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Originally posted by Skaboy
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.

I don't know, because in the case of Friday the 13th Jason is only really in 2 of what would have been the trilogy if they stopped at 3. Personally I'm glad they didn't.