Film franchises that had promise, but "died" before their time

[Relish in Chaos]

Inspired by the "Franchises that had promise, but 'died' before their time" thread in the Gaming Discussion forum, this is basically the same thread, but for films.

You know, I genuinely think that the original Final Destination was a cracking little film that broke the mould for teen horrors (or just horrors in general), in that the "killer" was literally Death himself, invisible. It kept you in suspense with the sudden (and imaginative) deaths, while playing with the idea of fate.

Aaaaaand then they ran it into the ground with four predictable sequels that did little to change the plot. I mean, still entertaining nonetheless, but once you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Also, The Matrix trilogy. I mean, the sequels weren't bad by any means, but they were underwhelming, bogged down in a retarded script involving technobabble that didn't make any sense and introduced a bunch of plotholes, an influx of bland secondary characters that I couldn't give two shits about, the whole "Neo is the chosen one" plot point soon wore out its welcome, and Trinity was turned from a lithe and badass combatant to Neo's annoying clinger (also, her costume looked cooler in the first film).

 

[Fappy]

The X-Men films! They were decent enough... until Brett Ratner showed up.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I really wanted the Eragon movie to be good. I tried so hard to enjoy it. I did not.

Any hopes of an Eldest, Brisingr, or even Inheritence film died with that movie.

 

[bobmus]

I really wanted the Eragon movie to be good. I tried so hard to enjoy it. I did not.

Any hopes of an Eldest, Brisingr, or even Inheritence film died with that movie.

I turned that movie off in disgust after Saphira aged from young to mature just by flying into some clouds. Biggest heap of bullshit ever, and I hope they retry at some point.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Biggest heap of bullshit ever, and I hope they retry at some point.

Perhaps next time after actually reading the book.

So disappointing.

 

[bobmus]

Biggest heap of bullshit ever, and I hope they retry at some point.

Perhaps next time after actually reading the book.

So disappointing.

Or, ya know, learning how to direct a movie. The opening felt like a cheesy 80s BBC production.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Or, ya know, learning how to direct a movie. The opening felt like a cheesy 80s BBC production.

I saw Eragon before I even started reading the book series. That was back in my third year of High School. Three years later, I have all the books, including Inheritance in hardback. I love the series.

Perhaps seeing the movie first wasn't the best first impression, but yes, they could've tried a lot harder.

i think i'm the only person in existence liked Van Helsing....and Wild Wild West...pls don't kill me :s

I loved Van Helsing!

 

[GiglameshSoulEater]

I really wanted the Eragon movie to be good. I tried so hard to enjoy it. I did not.

Any hopes of an Eldest, Brisingr, or even Inheritence film died with that movie.

I turned that movie off in disgust after Saphira aged from young to mature just by flying into some clouds. Biggest heap of bullshit ever, and I hope they retry at some point.

Wait, that actually happened? I presumed it was meant to be a time lapse and the person that told me that hadn't noticed. Though the books are rather... simple.. as novels go, and seem a little too inspired by Star Wars.

Paranormal activity wasn't that good (the whole plot being avoidable with less stupid prtoagonists), but they really ran the premise under the ground for the sequels. They even inspired a video:

[video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6qVuOQRRCQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6qVuOQRRCQ[/video]

EDIT: Ok, that messed up. How do I embed a video?

 

[bobmus]

I really wanted the Eragon movie to be good. I tried so hard to enjoy it. I did not.

Any hopes of an Eldest, Brisingr, or even Inheritence film died with that movie.

I turned that movie off in disgust after Saphira aged from young to mature just by flying into some clouds. Biggest heap of bullshit ever, and I hope they retry at some point.

Wait, that actually happened? I presumed it was meant to be a time lapse and the person that told me that hadn't noticed. Though the books are rather... simple.. as novels go, and seem a little too inspired by Star Wars.

Paranormal activity wasn't that good (the whole plot being avoidable with less stupid prtoagonists), but they really ran the premise under the ground for the sequels. They even inspired a video:


EDIT: Ok, that messed up. How do I embed a video?

Yup, they really do. :/

I edited the video link for you, quote me to see how I did it.

 

[Fappy]

Or, ya know, learning how to direct a movie. The opening felt like a cheesy 80s BBC production.

I saw Eragon before I even started reading the book series. That was back in my third year of High School. Three years later, I have all the books, including Inheritance in hardback. I love the series.

Perhaps seeing the movie first wasn't the best first impression, but yes, they could've tried a lot harder.

i think i'm the only person in existence liked Van Helsing....and Wild Wild West...pls don't kill me :s

I loved Van Helsing!

Confession time. I kind of liked Van Helsing too >.>

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

i think i'm the only person in existence liked Van Helsing....and Wild Wild West...pls don't kill me :s...[small]wiki wiki wa[/small]

I liked Wild Wild West, if only for the steampunk side of things.

 

[spectrenihlus]

I think we all in our heart of hearts liked Van Helsing.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Admittedly the film wasn't that great, and Jim Carey played a SHITTY Count Olaf but it was still enjoyable at bits.
I love the book series, and seeing some of the other books adapted could have been cool, especially the Slippery Slope.

 

[Dr. Cakey]

Star Wars. It's such a shame that George Lucas died in that tragic car accident in 1981. I would have loved to see the final film in the trilogy, or that prequel trilogy he sometimes talked about.

Trying to think of MOVIES I wish hadn't died. I can think of anime (C - Control was tailor-made to be a five hundred episode shounen whatever...and was twelve episodes long), but not so much movies. I mostly wanted to post that awesome video.

 

[Dags90]

The His Dark Materials adaptations that never got made because American Christians got all butthurt over The Golden Compass. Sure it was heavily PG-i-fied, and could have used a better director, but I think they pretty much nailed casting with The Golden Compass.

 

[Psykoma]

Really wish Golden compass had its sequels made.

I also liked Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, and would like to see sequels from it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The X-Men films! They were decent enough... until Brett Ratner showed up.

There's a cracked.com article about what X-Men 3 could have been. Basically, San Francisco wouldn't have made it through to see the end credits (in part, in whole, I don't remember, been a while since I've read that article)

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Halloween 3 wasn't a great movie compared to the first two but I really wish they had decided to keep the series going as an anthology instead of bringing Micheal Meyers back into it.

I would have liked to see Super Mario Brothers 2.

 

[wintercoat]

Or, ya know, learning how to direct a movie. The opening felt like a cheesy 80s BBC production.

I saw Eragon before I even started reading the book series. That was back in my third year of High School. Three years later, I have all the books, including Inheritance in hardback. I love the series.

Perhaps seeing the movie first wasn't the best first impression, but yes, they could've tried a lot harder.

i think i'm the only person in existence liked Van Helsing....and Wild Wild West...pls don't kill me :s

I loved Van Helsing!

Confession time. I kind of liked Van Helsing too >.>

Wait...there were people who didn't like Van Helsing? Huh...

 

[Fappy]

Or, ya know, learning how to direct a movie. The opening felt like a cheesy 80s BBC production.

I saw Eragon before I even started reading the book series. That was back in my third year of High School. Three years later, I have all the books, including Inheritance in hardback. I love the series.

Perhaps seeing the movie first wasn't the best first impression, but yes, they could've tried a lot harder.

i think i'm the only person in existence liked Van Helsing....and Wild Wild West...pls don't kill me :s

I loved Van Helsing!

Confession time. I kind of liked Van Helsing too >.>

Wait...there were people who didn't like Van Helsing? Huh...

Most people I know thought it sucked D: