Usually when a franchise gets 5+ sequels at least one is pretty good, but none of the JP sequels have been.

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And this latest one with ScarJo was particularly bad; they took the Star Wars 7-9 approach where they copy and paste scenes from the original movie and weave a slightly different story around them.

Meanwhile the few “new” things they added were thinly veiled shots at the audience “no one is interested in these creatures anymore so we have to invent hybrids”… and the hybrid they created was basically a Rancor from Star Wars.

(Also wtf does the title “rebirth” have anything to do with what happened in the movie? It’s all about collecting dino blood for Pharma research into human heart disease medication. Nothing is “reborn” at all.)

  • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
    71·
    4 days ago

    Here is the list of movie franchises I just don’t bother watching anymore.

    • The Terminator
    • Alien
    • Predator
    • Jurassic Park
    • The Fast and Furious
    • Indiana Jones
    • Star Wars (though there is one Tvshow that keeps me)
    • The Matrix
    • James Bond
    • The Pirates of the Caribbean
    • Halloween

    There aren’t any movie franchises that have more bad entries than Jurassic Park ,but when you factor in TV Shows Star Wars wins.

    • KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      You missed Tremors. First 2 movies were great, 3 was okay, but 4 on is straight to DVD nonsense. I remember buying 4 a while after it came out and being pretty disappointed in how far the series had fallen. They had a SciFi TV show too for like a season but iirc they actually released the episodes out of order and so the show never made sense chronologically

      • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        I have only seen the first two. It sucks it went to hell. I loved the first two tremors.

        On a strange sidenote, I saw the bacon brothers band live. Kevin Bacon actually pitched the song to the movie producers called under Paradise, Which they did not accept as the theme of the movie.

        It was a good song

      • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I don’t remember which it was but I remember being delighted by the Tremors Prequel/Sequel that took place in the old west. Tremors was always schlock, though. The first two movies just happened to punch above their weight IMO.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      I still think Jurassic Park takes the cake here. I can’t speak to F&F or Halloween, but most of those franchises have at least one good sequel. The Matrix sequels aren’t great but in my opinion they’re better than JP’s. JP also has an edge with volume.

    • defunct_punk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      4 days ago

      FWIW Prey, the predator sequel from a couple years ago, and Alien Romulus were both pretty good.

      • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
        42·
        4 days ago

        I have heard that a lot, but was skeptical, so I eventually watched it. Prey was a lot better than all the other Predator sequels but I did not love it. I had a hard time swallowing how she became the biggest warrior around.

        Alien Romulus, I will take your word for it. I am just done with the franchise