fall into place to viewSometimes temptation can be all - consume , especially when you ’re still tag a repeat of your first high . That ’s why , Hollywood , we ’re staging this sequel intervention – because sometimes , it ’s like you ’re on crack . We get a line the perverse rumour about aBlade Runner2 . They mercifully proved to be moot , yet we were admittedly quick to believe them . Why ? Because time and prison term again , you ’ve permit us down by make stinking , money - grubbing update to lucrative attribute . It ’s time to face realism : With the exception of , say , The Empire Strikes Back and Spider - Man 2 , the majority of sci - fi - ish sequels wo n’t mate their forerunner in quality . So we ’ve provided you with this 12 - step lean of movies that need no continuation , to get you started in your quest for a new , righteous life . Seriously , back off .
Metropolis ( 1927 ) With the thriftiness implode , we know what The Suits are thinking : Why not tap into the zeitgeist by make over this stylish , soundless , futurist thriller about socioeconomic - class chasm ? Added incentive : At the mettle of the film is a blistering stripper well robot – total box office bullion ! To paraphraseNigel Tufnel , speaking about his precious time of origin guitar in Spinal Tap : “ Do n’t touch on it … do n’t point , even . ” No , do n’t even expect at it .
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ) After the winner of his UFO - sighting film , Stephen Spielberg expressed interest in revisit the property , which haunted our psyche and stoke our imagination as we pondering these mysterious aliens . Soon after , he made the cuddly E.T. instead . Smart man .
History of the World , Part I ( 1981 ) It ’s a gag , you see : what with history traditionally recalled in successive volumes . As much as we ’d love to see the musical “ Jews in Space ” – which was bait in Mel Brooks ’ cinematic romp through times of yore – we ’d detest to see this astral concept stretch into an SNL case skit gone too long . Plus we ’ll always haveTheSchwartz . The affair ( 1982 ) The former Vincent Canby , one of the New York Times ’ greatest critic , once refer to John Carpenter ’s remaking of 1951 ’s The Thing From Another World as a “ a foolish , cheerless , overproduced motion picture . ” Which is of course why we reckon it a classic . Carpenter , the Sci Fi Channel , and Strike Entertainment ( Slither , Dawn of the Dead ) , and have respectively tried toresurrectthe place . And just last class , it was announce that the latter had succeeded , mold an ( unholy ? ) alliance with Universal for a prequel . Nicely played , Strike , nicely played . But a prequel still feels like a sequel even though it is a prequel . ( We ’ll pause while you conceive that through . )
12 Monkeys ( 1995 ) A dude goes back in time and hangs at a genial hospital while trying to finish an earth - chivy virus , in this absorbing , plot - deform psyche stumble . Anything more would just be anti - climactic . Besides , what would you call it : 13 Monkeys ? 24 scamp ?
The Running Man ( 1987 ) We know what you ’re thinking . The awesome , stunning Running Man – about a to - the - end realness show for malefactor – would make a everlasting obvious linkup - in soon enough . It takes home in 2019 ! Which is coming up . Like , relatively shortly . Too badDeath Racebeat you to the punch . As we learned , the game show - as - moral - disintegration metaphor merely is n’t lurid any longer . Besides , we ’ve been getting our reparation of dystopian contender from Nipponese challenger show anyhow .
Akira ( 1988 ) A thriller about a covert government op and a hombre teeming with supernatural exponent , this is an apocalyptic epic of sweeping peach and challenge complexness . To attempt to improve upon – or even mimic – this classic would be utter hubris .
Armageddon ( 1998 ) Despite popular disdain , the hysterically ludicrous crack of doom asteroid flick made a killing , internationally , at the B.O. And we know you all too well , Michael Bay . We ’d hoped you ’d learned your tone - control moral from Bad Boys II , but here ’s hoping you will with Transformers 2 .
Donnie Darko ( 2001 ) Director Richard Kelly ’s break - out picture was dark , intriguingly time - winding , and made ghoulish manipulation of a lapin . It also go on to become a surprisal cult hit , which is why the diligence is so ready to juice it with a story about the creepy mishap of his small baby ( Sparkle Motion ! ) while on a roadtrip . ( Nightstalker theatre director Chris Fisher will helm the follow - up . ) S. Darko , as it ’s call , wassaidto have start shooting in May . But , as we learned from the original , it ’s never too recent to change fate and put this risky suggestion out of its wretchedness .
Ghost Rider ( 2007 ) Nicolas Cage ’s painful encomium to the flaming - headed bike partizan made a decorous lump of modification , so a follow - up is already in growth . But it ’s never too later to do the right thing and snuff it out of its misery . harmonise to the actor , there ’s beentalkabout “ going external with that character . Taking him into Europe , having him go on a motorcycle . ” Perhaps we should apply that Penance Stare on the iniquitous filmmakers - manifestly the fate of the Western universe depends on it . I Am Legend ( 2007 ) The lucrative , Will Smith - star adaptation of the Richard Matheson book ab initio found its step , then missed the plot mark completely – that the infected vampire / zombies are , in fact , acquire homo – in its frustrating , off - putting 2nd one-half . Still , not ones to creep around , Warner Bros. , eager to tame another franchise , has obtain thesequel rights . But forgive us if we doubt Hollywood ’s committedness to the fine source stuff , given the leaning to transform anything cerebral into a mindless popcorn flick .
Watchmen ( 2009 ) Zach Synderrecentlytook the high-pitched route and declare that he ’s doubtful he ’d direct a second Watchmen without the Hollywood - loathing Alan Moore ’s involvement – which pretty much settles that . Or not . Once we figure out who have the big - screenrightsto the place , they can theoretically bastardise the bejesus out of it . Surely some things are sacred .
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