In your opinion, what's the WORST fall off from original to a sequel
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
Look, I know I'm showing my age with this, but......High School Musical 2. 
I remember when it first came out and you couldn't convince me it wasn't the GOAT movie. I loved the first one, and I was waiting in anticipation for the sequel. The commercials, the music videos leading up to it. You can tell from watching it that the budget was increased. Disney Channel planned one of the biggest nights in the history of kids TV with this shyt (the movie, a new Hannah Montana episode guest starring the Jonas Brothers, the pilot of Phineas & Ferb). It was a moment in time.
Years later, I looked back at the movie and realized half of its quality came from hype. The problem was that the story didn't make sense. Troy gets all of his friends summer jobs at the country club, even though the club only wanted him. Then he stops hanging out with them because he's getting friendly with the people who run the club, training with the UNLV basketball team. He's building his future and his friends start accusing him of changing. How do I give you something to do for the summer and you shyt on me for it? I went out of my way to make sure you all got paid and because I'm expanding my horizons, you're treating me like the bad guy? What's your deal?
The movie treats Troy like he forgot who he was or something. He gets busy, makes a couple 
comments and all of a sudden, all his friends and Gabriella want nothing to do with him.
Looking back, High School Musical only has the legacy it has because of the first one. Nobody ever talks about or celebrates the other two movies. The third one wasn't terrible, and it was better than the second one, but take away the soundtrack and the production values and it's boring as hell.
I remember when it first came out and you couldn't convince me it wasn't the GOAT movie. I loved the first one, and I was waiting in anticipation for the sequel. The commercials, the music videos leading up to it. You can tell from watching it that the budget was increased. Disney Channel planned one of the biggest nights in the history of kids TV with this shyt (the movie, a new Hannah Montana episode guest starring the Jonas Brothers, the pilot of Phineas & Ferb). It was a moment in time.
Years later, I looked back at the movie and realized half of its quality came from hype. The problem was that the story didn't make sense. Troy gets all of his friends summer jobs at the country club, even though the club only wanted him. Then he stops hanging out with them because he's getting friendly with the people who run the club, training with the UNLV basketball team. He's building his future and his friends start accusing him of changing. How do I give you something to do for the summer and you shyt on me for it? I went out of my way to make sure you all got paid and because I'm expanding my horizons, you're treating me like the bad guy? What's your deal?
The movie treats Troy like he forgot who he was or something. He gets busy, makes a couple comments and all of a sudden, all his friends and Gabriella want nothing to do with him. Looking back, High School Musical only has the legacy it has because of the first one. Nobody ever talks about or celebrates the other two movies. The third one wasn't terrible, and it was better than the second one, but take away the soundtrack and the production values and it's boring as hell.
shyt was on HBO 47 times a day. i immediately think of that scene every time too.
Hangover 2 sucks but it was just a carbon copy. they tried to change it up in the 3rd one and man, that movie fukkin blows so bad. makes the 2nd one funny in retrospect.
Absolut da poet ®
Jubilado
There's prolly a ton of movies where the sequel is not as good but a better topic would be movies where the sequel was better than the original
btw, every comedy sequel that took at least a decade for a sequel came and went in the blink of an eye. Describe the following movies to me - Zoolander 2, Anchorman 2, Dumb and Dumber To, Bill and Ted Face the Music, Super Troopers 2. i didn't hate any of them besides Zoolander, but they all revolved around next of kin which is the kiss of death. i think it's almost better to just drop an absolute bomb, b/c at least those are remembered. Borat kinda bucked the trend, but who knows, we might not remember shyt from that in a few months. doesn't bode well for Coming To America. I bet it follows the same path. "Hey, that was pretty solid. good nostalgia, i had fun." then you forget it exists
Spaceman Piff
Superstar
land before time 2 
We’re probably around the same age so you’re definitely not alone, but I vividly remember the night High School Musical premiered back then and yeah, the marketing for it at the time was insane. You knew it was going to be something special for them the way Disney Channel threw their marbles all the way in, but I didn’t think it would be that BIG. Third film had a theatrical release right? Crazy successful project, and helped launched the careers in Hudgens and Elfron.Look, I know I'm showing my age with this, but......High School Musical 2.
I remember when it first came out and you couldn't convince me it wasn't the GOAT movie. I loved the first one, and I was waiting in anticipation for the sequel. The commercials, the music videos leading up to it. You can tell from watching it that the budget was increased. Disney Channel planned one of the biggest nights in the history of kids TV with this shyt (the movie, a new Hannah Montana episode guest starring the Jonas Brothers, the pilot of Phineas & Ferb). It was a moment in time.
