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A few movies standout for consideration to me:

  • Empire Strikes Back >> A New Hope
  • Terminator 2 >> Terminator
  • Ghostbusters 2 >> Ghostbusters (maybe)

Any others?
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SpreadsheetAg said:

A few movies standout for consideration to me:

  • Empire Strikes Back >> A New Hope
  • Terminator 2 >> Terminator
  • Ghostbusters 2 >> Ghostbusters (maybe)

Any others?
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The Dark Knight
Aliens (Maybe)
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Fenrir said:

SpreadsheetAg said:

A few movies standout for consideration to me:

  • Empire Strikes Back >> A New Hope
  • Terminator 2 >> Terminator
  • Ghostbusters 2 >> Ghostbusters (maybe)

Any others?

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...but seriously...."22 Jump Street" is one of the funniest movies of the past 10 years.
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Breakin' 2: The Electric Boogaloo
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Mad Max Road Warrior >> Mad Max
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Major League II

Dark Knight
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Cobra Kai
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Female Ghostbusters. Wow what a great movie.
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I know those ending credits were a joke... but I would watch EVERY SINGLE one of those movies. Take my money, now!

I am one of the few on this board who preferred Alien to Aliens. I also think the Godfather is better than Part II. And who the hell puts Ghostbusters 2 over the first?!?

  • The Dark Knight is one of my favorites, period. Let alone a sequel.
  • I'm tempted to put The Last Crusade on here... it's so close, I go back and forth.
  • Do Marvel movies count? I don't see why not, if we are counting the Dark Knight. If so, I would say Thor Ragnarok, The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War, Far From Home and End Game. Guardians 2 is another one that is very close for me, but the first will always hold nostalgia at first introducing us to that great crew.
  • Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite of the movies. Not too hard, since they butchered most of them.
  • T2 has already been mentioned.
  • Deadpool 2
  • Xmen: Days of Futures Past is my favorite of all of them
  • Ghost Protocol is still my favorite Mission Impossible movie
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I think the Alien vs. Aliens debate is more about what kind of movie you prefer. Alien is a haunted house movie in space. Aliens is an action-oriented sci-fi/horror movie. They're both fantastic movies, but some folks prefer the slow burn and some prefer the guns blazing approach.

To contribute:
  • Each Wolverine movie was better than the last, culminating with Logan. X2 and Days of Future Past also outdid their predecessors
  • Spider-Man 2 was better than Spider-Man (Raimi versions)
  • Guess it's more of a spin off, but Birds of Prey was much better than Suicide Squad
  • There are several that folks have already said: Dark Knight, T2, 22 Jump Street, ESB
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A ton in comics, many already mentioned. Godfather 2 Hellboy 2, Toy Story 3.
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Evil Dead 2 > Evil Dead,and arguably Army of Darkness > Evil Dead 2
Desperado > El Mariachi
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I feel like we do this a lot. Anyway my additions.

Wrath of Khan

Lethal Weapon 2 (first is good but love the addition of Pesci)

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The Godfather II > The Godfather
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Getting ahead of this...Superman II is almost unwatchable and in no way better than Superman.

Carry on.
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Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan 1,000,000 x better than the first Star Trek film.
Disclaimer: Views expressed in this post reflect the opinions of Texags user bonfarr and are not to be accepted as facts or to be taken at face value.
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Desperado > El Mariachi
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Ted 2
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Airplane! was the best ever reboot of a movie
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A very Brady sequel

Actually they both were fantastic
Chase McGuire
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Kung Fu Panda 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Blade Runner 2049
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In before the standard stupid porn joke by someone who thinks they are clever but are not.
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Beverly Hills Cop 2
tk for tu juan
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a.froman said:

Beverly Hills Cop 2


Think you mean, Beverly Hills C*** 2: Captain America
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The Temple of Poon is better than Raiders of the Lost Arse.
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Star *****s: The Empire Claps Back is better than A New Grope
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Mighty ducks 2
The Debt
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Army of Darkness over Evil dead 1 or 2
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Rocky 2 was better than Rocky 1

Rocky 4 was better than all the Rockys
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Tmnt 2 was more fun than tmnt1

(And that's really the only functional measure you can apply to those films)
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Silence of the Lambs is difficult to rank.

Red Dragon and Silence are both top notch. Hannibal is...a step back. So, OP, could a prequel be better than an original?
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Fast 5, 6, 7 & 8
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bonfarr said:

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan 1,000,000 x better than the first Star Trek film.
Tend to agree; Khan is my favorite ST film, hands down. But somewhat like Alien vs Aliens, ST:TMP and Khan are really different genres. TMP takes itself very seriously and goes the hard sci-fi "BDO" (Big Dumb Object) route while Khan is an action flick.
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