The condition that many sequels to successful films suffer from: re-hashing of plot points, shoving the best parts of the original back in your face until you almost hate it, ETC, all while trying to make the movie "bigger and better" than the original through the addition of an over-abundance of special effects, or new characters that you just dont care about (or, on some occasions, omitting major characters that people DID care about). Sequelitis can make one of 2 things happen: the third film will back off and be much better than the second, or part 2 will have been so awful that a 3rd never even gets made.
I dont remember there being a "Men in Black 2" until I saw it the other day, and now I remember why I forgot it to begin with. "Lets take a small joke and turn it into a main character!" Totally suffers from sequelitis.
by zeromus255 July 31, 2012
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Treat symptoms with a daily dose of self-realization.
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After critical acclaim and record numbers at the box office, Warner was quickly stricken with Sequelitis.
by Zizz February 6, 2005
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A case in which a film/video game/book is popular when it is released, however, it's popularity or general enjoyability decreases when the sequel is released. Sequelitis is particularly common with video games as a sequel may have improved graphics, more intuitive controls, etc.
by TMachine97 December 29, 2014
Get the Sequelitis mug.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.
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
Get the gratuitous sequelitis mug.A combination the word sexuality, meaning a person's sexual orientation or preference, and the suffix -ism, meaning doctrine, condition, or characteristic. Many think sexualitism should be used in place of what is now known as homophobia.
The use of the term homophobia is incorrect when used to describe a person that hates homosexual people. Homophobia literally means "fear of homosexual people," whereas sexualitism describes the unwarranted, bigoted hatred many ignorant people today feel toward homosexual, bisexual, transexual, and other individuals of abnormal sexuality.
The use of the terms sexualitism and sexualitist rather than the term homophobia takes the hatred of homosexual people out of the realm of mental disease and in to the same category as such abhorred mindsets as racism and sexism.
The use of the term homophobia is incorrect when used to describe a person that hates homosexual people. Homophobia literally means "fear of homosexual people," whereas sexualitism describes the unwarranted, bigoted hatred many ignorant people today feel toward homosexual, bisexual, transexual, and other individuals of abnormal sexuality.
The use of the terms sexualitism and sexualitist rather than the term homophobia takes the hatred of homosexual people out of the realm of mental disease and in to the same category as such abhorred mindsets as racism and sexism.
Example 1:
Bus rider #1: You know, those fucking homos tryna get up in our schools and corrupt the minds of our children. We need to send them back to hell, where they belong. You with me?
Bus Rider #2: What the hell? Who are you? You are by far the most sexualitist person I have ever encountered. You should be illegal. I don't care if we're on a bus; talk to me again and I'll punch you in the face.
Example 2:
Acting upon racism, sexism, ageism, classism, sexualitism, or any other similarly abhorrent mindset will not be tolerated in this workplace and will be heavily sanctioned.
Bus rider #1: You know, those fucking homos tryna get up in our schools and corrupt the minds of our children. We need to send them back to hell, where they belong. You with me?
Bus Rider #2: What the hell? Who are you? You are by far the most sexualitist person I have ever encountered. You should be illegal. I don't care if we're on a bus; talk to me again and I'll punch you in the face.
Example 2:
Acting upon racism, sexism, ageism, classism, sexualitism, or any other similarly abhorrent mindset will not be tolerated in this workplace and will be heavily sanctioned.
by Intothemoooooon November 12, 2010
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"Is that an STD? Does that mean I've got it, too?"
"Not unless you're horny, you goon!"
"Is that an STD? Does that mean I've got it, too?"
"Not unless you're horny, you goon!"
by axlfan93 November 12, 2009
Get the sexualitis mug.A person who believes their sexuality is superior and says unfair things about the other sexualities (ie. gay, bi, straight, etc) Or assumes that only one sexuality can have a certain trait. both men and women can be sexualitist.
by Bram06 February 2, 2016
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