman: The Movie)
  • Aliens (Alien)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
  • The Road Warrior (Mad Max)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  • Escape from L.A. (Escape from New York)
  • The Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (The Evil Dead)
  • Terminator II: Judgement Day (The Terminator)
  • Robocop II (Robocop)
  • Predator II (Predator)
  • Hellraiser II (Hellraiser)
  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
  • Batman Returns (Batman)
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park)
  • The Crow: City of Angels (The Crow)
  • Babe: Pig in the City (Babe)
jim12/02/1999

Great list! Don't forget Godfather II.

But I must respectfully disagree with the inclusion of: Temple of Doom (too mean-spirited for my taste, not to mention Kate Capshaw's character), Predator II (if the first half were as good as the second half, I'd agree with you), Batman Returns (personally loved Keaton's Batman and Nicholson's Joker), and The Lost World (just plain hated it :).

While I haven't seen it, I would be amazed if I liked Pig in the City better than Babe, which was a gem of a movie. I'll have to check it out!

jim02/14/2000

Just found this old comment of mine. I don't think I liked Pig in the City better than the original, but I sure did enjoy it. An entirely different experience from Babe.

12/02/1999

This is a joke right? City of Angels better than the original? It was a pale rip off! switched some characters around, killed a different relation... pure junk methinks.

bitterms03/30/2000

I have to (kindly) disagree with a couple on your list.
Once again, I thought the Temple of Doom plot was pretty thin in comparison to Raiders.
I didn't think that Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey even compared to the first one. The giant Easter Bunny and the Grim Reaper just can't stand up to Lincoln and Socrates.
I didn't care for The Lost World at all. Jurassic Park wasn't any good in comparison to the book either, but at least there wasn't completely corny things taking place in the movie.
I do, however, totally agree with you on Superman II and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.