Greatest Film Sequels of All Time

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In reference to movie sequels, people always say that the original is always better, or that a sequel can never be as good as the original. I am inclined to disagree (I'm always up for a good sequel), and apparently so are many others.

I was listening to Paul & Young Ron on the radio the other day and they read off their list of the ten greatest film sequels of all time. Among them were The Godfather II, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Road Warrior, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Their list is a good start, but mine would look a little different. Here goes:

10. Superman II
9. The Dark Knight
8. Aliens
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. Back to the Future Part II
5. Ghostbusters 2
4. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
3. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Lego Video Games

I grew up playing with Legos like most kids and I always loved getting a new lego kit to put together. I still enjoy Legos to this day, but they are far

too expensive for me to continually invest money in.

The recent wave of Lego themed video games are some of the most addictive games I have ever played, namely Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman. They are so cute and fun and have hours and hours of gameplay with a high replay quotient.

Most games take me no more than a week or two to beat, but with the fun side missions including collecting all the coins, finding and collecting minikits and red blocks all while unlocking a vast amount of new characters and vehicles these games last a long time and I don't want to return them or trade them in for something better when I'm finished with them.

I'm definitely looking forward to playing Lego Harry Potter and to reexplore Lego Indiana Jones as I ran through it as fast as I could the first time around since it was a rental.

Movie Remakes

I, like many moviegoers, have noticed a growing trend in Hollywood over the past decade or so, or maybe even longer, of major studios putting out almost exclusively movies that are either based on books, based on comic books, based on video games, or are remakes. Am I the only one who is disappointed that there are no longer any original ideas out there, or at least that Hollywood has not latched onto them?

I think that instead of churning out remakes to movies that are already thought of as classics such as The Karate Kid and Friday the 13th, they should re-release them in theaters exactly as they were originally shown, so that they could get the younger generation to appreciate these films as I have and to gain whole new audiences without having to spend the money it would cost for one of these Blockbusters. They should do this with a lot of movies, including the original Indiana Jones and Back to the Future trilogies for starters.