LOL, your post cracks me up man. When you say "You expected that? Come on!" I can only assume you are refering to me saying, "it didn't have to live up to the originals, it just had to be good..."

Why is it so unreasonable for them to have been halfway decent movies? Why is that a "you expected that? Come on!" As if wishing for a movie to be enjoyable is too much.

Seriously, I said this in another thread, I will say it again, I really think there is some sort of a movement in which crappiness is becoming something to be proud of, becoming the "in" thing. I foresee a grim future for entertainment, "Oh, this is so fantastic I love it!!! It is so amazing, so... so... so... mediocre!!!", "... this movie is not without its faults, it was wonderfully written, wonderfully acted, wonderfully directed, wonderfully filmed, wonderfully executed in every way. All in all, it was just too damn good, and for that, I have to give it... two thumbs down! There was a lot of potential there, but in the end it really managed to disappoint, it just wasn't near crappy enough."