Redditor FireSwarm21 wanted to know what sequels and beyond were a step above the originals.
"What sequels are better than the original?"
I love sequels to my favorite stories. The characters never leave.
Rescue Me
the rescuers worry GIFGiphy"The Rescuers Down Under."
Kinuama
"Wow! I haven't seen this movie in likely over 20 years!! Used to be one of my favorites... does anyone know if it's on Disney+?"
FrogAnalSex69
Let's Game
"Uncharted 2: Among thieves."
FlyHigh3000
"I think is extremely common in games since the first one usually doesn't just have to set up characters and story but also the style, engine, etc... With the second the studio can invest way more into the actual game."
Version_1
"The even numbered Uncharted games are my favorites even though 1 and 3 are good too."
Loganp812
Silence
"Silent Hill 2. The game, to be clear, not the second film."
madefromconcentrate
"Even though I wouldn't call the first Silent Hill a good movie, I do really think Cristopher Gans cared about Silent Hill and tried his best."
"You can see he made some changes to the characters and story to male it a more 'palatable' movie for Hollywood. Maybe those changes shouldn't have been made but you can see the reason why it was. If nothing else that movie looked like Silent Hill."
Artikay
The Next Generation
"Wrath of Khan."
xkulp8
"The movie that saved Star Trek. And over Gene Roddenberry's objections, I might add. Also, it still kind of blows my mind that only 5 years passed between The Wrath of Khan and The Next Generation. They feel like completely different eras."
diamond
"Wrath of Khan has a late 70s feel in a 1982 movie. What most people think of as the 80s hadn't quite hit its stride culturally yet. Meanwhile, if you look at the early episodes of TNG they feel a little dated, although not as much."
Green_Prompt_6386
Star Stories
the empire strikes back GIF by Star WarsGiphy"The Empire Strikes Back."
ImportanceBig4448
"Rewatching the trilogy with my girlfriend and the fight scenes are way waaaay better! The pacing, too!"
Lochifess
Ah the drama of the Star Wars series. A neverending saga.
Back to Gotham
the dark knight joker GIF by hero0fwarGiphy"The Dark Knight is leaps and bounds better than Batman Begins."
Boring-Pudding
The Through Line
"Terminator 2."
idkwhattoput_111
"I agree but what is interesting about T2 is that the world-building and plot of the original Terminator plays a major hand in making T2 amazing. Having the antagonist from the first become the protagonist in the second sets up for an amazing plot and throughline."
ShadoFlameX
Warriors
"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 is better than 𝙈𝙖𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙭."
sqeptiqmqsqeptiq
"I watched mad Max recently for the first time and was so confused. I was like, 'where's all the post-apocalypse stuff?' I thought I was watching the wrong film and had to double-check. To be honest I didn't enjoy it that much but I did love all the sequels."
randomisedjew
Dreamworks Works
"Shrek 2 = better."
BigDanal123
"Shrek 1 was very good but Shrek 2 was an improvement in many ways. Shrek 3 was definitely the weakest of the series but not a terrible movie by any means. Shrek 4 was at least as good as 1 and 2."
"Actually Dreamworks does sequels pretty well as the major companies go. Kung Fu Panda 2 was just as good as if not better than the first. The third was not actually that good but they can’t all be winners. The tv shows are pretty good. How to Train your Dragon 2 tore out my heart and stomped on it but it was still a good movie. The Madagascar movies are all of similar quality to each other."
dragon_morgan
Talking to the Spirits...
Ouija Board Movie GIF by Ouija: Origin of EvilGiphy"Ouija: Origin of Evil was surprisingly better than Ouija the original. Now Ouija was pretty bad so it didn’t take much but usually these off brand horror movies go from bad to worse if they attempt a sequel."
bobbytwosticksBTS
Sometimes more of the story is always better.
An important lesson for everyone
"Don't let the pigeon drive the bus."- skmeibe
Anything, as long as it's one you'll enjoy
"Something fun."
"So many people only read the books they are assigned in school, or what random people in a reddit thread like this recommend, and walk away feeling unsatisfied, like reading is a chore."
"And sometimes it is a chore, but other times it's joyous, extraordinary, mind-blowing, or just plain fun."
"Tl;dr - read something that makes you happy, not just something you 'should' read."- bozec
An old, old old, classic
"The Epic of Gilgamesh."- Truebetold
Thought provoking and entertaining!
"The Master and Margarita."
"It's a very fun read, but also makes you think. Kind of like Discworld books."- AkechiJubeiMitsuhide
Black Cat GIF by Artitudes DesignGiphyHopefully, it will help you find just that!
"Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl."- post-death_wave_core
Any Sci-fi/Fantasy fans in the house?
"The discworld novels by Terry Pratchett."
"Christopher Moore's The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood Pal."- rokki82
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy."
"Despite the title, it's hilarious."
