Worst Films and Sequels in the eighties.

Star Trek V

Ghostbusters 2

back to the future II and III

King Kong Lives

Over the Top

No Holds Barred

Jaws II, III and IV

Any rocky movie after part 2.

He man

Flash Gordon

Howard the Duck

the running man

total recall

Karate Kid films beyond the first one.

Superman IV

All the Police Academy sequels

Poltergeist sequels

Remember people this is all a matter of opinion.  I am sure their are those who will List The Temple of Doom or Return of the Jedi as the worst films.  I know some people would list return to oz by walter murch because it was an abomination to the judy garland fiim.

Since when has it been the trend to shit on the Back to the Future sequels? I always liked all three.

And Total Recall was awesome. The biggest mind-fuck movie I've ever seen.

Troop Beverly Hills

Leonard Part 6

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

The Care Bears Movies

The Bride

The Fly 2

Mannequin

Dragnet

Caddyshack II

Meatballs II

Explorers

Young Sherlock Holmes

Short Circuit I & II

Valley Girl

Charlie Chan And The Curse of The Dragon Queen

The Heavenly Kid

Space Camp

Heartbeeps (Remember this one?)

Look Who's Talking (any of them)

Garbage Pail Kids

Krull

The Stuff

Beastmaster (any of them)

Tarzan: The Ape Man

Cobra

Ishtar

The Pirate Movie

FanFiltration said:

Krull

Weird, weird movie.

Sky: Return to Oz was also an insult to the series of books. Now, I grew up reading that series, so once in a blue moon I'll go take part in an Oz forum. It's silly how some posters on Oz forums claim RTO was "more dark, like the books."

Well, I don't know what those people are snorting, but the books were never dark. At all. Even the more "darker" aspects were played in a light-hearted, humorous way.

RTO was an outright crappy horror flick. Dorothy in a mental institution about to get shock therapy? WTF? Not to mention the inconsistencies with the books. That's another thing. Some fans want to claim it was more "faithful" than the classic Oz movie. No, it wasn't. The Emerald City was miles and miles away from where Dorothy's house landed. In the film, it's half a stone throw away. That's just one example of many.

I think what it is, is that some readers become more mature and want the series they love so much to mature along with them. So they dellude themselves into believing said source material was "dark."

DarkFather said:

I think what it is, is that some readers become more mature and want the series they love so much to mature along with them. So they dellude themselves into believing said source material was "dark."

Like with pretty much anything Lewis Carroll ever wrote (Alice in Wonderland, etc.) ?

Nanner Split said:

DarkFather said:

I think what it is, is that some readers become more mature and want the series they love so much to mature along with them. So they dellude themselves into believing said source material was "dark."

 

Like with pretty much anything Lewis Carroll ever wrote (Alice in Wonderland, etc.) ?

I don't know, are people using that approach to defend Burton's AIWL?

skyjedi2005 said:

Star Trek V

Ghostbusters 2

back to the future II and III

King Kong Lives

Over the Top

No Holds Barred

Jaws II, III and IV

Any rocky movie after part 2.

He man

Flash Gordon

Howard the Duck

the running man

total recall

Karate Kid films beyond the first one.

Superman IV

All the Police Academy sequels

Poltergeist sequels

Remember people this is all a matter of opinion.  I am sure their are those who will List The Temple of Doom or Return of the Jedi as the worst films.  I know some people would list return to oz by walter murch because it was an abomination to the judy garland fiim.

ST5 has a bad rap for no reason
GB2 wasnt that bad
BTTF2 was awesome, 3 was a joke but that was released in 1990 :p
Over the Top was awesome
No Holds Barred was so bad it made the film good
Jaws 2 was not in the 80s :p
Any rocky movie after 2? Rocky 4 was probably the best Rocky movie of them all!
Total Recall was not 80s :p
PA7 was not 80s :p

I love the 80s and who ever mentioned Krull as a bad movie obviously didnt understand the movie, that movie is CLASSIC

Superman III is kind of a guilty pleasure for me, but that's for another thread entirely. ;)

CO said:

Nanner Split said:

Since when has it been the trend to shit on the Back to the Future sequels? I always liked all three.

 

 

 I agree.  BTTF II & III are good sequels, as they don't fall in the 'shit' sequels category for me.   They both lack that magic of the original, but BTTF II is very innovative and had a cool story, because what would anyone do if they had a time machine?  Go back and bet on sports and become a millionaire!

Superman III & IV are shit sequels, movies that I saw once, and never ever want to see again.  I think it was Superman IV where Superman addresses the United Nations?  Even as a teenager I was like, WTF???

 

 

Yeah, I love the BTTF sequels as well.  BTTF Part II was the first one I saw, so I have to have a fondness for it, although I now see it's not as timeless as the original.  While some might write off the plot as being lazy, I find it intriguing the idea of going back into the events of the first film and seeing them from a different angle (even though I've long since noticed all the timing inconsistancies between the two versions, it's still done very well).  And while the climax of Part III can be interpreted as unnecessary (there's no longer any pressing time constraint, so they don't need to derail a train!) it's still a lot of fun.

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