Dek Rollins said:
Unnecessary sequelThere are a lot of unnecessary but good sequels.
There are some. I usually use “unnecessary sequel” when the sequel has no purpose other than to make more money. If there is a sequel that properly continues the first film, I don’t consider it completely unnecessary.
ESB is one (since SW was a self contained story)
Fair.
and Rambo II was another.
What? Rambo sucks. I was actually expecting something nice when I first watched it, but it sorely disappointed me. And that was a very unnecessary sequel.
Just because something didn’t need to be made doesn’t mean it’s a negative against the actual film because it was made.
Maybe not so, but when a sequel is unnecessary and almost completely empty of worthwhile content, then I count it against it.
And plus maybe it was unnecessary to you but when I was a kid me and the people I was around relished a sequel. We grew to love these characters and wanted to see more of them in a new story so on that basis alone a sequel was in no way unnecessary.
Like I said, opinions. And like I said, I grew up with this film (and of course, the first one). Sequels were great when I was a kid too.