SEQUELS THAT WERE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINALS

[Agent Poole]

I preferred 'Back to the Future II' over I.

Funnily enough, despite being almost as dark in comparison to it's very lighthearted parent movie, I didn't enjoy 'Temple of Doom' as much as 'Raiders'.

Temple of dooms actually a prequal though so i rekon we can let Indy off with that one

Quotes: "Lady only here cos she humping director"

 

[John the Gamer]

Thief 2
Rome Total War
Europa Universalis III

 

[Verkula]

I always liked Gremlins 2 more then 1, even though i know the first one is proably the better movie.

Also:
Crash Bandicoot 2
WarCraft 2
MegaMan 2
Street Fighter 2

 

[ezeroast]

Aliens > Alien

 

[Nazulu]

You didn't need to put that one in caps-lock, there are plenty sequels better than the original, when it comes to games.

As for movies I reckon Dark Knight, Robo Cop 2 and X-men 2.

However, for games theres:

SSB Melee
Diablo 2
Half-Life 2
Carmaggedon 2
Silent Hill 2
Super Metroid
Super Mario Brothers 3
Link to the Past
Ocarina of Time
Warcraft 2
Warcraft 3
Lineage 2
Lylat Wars
And theres a shit load of others I can't remember.

 

[Agent Poole]

The only thing that i actually ever liked about those films is the fact that i can say Alice, Alice who the fuck is Alice har har har
Jovovich is an apalling actress and should stick to modelling

How in the hell is she appalling?

Hmmmmm well the only thing more wooden than her acting is a shed

 

[Agent Poole]

...Um, Crispin Glover didn't sue them over using his footage because he believed the film was better than the first one, he sued because he didn't get paid for it.

As for me, I found Madagascar Escape 2 Africa better than Madagascar. There was more plot and lulz.

erm where in my post does it say that?

It's implied. You listed off reasons why you liked BttF 2 better than the first then mentioned how Glover tried to sue them without a break in-between.

the fact he sued did make it more enjoyable to me to see how pathetic people really can be

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Terminator 2 (I know its been said but its true) and Matrix Reloaded.[footnote]I seriously believe this. Quote me and flame me, I don't care.[/footnote]

[sub]Also a thread that has all caps for a title makes me a little nervous about the possibilities of flame wars...[/sub]

 

[Scarim Coral]

To me Golden Sun: The Lost Age is better then the first one since it had more stuff and more freedom (the sailing the boat part) then the first game.

 

[WakeTheDead1]

games -
uncharted 2, assassins creed 2, ratchet and clank crack in time

films - hellboy 2

 

[Calico93]

Terminator 2, ALIENS, Ass Creed 2, Just Cause 2, Uncharted 2 (although I still want to play the first one) The Dark Knight etc.

Aw, I wanted to say that.

Ok, the second series of Blackadder. The first one was brilliant, but the second one was better than that.

Yes I totally agree, the Blackadder series only got better and better.

 

[peter-lavalle]

Episode 1!

Jk jk ...but I thought that Episode 2 was better than 1. That Episode 3 was better than 2 ... hmm and that 4,5,6 and six sort of ascended in good-ness (depending on taste)

 

[Ironic Pirate]

There's loads... The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, Aliens, The Dark Knight, Godfather pt2, Bad Boys 2, Rush Hour 2... And so on

hats off to ya great list there except for the inclusion of bad boys 2 urgh what a cack sequel in my opinion i never knew before this film that it was possible to have to many explosions and gun fights in a film

You thought THAT had a lot of gunfights?

Oh, you need to watch Hard Boiled. There's maybe two scenes without shooting. Maybe.

 

[anonymity88]

Nolan's Dark Knight to Nolan's Batman Begins!

Nah, the first was much better.

For starters it actually seemed to, you know, be set in Gotham.

Dark Knight..was set in Gotham. You know the GCPD (Gotham City Police Department) and all that. Even if it wasn't (it is), why would it matter?

I think he meant that Batman Begins version of Gotham was a lot more dark and foreboding in appearance than Dark Knight's Gotham which just looked like a modern city.

Personally I think DK was better as well.

 

[Annoying Turd]

Baldur's Gate 2 was better than the original in every aspect.

 

[Slick Samurai]

I much prefered Call of Duty: Black Ops to MW2, ME2 to the first, Ass Creed Bro to Ass Creed 2, Reach to Halo 3, Gears 3 to- you know what? Basically all of the AAA sequels in 2010, especially Uncharted 2.

 

[captaincabbage]

Spiderman 2.

But a movie like that that's based on a comic-book with lots of material to adapt can avoid many of the inherent problems of sequels, mainly trying to stretch an idea that worked well for a one movie into a series.

Also, I liked Jurassic Park 2 better than the first one. The idea of an island where dinosaurs live free is an appealing, albeit even more silly than anything the first movie had to offer, and I liked it how the protagonists had to deal with the bad humans as well who would run around being douchebags being eaten.

That goes for Spider-man 2 the game as well. ^^ The first movie game was fun enough, but Spidey 2 literally changed the way looked at superhero games. Everything that comes out now in the superhero genre I compare to Spidey 2, Spidey 3 and Ultimate Spider-Man (my personal favorite).

OT: On the subject of superhero games, I'm gonna go with The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. Whilst it's technically not a sequel to Radical Entertainment's first Hulk game, based on Ang Lee's Hulk, it was always a spiritual successor, meant to improve of the original and it did in every way.

 

[Arkvoodle]

Zone of Enders 2 is a big step up from its predecessor.

Gears of War 2 is much more fun to play than the original. Ditto "Assassins Creed II."

And not sure if this counts as a "Sequel" but I still prefer Ocarina of Time over any preceding Zelda titles.

 

[Gaderael]

Grand Theft Auto 3 was a definite improvement on the previous games, with the story, the introduction of new game play mechanics that blew the sandbox style game wide open, and for bringing the game in to the third dimension.

Unreal Tournament 2004. While the incremental 2003 expanded the series, 2004 introduced the vehicles, more game modes, and is generally held up as the current pinnacle of the series (though in my opinion UT3 to date is the best).

 

[kingcom]

Baldur's Gate 2 was better than the first.