Getting Upset About Sequels

We all love our classics. And when bad men have bad plans about making probably bad sequels we tend to get a bit upset. But does that even make sense?

Talks about a sequel to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner are floating around in the internet ether and I'm not going to lie; I was a bit annoyed when I heard about it. It was kind of a natural respone. Being a kid of the 90's I didn't grow up with it and, to tell the truth, I didn't even see it untill a couple of years ago. So even though nostalgia was out of the picture and with it that 'how-dare-they-mess-with-my-childhood-memories' factor, I still didn't like it. "Leave the classics alone," I thought. But technically they are leaving them alone. They're just making a sequel.

Blade Runner's not going to change. And a sequel is not going to change how you think about Blade Runner. So who's loosing here?

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Sequels don't bother me to much because that's all it is is just a continuation. But when it comes to Remaking a movie, classic or otherwise is when it make me a bit angry.

Sequels seem to have toned down, I don't recall the last sequel we've got to a movie this year but remakes and reboots have been no surprise, really. Straw Dogs, Fright Night..what else do we have in store?

I think what annoys people (me) is that the original is usually a creative, fresh labor of love, and the remake/sequel, whatever is just pimping the original movie cashing out on the name.

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I've never been too bothered. A disappointing remake or sequel doesn't spoil the original for me, and if anything I welcome the chance for someone to take on that challenge in the (admittedly unlikely) event that they might surpass the original.

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+1

A good example is James Cameron making Terminator 2 and a sequel to Ridley Scotts Alien.

He switched the story around and make arguably better movies than the original.

Then he abandons the franchise becuase he knows there is nowhere to go to improve the story and we see a crappier director take the helm and we always get a crappy result.

Remakes are usually an abomination. Take The Fog for example or the Poseidon, Psycho.

Also sequels verging on B movies that as the poster above states are just cashing in on the name, like 30 Days of night or, The Blair Witch sequel.

I think remakes and sequels are a pretty silly thing to get angry about. I mean, maybe a little peeved but you don't have to watch it, at the end of the day.

Aye. It makes good sense not to judge sequels before seeing them and try to maintain a positive attitude. A lot of my frustrations comes when I get excited about a sequel only to end up disappointed when I ultimately pay money to see it. Especially when it's a sequel to a movie or franchise that I really like. Indiana Jones for example.

the omen had so many sequels and i thought that it probably would had been best if they left it to just the first film as the others are not as good!

agreed, it's the remakes that are horrible. it's like they forgot how to make a new movie anymore.