Has there ever been a GOOD film Prequel?

[spinFX]

Godfather 2 was half and half, I am not going to count that I'm sorry. (EDIT: I should clarify that I mean it is half sequel half prequel so I don't want to count it, if you count this there are a heck of a lot more sequels that you could now categorize as prequels just because of heavy flashbacks. PS: GF2 is one of my top 5 fave movies).
Rise of the Lycans... ain't exactly Shakespeare and I am a movie snob. But I am sure it was better than Underworld 2, that was horrible. I didn't even like the first one come to think of it :S
Casino Royale was a reboot.
Temple of Doom I acknowledged and called for the /thread
Star Wars prequels.... THEY ARE WIDELY DESPISED. Sure some people like them but I really think that it is too disputed that they are "good". Therefore I will not count them.

Of course this is my opinion, but a good majority of fans prefer the original trilogy to the prequels.

The only one i actually disagree with there is Casino Royale, it is a sequel to the previous films chronilogically set before all of them. Just because they changed the actor playing Bond does not mean the series was re-booted. For example; Sean Connery and Daniel Craig, both play the EXACT same Bond, just set at different times. The same way that the star wars prequels weren't reboots however the characters were portrayed by different actors.

And i originally thought you meant no one had suggested ANY prequels... not just good ones

I take back my anal statement

Hehe it's all good. Couple good prequels have come to light. Be very hard to go against the majority of people and call Temple of Doom bad.

Casino Royale, I'll pay it. I haven't seen the film recently enough but I thought they retconned some things, but yeah, I saw it when it came out and that's it. You are 100% right though that the actor doesn't matter.

Can I make a joke suggestion and throw out Scorpion King 2? That movie was so fucking awful I want to cry (it was a prequel). Oh god it really makes me sick thinking about it. Not that Scorpion King 1 was award winning, but it was at least a lot of fun and they just don't make many movies like that anymore. Bring back sword and sorcery movies! I want more Scorpion Kings, Conans, etc. You know, Hercules live action TV show in movie form type stuff! Cheezy dialogue, shitty costumes, little to no special effects. MORE!

Okay I'm off topic so I am shutting up now.

 

[Captain Blackout]

Star wars episode 2 was the most amazing prequel ever.

Not funny

i was serious....

Now it's funny.

 

[spinFX]

Star wars episode 2 was the most amazing prequel ever.

Not funny

i was serious....

Now it's funny.

This conversation feels like it should be on bash.org

Episode 2 was the best of the prequels and it was still terrible. Oh my god the conversation about sand should be erased! Without being a smart arse, I like to point out (brace yourself for guesstimation/made up statistics) that 80% of people who think the prequels were good were born after 1990. Thankfully (at least seemingly) people who liked the prequels are in a minority. At least people who like them more than the originals.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Star wars episode 2 was the most amazing prequel ever.

OT: Not that I can think of. To me, the reason why prequels are always really bad is because the original story is ruined/changed by them, therefore ruining the whole series.

 

[Grahwo]

In theory Terminator 4 is actually a prequal of what happened before Terminator 1.
I know it's in the future, but also in the time travel past or something. Time travel makes thing complicated.

It wasnt very good though.

For some bizzare reason I like T4 =S Just a pity they spoiled the whole plot in the trailers

 

[-Samurai-]

I believe Red Dragon is considered a prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

EDIT: If you don't that(I don't know why you wouldn't), Hannibal Rising was decent as well.

Red Dragon was a pretty good movie.

Also, since the release of Aliens Vs. Predator (1 and 2), the Predator movies (1 and 2) are now considered prequels.

Fear not, though. In the next few years, we'll get The Hobbit and an Alien prequel.

 

[spinFX]

I believe Red Dragon is considered a prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

Red Dragon was a pretty good movie.

Another great one! Good catch. Fuck I loved that movie.

Good prequels sure are rare though.

 

[bastyaan]

In theory Terminator 4 is actually a prequal of what happened before Terminator 1.
I know it's in the future, but also in the time travel past or something. Time travel makes thing complicated.

