Are T2 and Aliens the only sequels arguably better than the originals?

[warriorfan]

T2 is better than T1

Aliens is debatable

Is there any other franchises that improved as sequels went on?

Shout out to Die Hard 3, perhaps the goat 3rd installment

[keep-itreal]

Terminator 1 is better than Terminator 2

[dazzer87]

Both are top ten all time.

[bladefd]

Lord of the rings
Batman series (Dark Knight better than the Batman Begins)
Bourne series

[ILLsmak]

fletch lives... im jes bullshittin.

Aliens is better imo. A lot of people like the thrill of Alien but it was meh to me. I'm gonna think of one tho hold up.

I also agree t2 is better.

I've never seen any of that harry potter or lotr shit so I can't comment on that.

O yea, star wars ez. Star wars 1 was kinda trash. Just watched it recently on tv for luls. Looking at this list to refresh my mind. I considered lethal weapon 2, but I think 1 was better.

I think you gotta qualify it with 'that the first movie was good.' People have hot shots... I dunno. Naked gun tho, perhaps.

Dudes actually said blade runner, stop it.

I dunno how anyone can think t1 is better than t2 tho.

-Smak

[JohnnySic]

T1 and Alien 1 were both better than the sequels.

[JohnnySic]

I dunno how anyone can think t1 is better than t2 tho.

T1 had a horror/terror element that's completely missing in T2. T2 is an action movie of the 80's/early 90's type. Nothing wrong with that; its one of the best movies of that type. T1 also had action but it also had this claustrophobic feeling of terror and doom slowly closing in. The Terminator was out there, it would eventually find Sarah and Reese, and when it did, what could they possibly do about it? Seemed like they were completely screwed. T2 doesn't have that. I never got the sense that John Connor was in any danger when the T-1000 wasn't around. And even when he was, the fact that John had his own Terminator to protect him took away a lot of the suspense. It was "Meh, nothing Arnie cant handle."

Arnie's Terminator was scary as hell. The T-1000 is more of a "cool" villain, like the Joker or Ivan Drago. You almost want to root for him. You want him to show up on screen to see what crazy shit he'd do next.

T2 also lightened up the dark elements that T1 had. Like when John teaches the Terminator catch phrases. I guess it worked, it provided comic relief, but I'm not sure that's right for Terminator movie. I prefer the dark, miserable, hopeless atmosphere of T1.

There are other reasons but those are the main ones.

[ArbitraryWater]

T1 and Alien 1 were both better than the sequels.

probably not

[JohnnySic]

One final note on T2; it has a gigantic plot hole/logic error that's hard for me to overlook. At the end, when the T-1000 is threatening Sarah and tells her to"call to John". Why did he even bother doing that? He could have killed her, disguised himself as her, and used her voice to call John himself. Like he did earlier on the phone after he killed John's parents. Just some lazy writing there.

I dunno, hopefully that doesn't ruin the movie for anyone.

[JohnnySic]

To answer OP's question - I'm not a Star Trek guy, but imo Wrath of Khan > 1.

[ROCSteady]

Terminator 1 is better than Terminator 2

this.

Also, Toy Story 2
Dark Knight
Spiderman 2
Empire Strikes Back
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Shrek 2
Back to the Future 2
X2
Harry Potter

[SomeBlackDude]

off the top of my head-

godfather part ii
empire strikes back
dark knight
spiderman 2 (tobey)
for a few dollars more

[tontoz]

Winter Soldier > original Captain America

[bladefd]

off the top of my head-

godfather part ii
empire strikes back
dark knight
spiderman 2 (tobey)
for a few dollars more

For a few dollars more is NOT better than The Good, the bad and the ugly

[SomeBlackDude]

For a few dollars more is NOT better than The Good, the bad and the ugly

good bad & ugly is the third in the trilogy.

for a few dollars more, the sequel, is better than a fistful of dollars, the original.