I think from a creator's standpoint, a good reason to make a sequel is that you want to continue the story of characters and settings that you love.

"Aliens" for one. James Cameron moved that series in a different direction. It had a new theme, it had a different style, yet it was the same universe. He did it very well. Now, I prefer the original "Alien" but I still respect "Aliens" a lot. It blew me away as a 16 year old.

Hey Michael. Yeah I hear yah man, and I agree. The internet has really allowed people to interact in more ways - not all good of course - but, I think it's great!

Hey Keith. I agree and Alien/s I also like - Alien scared the $h!t out of me, I was only what, maybe 7 when I saw it, that darn alien bursting outta the guys stomach had me almost peeing my pants man! Another sequel which I think is as good as the orginal is T2. Both Terminator and T2 rocked!

But, I do think that somewhere along the line most sequels get made for money and not so much for the merit of the story. I wouldn't care really provided they were all great, or even good, movies.

Personally I would jump at the chance of doing a sequel to any number of films on my list of favorite movies.

I think Free Willy 2 was better then the first... :-)
I know it sounds stupid, but I mean it though :-p

I woudn't mind seeing them. Surely they couldn't be any worse than Episodes 1, 2, and 3. He-he! :-D

Say, have you seen the plot synopsis ("supposedly" written by Lucas himself, wink-wink-nudge-nudge) for Episodes 7/8/9 over on www.supershadow.com ... they're worth checking out, if only for the fanboy aspect.

LINKS:
Star Wars Episode 7 - The Fallen Hero
Star Wars Episode 8 - The Republic in Crisis
Star Wars Episode 9 - Victory of the Force

;-)

When are they gonna have another "Big Trouble In Little China"? The ending of that movie left it open ended, what with the Sasquatch thingy hitching a ride on Kurt Russell's rig.