It wasnt very good though.

For some bizzare reason I like T4 =S Just a pity they spoiled the whole plot in the trailers

It wasnt bad, just very generic and bland.
Otherwise it was an entertaining movie.

 

[TheAntmanCometh]

Red Dragon is a prequel, Predator is not. i dont Underworld rise of the lycans to be a good prequel, i liked it but it was simply showing yus stuff we already knew

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Does 'Batman begins' count as a prequel?

Yes. It's based on "Batman Year One" to a significant degree, which is a prequel.

EDIT: And to those not paying near enough attention: Reboots of prequels, prior stories written as prequels, etc. etc. etc. are prequels.

A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.

The Terminator movies make it interesting. T4 qualifies as a prequel, and not, because it depends on which time line you're watching.

Trying to pigeon hole your definition of prequel so you can make your point, bogus. Language is based on use, not your personal defintion.

Ok, I haven't seen T4, but I remember one line from the trailers that I think debunks it as a prequel. The line where John Conner says "This isn't the future my mother described." ...or something to that effect. That line implies that the film is taking place after T3 and is focusing on a John Conner that has already lived through having 2 robot killing machines travel back in time from the future and try and kill him. If it were a prequel, Conner would have no knowledge of any of that and thus would have no reason to give a line like that.

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

"The Good the Bad and the Ugly" maybe? which was made later than "A fistful of Dollars" and "For a few Dollars more"

 

[thegamermn]

I rather liked the animatrix (That was a prequel, yeh?) And the unnoficial prequel for Chronicles of riddick...Or the official one (Pitch Black)

 

[GrinningManiac]

Well, Godfather II had half the storyline given over to Don Corleone's ascent to power in the early 20th Century, which is a prequel in itself (despite the sequel AS WELL within the same film (it's a LOOOOONG but awesome film))

And, as Godfather II is one of those few films that are better than the original (thought Godfather I was amazing as well), we can deduce that the prequel aspect did not detract, and was therefore good (as well as awesome, because who dosen't like bowler hats?!)

 

[Danzaivar]

Batman Begins.

That is all.

What is it a prequel to? As far as I'm aware to be a prequel it needs to be made after another film. Batman Begins was the first film set in that continuity.

 

[The_Echo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Star Wars Episodes I-III technically not prequels? I'm not a very big fan of the series, but I remember my dad telling me that every movie had been written and George Lucas wanted to film the second half first because he liked it better..? So if that's the case, they were all written chronologically, right?

And I wouldn't call Batman Begins a prequel either. That would make it seem like The Dark Knight was the original film. Or is it just that as soon as there's a sequel, the film before it can be considered a prequel?

 

[JimJamJahar]

You know, I actually quite liked the Star Wars prequels

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Casino Royale, Star Trek (2009), Batman Begins. They're good.

Casino Royale wasn't a prequel it was a remake of the first James Bond movie. Anyway the best prequel I have seen would probably be Rise of the Lycans.

 

[maninahat]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Huh?! How was it set before Raiders?

Apparently so, yes. Despite being made afterwards. Heck, this is typical of Lucas/Spielberg. Remember Star Wars opening with "episode four"?

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

If I may: /thread

??? Is it not an independent story from A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More? There is no real timeline, if anything TGTBTU was after A Few Dollars More. Please do correct me if I am wrong.
[/quote] Whilst none of the films in the Dollars trilogy are related stories as such (see the Once upon A time in mexico series for a similar set up), it is generally understood that TGTBTU predates the events of the previous films because Clint Eastwood's character, Blondie, does not get his characteristic poncho until the end of the movie. In the other films, he already has it from the get go. If you go with the theory that Blondie is the same guy as the man with no name in the other Dollar movies, TGTBTU fits better as a prequel.

 

[Danpascooch]

Star wars episode 2 was the most amazing prequel ever.

Not funny

i was serious....

So was I

 

[bulbasaur765]

Wasn't the Godfather Part II somewhat of a prequel? Saw it yesterday and it sort of explained how the mafia was created...