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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan on Aug 6, 2012 15:54:46 GMT -5
Spider-Man 3 DEFINITELY counts. After the HUGE critical and commercial success of the second one, it almost seemed UNFATHOMABLE that the third film would bomb so bad that the franchise would have to be rebooted. Hell, after the second one, the sky seemed to be the limit for Raimi's Spider-Man franchise. And then, in one film, the whole thing ground to a screeching halt in a way that usually takes a franchise at least two movies to bleed everything out of it. It was just strange how dead in the water the franchise was after that, when two years prior it looked like we'd be getting Raimi Spider-Man films into the next decade. Spider-Man 3 didn't bomb. It made more money than either of the previous movies. Again, it was the crap between Raimi and Sony during the planning of Spider-Man 4 that caused the reboot, not Spider-Man 3's supposed lack of success. Had Raimi stayed on, we likely would have gotten Raimi Spider-Man films into the next decade.
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Post by Goldenbane on Aug 6, 2012 20:14:40 GMT -5
Spider-Man 3 DEFINITELY counts. After the HUGE critical and commercial success of the second one, it almost seemed UNFATHOMABLE that the third film would bomb so bad that the franchise would have to be rebooted. Hell, after the second one, the sky seemed to be the limit for Raimi's Spider-Man franchise. And then, in one film, the whole thing ground to a screeching halt in a way that usually takes a franchise at least two movies to bleed everything out of it. It was just strange how dead in the water the franchise was after that, when two years prior it looked like we'd be getting Raimi Spider-Man films into the next decade. Spider-Man 3 didn't bomb. It made more money than either of the previous movies. Again, it was the crap between Raimi and Sony during the planning of Spider-Man 4 that caused the reboot, not Spider-Man 3's supposed lack of success. Had Raimi stayed on, we likely would have gotten Raimi Spider-Man films into the next decade. I'm glad you added in your other reasons at the end there, because money gross isn't the final say in how good a movie is. If so, then The Phantom Menace is better than all three original Star Wars movies combined.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 6, 2012 20:37:12 GMT -5
Spider-Man 3 didn't bomb. It made more money than either of the previous movies. Again, it was the crap between Raimi and Sony during the planning of Spider-Man 4 that caused the reboot, not Spider-Man 3's supposed lack of success. Had Raimi stayed on, we likely would have gotten Raimi Spider-Man films into the next decade. I'm glad you added in your other reasons at the end there, because money gross isn't the final say in how good a movie is. If so, then The Phantom Menace is better than all three original Star Wars movies combined. He was saying that the movie didn't bomb... which is true. Bombs are rated on financial success and not critical.
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Post by Goldenbane on Aug 6, 2012 21:29:32 GMT -5
I'm glad you added in your other reasons at the end there, because money gross isn't the final say in how good a movie is. If so, then The Phantom Menace is better than all three original Star Wars movies combined. He was saying that the movie didn't bomb... which is true. Bombs are rated on financial success and not critical. D'OH!!! In that case, my reply is utterly stupid. Wasn't thinking when I posted.
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Post by Ash Kingston on Aug 7, 2012 1:06:22 GMT -5
How about the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which not only killed any sequel plans dead, but also saw its director AND freakin' Sean Connery retire from how crap it was?
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Post by Jimmy on Aug 7, 2012 1:36:34 GMT -5
Jason Takes Manhattan was the last REAL Friday the 13th movie for my money, and I suppose it's somewhat fitting that the series in sense ended in 1989 because the F13 movies were made for that decade. I personally though wish they had just kept up their format of a different director/Jason and just kept it going into the 90s. But yeah, I think Jason On a Boat pretty much killed the franchise's glory days. Jason goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason, and a reboot in the span of 20 years has nothing on 8 films from 80-89.
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Post by The OP on Aug 7, 2012 8:09:00 GMT -5
I thought there would never be another Captain America movie after the 90s one. It took twenty years or so as it is.
I agree that the Masters of the Universe movie wasn't great, but the cartoon was much worse. At least the movie had some decent acting performances, the cartoon show was just brainless.
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Post by darthalexander on Aug 7, 2012 8:24:56 GMT -5
Highlander 2: The Quickening. And it was all downhill after that. If you ask me, Highlander never needed a sequel to start with. The TV series was decent, but I wish none of that other stuff would have been made and that Highlander would have just stood on it's own. The 1986 film is my favorite movie ever. I mean, come on, the last movie that came out didn't even get a direct to DVD release. It debuted on the Sci-Fi Channel. I loved Highlander so much. But the quality dropped to the floor the moment the first sequel came out.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Aug 7, 2012 8:27:19 GMT -5
I thought there would never be another Captain America movie after the 90s one. It took twenty years or so as it is. That's been on a lot lately and that movie makes you appreciate how good Chris Evans really is
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2012 10:34:32 GMT -5
Final Destinations 3 (Damn) and 4
Not killed per say, as awesomely the FD series is dong wonders....but I hear a lot of people say the following
1: Amazing 2: Ok 3: Silly 4: Sucked 5: Never want to check it out (Or those who checked it out hated the twist at the end)
I love the Final Destination series, but I see where people are coming from.....
Oh, and as for dead franchises......I hate the fact that Urban Legends: Final Cut was the last, especially with that ending
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Aug 7, 2012 11:19:55 GMT -5
Highlander 2: The Quickening. And it was all downhill after that. If you ask me, Highlander never needed a sequel to start with. The TV series was decent, but I wish none of that other stuff would have been made and that Highlander would have just stood on it's own. The 1986 film is my favorite movie ever. I mean, come on, the last movie that came out didn't even get a direct to DVD release. It debuted on the Sci-Fi Channel. I loved Highlander so much. But the quality dropped to the floor the moment the first sequel came out. Yeah, that's the thing. Highlander comes from an age where producers weren't obsessed with setting up sequels that may never happen, thus the ending of Highlander has such finality that there's nowhere to go with a sequel without retconning a ton of crap. Which of course is exactly what they did.
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Post by Legion on Aug 7, 2012 11:24:12 GMT -5
Does Green Lantern count?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 7, 2012 11:44:57 GMT -5
Does Green Lantern count? Since there's rumored to be a sequel, no
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