Years later, I looked back at the movie and realized half of its quality came from hype. The problem was that the story didn't make sense. Troy gets all of his friends summer jobs at the country club, even though the club only wanted him. Then he stops hanging out with them because he's getting friendly with the people who run the club, training with the UNLV basketball team. He's building his future and his friends start accusing him of changing. How do I give you something to do for the summer and you shyt on me for it? I went out of my way to make sure you all got paid and because I'm expanding my horizons, you're treating me like the bad guy? What's your deal?
Looking back, High School Musical only has the legacy it has because of the first one. Nobody ever talks about or celebrates the other two movies. The third one wasn't terrible, and it was better than the second one, but take away the soundtrack and the production values and it's boring as hell.
I didn’t really care for HSM but I remember having the biggest crush on Vanessa Hudgens as a little one the first time I watched it. The crush has subsided, she’s still bad as hell, but she had a nikka’s heart throbbin’ back then.
I feel so meh about High School Musical overall because it marked a time where my interest in Disney Channel was coming to a close and it felt like an end of an era as far as direction goes for the network. Didn’t really care for Phineas and Ferb and them new “DISCOMs” weren’t touching my OGs.
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Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
We’re probably around the same age so you’re definitely not alone, but I vividly remember the night High School Musical premiered back then and yeah, the marketing for it at the time was insane. You knew it was going to be something special for them the way Disney Channel threw their marbles all the way in, but I didn’t think it would be that BIG. Third film had a theatrical release right? Crazy successful project, and helped launched the careers in Hudgens and Elfron.
I didn’t really care for HSM but I remember having the biggest crush on Vanessa Hudgens as a little one the first time I watched it. The crush has subsided, she’s still bad as hell, but she had a nikka’s heart throbbin’ back then.
I feel so meh about High School Musical overall because it marked a time where my interest in Disney Channel was coming to a close and it felt like an end of an era as far as direction goes for the network. Didn’t really care for Phineas and Ferb and them new “DISCOMs” weren’t touching my OGs.
I remember the first one getting a lot of promotion too. I was only going to watch it because Ashley Tisdale was in it and I liked Suite Life, but it ended up being a really good movie. Yeah, the third one was in theaters. I went to see it opening weekend, but I don’t remember ever having an attachment to it. It was good at the time, but if I watched it now, it would only be for the music. And I had a crush on Vanessa, too.
I was a big Disney Channel fan until 2012/2013. I noticed that there were more bad shows than there were before and the acting/writing on the shows were getting worse. It wasn't the Disney Channel I grew up with and the shows that I did watch ended around the same time, so there was no reason to stay. I was hoping for Girl Meets World to restore the feeling, and it kinda did, but it was nowhere near as good as it could have been and at times, it felt like I was hate-watching it.
I gave Raven's Home a shot when it first came out, but it wasn't even worth a hate-watch. The DCOMs were pretty much
after 2012. The last one that was classic, not just good but classic, was Let It Shine......nine years ago. 
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Highlander 2 The Quickening...theyre from outer space my ass.
I'll raise you "all dogs go to heaven 2"land before time 2
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MacNCheese
All Star
So I understand how someone could enjoy Rambo II on its own, but if you watched First Blood and then went in to watch Rambo 2 expecting something similar, you probably thought that sequel was the worst shyt ever. They're literally different genres so its hard to even compare them, but I think you could say there was objectively a huge drop off in quality.
Blade 2 is wack
papertrail08
Pro
Iron Man 2 
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Movie was so bad, it made Jon Favreau stick to just acting in Iron Man 3.
I rewatched it when I was watching all the MCU films leading into Endgame. I wanted to turn that boring shyt off.
.Movie was so bad, it made Jon Favreau stick to just acting in Iron Man 3.
I rewatched it when I was watching all the MCU films leading into Endgame. I wanted to turn that boring shyt off.
KevCo
Bond's gun spoke once....
That kinda happened to me, but in reverse. I saw rambo 2 first and couldnt enjoy the first rambo till i was older. It was boring as a 7 year old to go from 2-1
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Only highlight was Tony's suitcase armor. No matter how you look at it, that shyt is cool.Iron Man 2
Movie was so bad, it made Jon Favreau stick to just acting in Iron Man 3.
I rewatched it when I was watching all the MCU films leading into Endgame. I wanted to turn that boring shyt off.
