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Originally posted by Despare
I don't know, with Halloween and Fri. 13th I liked some of the sequals. I don't know what the deal was with Hellraiser though, everything but 1 was bad. What about good franchises though like Evil Dead? There are others (I loved Dawn and Day of the dead and liked Land) but I think we really forget about the good ones because the bad ones destroy what we really liked. When a sequals continues something good people just kind of go "yeah, that's how it should be done" when really they deserve more praise for not trashing the franchise. I liked Candyman 1 and 2 but have only seen some of 3. Anyway, I like franchises because of the lasting charecters they can create but once those chars. are ruined they're hard to ressurect. I agree with the filmmaker theory though, I think when the creator sticks with the franchise all the way through it has a better chance of not becoming a laughingstock.
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I rather think that the original post was making the point that it's the four or more franchises which lose momentum. That was certainly my opinion in reply.
I agree that there are good franchises, if we can call them that when they only run to three installments.
In my opinion at least, a trilogy is usually made for all the right reasons. Where a franchise develops though, films are simply made to capitalise on the character: Freddy, Jason etc.
The Evil Dead trilogy were all good films, as were Night, Dawn and Day of the Dead. Outside of the horror genre, there are also good trilogies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future and Terminator spring to mind. There are also franchises that lost momentum after the third installment. I use Police Academy again as an example.
Of course there are second sequels that are the falling down point: Jaws was good, Jaws 2 okay and Jaws 3 dire. For the most part though, trilogies tend to be okay but once a series gets to its fourth installment, that's where things run out of steam.