"A relatively short read (about 200 pages iirc), the science can be a bit hard to keep up with sometimes, but it's a fun time regardless."- KiiWii4972
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Space GIFGiphyValuable lessons on growing up.
"Hatchet."
"It is a good 'learning to read' book."
"Suspenseful, easy to understand and it was one of the first books that I wasn't happy the entire way through."
"One of the first books that I had to know how it ended."
"Yet, at the same time it touches upon topics that a year earlier may have been hard to grasp, such as the human instinct to survive when you've lost all hope."- Ramen_Beef_Baby
Who needs fiction, when you have real life?
"The local police report for a rural Appalachian community. "
"Never fails to disappoint."- Butwinsky
Something far too people neglect to read...
"You should read the f*cking manual."- Sirhc978
90S Help GIFGiphyUnexpectedly Timely
"With all the books being banned by Republicans I think everyone needs to read, Fahrenheit 451"- VivaLasVegasGuy
A classic for all ages
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar."- SvenskaAlvar
Religious text, for inspiration, or out of curiosity
"The Bible."
"Either as holy testament or as fiction."
"I actually read it in a college class 'the Bible as Fiction' and it’s very interesting and dramatic."- Background-Eye-8883
season 7 flanders bible GIFGets you every time
"Charlotte’s Web."
"I was given a copy by a neighbor and fell in love."
"It was a rollercoaster of emotions for me, both good and bad."- The_Poptart_Cat
No one should be beholden to one genre
"A trashy romance."
"A 'classic' story, like Jane Eyre, or something Bronte, lol."
"A Shakespeare play, I suggest the comedies, because they're hilarious, and the tragedies, well, they're tragic, lol."
"A good mystery book."
"A YA fiction book, so you can see what the kids are into these days."
"A sad story that can make you cry just through the written word - it's very cleansing, maybe Tucker's Way or There There."
"Somebody's memoir or autobiography."- DishyPanHands
"All for one, and one for all!"
"Three musketeers."
"An adventure about friendship, betrayal, and coming out of age."
"Worth reading."
"Very beautiful tale."- lavendershift-ofc
Sure, you read it for the articles...
"Any 'Playboy' magazine...they have really good articles..."- rap31264
Worth refreshing every now and again
"The Constitution of the United States, especially the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments."- Unable_Fig_3130
Season 15 Television GIF by The SimpsonsGiphyWorth tracking down
"This probably only me, but the Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan is a great series that I feel like more people should read."- Commander-Appa
There is nothing more transporting than a juicy piece of reading material.
Be it from the fiction section at the library, in your local paper, or on Reddit.
Wisdom is everywhere. I have found hope in the witty advertisement of a vodka bottle. You?
Truth
The One Where Estelle Dies Episode 15 GIF by FriendsGiphy"There is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse."
Emilyx33x
I Love You
"Grief is just love that has nowhere to go."
i_am_scared_ok
Andrew Garfield’s quote on this subject really touched me. When talking about his mother who passed away he said, 'I hope this grief stays with me. It’s all the unexpressed love I didn’t get to tell her.'”
kyhansen1509
So Empty
“'What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.'”
"-Epictetus"
Crypto_Bro12
"'Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. -Rabbi Tarfon'"
"It helps when I'm feeling anxious about geopolitical events I have no control over."
HonestSummer
The Burn
"'Doing what you love as a job is a great way to make it something you used to love.'"
"Former boss that got burnt hard. That's funny but honestly idk what his past was. He was a very bitter person when I knew him. He said that when I was talking about wanting to be a full time artist when I was younger. The idea gave me pause."
Crying_Reaper
frodo GIFI'm feeling slightly inspired so far. You?
GIF by moodmanWinning
"There's this awesome webcomic called Multiplex that I used to read ( it finished its run a few years ago). It's mostly goofy jokes and snarky digs at Hollywood, but one of the characters said, 'You should get out of the mindset that for you to win, someone else has to lose. It's unhealthy.' Don't know why it stuck with me, but I've been trying to get out of that way of thinking ever since (I don't always succeed, but I'm trying man, I'm trying real hard)."
Raptorthrust
“it is what it is”
"Might be lame but my mom gave me a mug with 'it is what it is' written on it and it truly changed my philosophy about how I handle my anxiety. I was going through a lot but drinking coffee everyday with that mug really gave me a weird sense of peace."
corpcoincorporated
No!
"'Don't tell yourself no. Let someone else tell you no.' -- a co-worker who stopped me from canceling an interview 16 years ago. He's embarrassed that I bring it up because to him, it was just an off-the-cuff comment. But it literally put me where I am now."
farrenkm
'It's always those off-the-cuff remarks that do it. I will say, this one might be THE one from this thread that sticks with me... Most often it seems that the only person who ever gets in my way is myself."
CautiousCactus505
No Room
Black And White Halloween GIF by Fleischer StudiosGiphy"The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way."
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