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today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten sequels that were barely
linked to the originals before we begin
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content for this list we will be looking
at movies that left viewers puzzled as
to why they were considered sequels
either due to a change in style actors
plot or by seemingly ignoring the
original altogether movies such as troll
2 which were never planned as direct
sequels and had their title changed
after the film was finished will not be
number 10 The Fast and the Furious Tokyo
Drift the third entry in this
high-octane franchise is about as far
removed from the original as Japan from
the United States sure
Tokyo Drift features the fast cars and
nitro charged action the series is known
for but that’s about it
gone is the undercover agent angle of
the previous entries along with pretty
much all the members of the original
cast barring a very brief Vin Diesel
cameo at the end while the Furious
franchise did retro actively elevate the
importance of Tokyo Drift in later
sequels at the time of its original
release it left fans of the series a
little confused
I’ve simple to make choices and you
don’t look back
number nine xxx state of the union god
bless america
an action franchise doesn’t need to die
when the star drops out you just need a
compelling fresh face and some solid
talent behind the camera to keep the
spirit of the series alive James Bond
has proven this beyond the shadow of a
doubt but then again Xander cage is no
James Bond and as proven by the sequel
Ice Cube is no Vin Diesel walking to the
first tank jacket in history that can’t
be fun at an extreme sports angle of the
original is all but lost in state of the
union with the seemingly dead Xander
cage being replaced by an imprisoned
ex-navy seal officer a box office bomb
state of the union made diesels return a
welcome one when the third installment
finally arrived
I’m xxx number 8 Greece – you must think
I’m some kind of Daria
it’s actually I think you’ll kind of
terrific two years after the momentous
romance of Danny and Sandy the students
of Rydell High can’t stop falling in
love joining gangs and breaking into
song sadly nobody cared anymore without
the chemistry of john travolta and
olivia newton-john this felt like a
little more than a random musical all
too willing to capitalize on the success
of grease a handful of catchy tunes and
the return of Frenchy simply wasn’t
enough to raise this wannabe sequel to
anywhere near the cult status of the
original it bombed opening in fifth
place at the box office and barely
recouping its budget what about the
trophy for Best Score Stephanie ain’t no
wins trophy goose number seven Teen Wolf
– I had fingernails besides of french
fries teeth from here to Texas
she called me dog another case of
capitalizing on a successful film by
changing focus to a new main character
Teen Wolf – is sadly missing all the
charm and wit of the original
supernatural teen comedy this is mainly
due to the absence of mr. charisma
Michael J Fox though Jason Bateman has
since come into his own as a comedic
actor on Arrested Development and in
numerous successful films in 1987 he
just couldn’t carry this flick he does a
decent job as Michael J Fox his cousin
Todd who also learns he’s a werewolf but
without Scott well a second
number six hates venture a junior pet
detective
we’re betting some of you had never even
heard of this one trust us you were
better off Studios can recast and retool
sequels all they want but it’s
borderline insulting to Jim Carrey fans
to try and revisit and mutilate one of
his iconic roles granted this is more of
a children’s spin-off but the studio
seemingly ignored the fact that children
in 2009 did not grow up with Ace Ventura
and the original films were not very
kid-friendly to begin with because these
are so sick puppy following the
adventure of Ace Ventura son as he tries
to save his mother Pet Detective jr. is
an over-the-top
90-minute Jim Carrey impression by a
preteen but right now I’ve got bigger
fish to fry
number 5 home alone 3 surprise what do
you do when your start does not want to
return for another sequel just recreate
the first film’s formula erase any
connection to the original films and
call it a sequel rather than what it
really is a reboot although John Hughes
returned to write the third film in the
franchise the McCallister family is
nowhere to be found
instead we follow a different young boy
left home alone and having to fend off
the similarities are brutally obvious
and if it wasn’t for the name changes
and the motives of the criminals you
call this a remake so in this case it’s
both closely and barely related to the
original ouch
number four son of the mask just give me
the mask I don’t have it speaking of
iconic Jim Carrey roles this famously
hated sequel decided to move even
further away from the dark humor of the
original Dark Horse the masked comic
books it s taken Lee went for a crude
kid-friendly rock that had absolutely no
connection to the original 90s classic
apart from the Mastiff mythology baby is
born as the mask my master where is that
with what could have been an amazing and
endlessly inventive franchise even
without Jim Carrey New Line Cinema
dropped the ball and squandered its
potential irreparable damaging Jamie
Kennedy’s career in the process I was
flat-out embarrassing number three book
of shadows
Blair Witch to something happened to us
in the woods something evil the
financial success of the Blair Witch
Project pretty much guaranteed that
audiences would be seeing a sequel in
the near future
and sure enough artisan entertainment
rushed out a sequel the very next year
many wondered how this found footage
film could be turned into a sequel and
fans were rightfully worried how many
went how many headed unused
does it take to screw in a lightbulb
rather than continue the story from the
original Blair Witch story Book of
Shadows follows fans of the original
movie who decide to visit the
Burkittsville woods only to
unsurprisingly find out that the movie
was more fact than fiction the found
footage style was also largely abandoned
because hey why not ditch what made the
first film special they should have
never let you out you’re a long way from
sane
number two Caddyshack 2 this sequel to
the successful and hilarious Caddyshack
was destined to be a disaster though a
legitimate sequel was initially planned
everyone from lead Rodney Dangerfield to
writer director Harold Ramis
started backing out made production the
film was rewritten retailored and cut
together to follow new characters at the
Bushwood Country Club with only Chevie
chase reprising his role unsurprisingly
he later admitted that he regretted
doing so you want to settle this duel
like gentlemen on the golf course
unfortunately the golfing sequel bond
despite a strong you cast and the cult
status of the original earning it a
number of Razzie nominations golf
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sounds like you got something stuck in
your throat though before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions successful I’m powerful I’m
handsome I’m happy successful powerful
handsome number one Halloween 3 season
of the witch morning
if anybody gave her me the granddaddy of
all confusing franchise entries the very
underrated season of the which is often
overlooked and hated on principle
famously being the only Halloween film
to not include mass killer Michael Myers
this third entry was meant to break the
mold as Michael Myers was never meant to
be a recurring character I don’t know
what the hell is going on
after the immense success of Halloween
and Halloween – the plan was to create a
standalone anthology Halloween horror
film to be released every October part
three was clearly not the hit the studio
expected Myers popularity had been
underestimated and in future
installments he was once again put front
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