Sequelitis

A medical condition propogated by a combination of commercial success and creative ineptitude. Symptoms include bad movies and music, arrogance, denial, and desperation. In that order.

Treat symptoms with a daily dose of self-realization.

After critical acclaim and record numbers at the box office, Warner was quickly stricken with Sequelitis.

by Zizz February 6, 2005

Star Wars sequels

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Controversial movies that caused a civil war in the Star Wars fandom. One side claims the other is sexist for not liking the main character Rey for being an uninteresting character. This is untrue because there are many interesting female Star Wars characters, including but not limited to Bo Katan, Mira Jade, Leia Organa, Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla, Assaj Ventris, Barris Offee, Mon Mothma, Jyn Urso, Padme Amidalla, etc. However, all are entitled to their own opinion. I personally think Disney should just pull a Star Trek and have multiple different cannons. Ok sorry for angering you sequels fan have a nice day.

Person: but the Star Wars sequels are good
Me: *visible stress* yea... sure

by udontknowmeidontknowu December 8, 2020

stranded sequel

in a movie collection, only owning a sequel, and not owning the original of the series, any true fan of movies, or any serious movie collector would not allow a travesty like this to occur

terminator 2 and not having terminator, terminator 2 would be a stranded sequel in your collection, owning aliens but not alien....... one acceptable exception to this rule is the hulk series, since the original "hulk" is just plain awful

by d-block-54 February 16, 2013

Pre-Sequel

A new movie that takes place after one movie but before another.

Friend 1: did you hear about the new star wars movie?
Friend 2: no, what is it about?
Friend 1: its a pre-sequel, its after episode 3 and before episode 4.

by Harmos June 19, 2016

gratuitous sequelitis

A disease capable only of infecting Hollywood movie producers. Symptoms include uncontrollable greed and a complete lack of creativity. Once the illness has taken hold, the producer will eventually unload a steaming pile of crap which he will then box up and label with the name of a successful movie plus the number "2" after it. The load of crap will be then be sold to the idiot audience, who gladly forks over money to take a peek at what's in the box, based solely on the name on the label.

In extreme cases, gratuitous sequelitis has been known to create many such boxes of turds, with sequential sequel numbers reaching into the double digits.

Did you see Highlander 2? That was the most amazingly horrible movie ever made. What a case of gratuitous sequelitis!

by Hollywood Sucks October 23, 2006

Law of Sequels

Law that states that a sequel to a movie or game will always be worse than the original. No (well, okay, FEW) exceptions.

This law especially applies to movies and games made after 2000, when everything started sucking ass.

I don't need an example for the Law of Sequels, do I?

by Tisteca October 7, 2007

bastard sequel

A sequel of a book or movie made for the sole purpose of cashing in on the name of the first one. Is generally done with no input from the original author/creator. Usually bastardizes the characters and butchers the story of the original.

Examples of bastard sequels include Rurouni Kenshin: Seisouhen, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, Scarlett, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Return to the Secret Garden.

by Hitokiri Jinchuu July 16, 2006