Renewed Top 10 - Legacyquels

Time for another regular Renewed Top 10!

This time, I will be highlighting what I think are the BEST Legacyquels in cinema history.

For those that never saw the original post for the Term, a Legacyquel is a sequel that came out YEARS after the last installment. There are 2 types: A Minor Legacyquel is one that came out 10-19 years after the last entry and a Major Legacyquel is one that cane out 20+ years after. Those that DID read the original, I did adjust the range by 1, as to include 10 years in the Minor, and so 20 became a Major. The main difference between a Minor and a Major is reason. The Minor could just be delayed. But a Major is usually just for Nostalgia purposes.

You'll get it, if you don't already.

So let's do it...

Top 10 Legacyquels

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: Clerks 2(12 years): Clerks launched Kevin Smith's career, and the View Askewniverse took off. It was nice to see Dante and Randall come back in a great follow up.

Honorable Mention 2: The Odd Couple 2(30 years): The original Odd Couple, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthieu. After doing two Grumpy Old Men movies, they finally did a sequel to their movie that spawned a TV series. Sadly, this was the last movie they shared screen time on.

Honorable Mention 3: Scream(11 years): Scream returning to form(no, I didn't do a review... gonna watch it again before I decide to). It was great to see a passing of the torch for the franchise. Wes Craven would be proud.

Honorable Mention 4: The Godfather Part 3(16 years): The original Godfather got Marlon Brando an Oscar. Part 2 got Robert DeNiro an Oscar. Part 3 rounds out the story. And rounds out the best Mafia trilogy in fill history.

10. Blade Runner 2049(35 years): The Original Blade Runner was legendary. Never did I think they would make a proper sequel. It answered some questions from the original, but it also opened up new ones. I need another, it set up for another. I hope it doesn't take another 35 years.

9. Finding Dory(13 years): Finding Nemo was a classic. So why not a sequel based on a supporting character? The Disney thing to do... right? Dory was one of the fan favorite characters in Nemo. So it made sense. And we got Ed O'Neill as a voice too.

8. Split(16 years) or Glass(19 years): I am listing both as Legacyquels to Unbreakable. Why? Unbreakable was M. Night Shyamalan's Superhero movie. And Split was a thriller about a killer with multiple personalities. You didn't know it was a "sequel" until the end, and it felt like an after thought. But Glass is a sequel to both. So... this entry counts them both based on whether you think Split is a sequel or not. And...... I don't. Split feels like a spinoff.

7. Mad Max: Fury Road(30 years): Mad Max Fury Road was the latest installment from a series that helped make Mel Gibson famous... without Mel Gibson. Why? Well Max is still around the same-ish age. And... Mel Gibson is not. But Tom Hardy carried this into the modern era, and I hope they can do more somehow.

6. Bill & Ted Face The Music(29 years): Bill & Ted. The movies that put Keanu Reeves on the map... and then turned Alex Winter into a director/producer. Poor guy. Excellent!!! Well, decades later, we finally got the 3rd movie, and they passed the torch to their kids.

5. The Matrix Resurrections(18 years): Bill & Ted put Keanu Reeves on the map. The Matrix was the franchise that turned him into a Mega Star. Innovative. So... going back into the Matrix and using the original trilogy as a backdrop. Can't reveal too much. Because that makes The Matrix series awesome.

4. Halloween(40 years): Michael Myers stalking Jamie Lee Curtis. Again. This one is the LONGEST stretch in between on this list, and while it doesn't feel like it because the original had so many sequels... but... it is because this Legacyquel was ALSO an Erasequel. This was a direct sequel to the original, ignoring ALL of the others. Also making Halloween the only Erasequel on this list!!

3. Superman Returns(19 years): I know what you are thinking... How? Superman Returns is a sequel to Superman IV The Quest For Peace. How? Kevin Spacey was easily the Gene Hackman Lex Luthor. Kate Bosworth was easily the Margot Kidder Lois Lane. And Brandon Routh... he LOOKS like a young Christopher Reeve... this was on PURPOSE to be the unacknowledged Superman 5!

2. Doctor Sleep(39 years): Sequel one my favorite horror films of all time, The Shining. And... yes there is a Stephen King book. This was as much an adaptation of the book as it was a sequel to the Stanley Kubrick film. All the way down to Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall lookalikes. A wonderful film!!!

And the Number 1 Legacyquel is...

1. Ghostbusters Afterlife(32 years): Answer the Call isn't a sequel. It is a parallel universe movie. Because of that, Afterlife is the sequel to Ghostbuster 2(yes, the Ghostbusters game is the unofficial 3rd movie... as it was based off the original 3rd script... but it wasn't a movie). Captured the imagination of the first 2 movies, and treated the passing of Egon with dignity and respect. It felt like a kid again watching this movie. And ANY Ghostbusters fan should be proud of this film. Ivan Reitman was proud of enough of it that he passed known it was good enough to BE a Ghostbusters movie.

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Some big gaps in some of those Legacyquels!!!

What did you all think? Any Legacyquel or Legacy Sequel did you think was awesome and did the previous entry justice?

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Renewed Top 10 - September Dump Month

Time for the September Dump Month List!!!!

You've been following along... so you get the whole Blockbuster/Dump Month idea. So let's get into September.

Starting with the Top 5 Domestic 

1. IT(9/8/2017) $328m

2. Shang-Chi(9/3/2021) $224m

3. IT Chapter 2(9/6/2019) $211m

4. Crocodile Dundee(9/26/1986) $174m

5. Hotel Transylvania 2(9/25/2015) $169m

Now let's get into my September list. This one was FUN!!!

Top 10 Movies Released In September

Here we go...

Honorable Mention 1: Hellraiser(9/18/1987): The original Hellraiser, based on Clive Barker's novella. Getting some attention because of the reboot coming up. It ALMOST made the list, but a different horror film deserved the spot.

Honorable Mention 2: 50/50(9/30/2011): Seth Rogen movie based on the life of a friend of his who was hit with a life changing cancer diagnoses. Seth Rogen playing himself(technically). Joseph Gordon Levitt playing the cancer stricken friend. And it was a great movie.

10. Tenet(9/3/2020): John David Washington showing he is as smooth as his daddy, Denzel. A movie about a unique take on time travel. A bit confusion at times... but worth it. Also felt like Robert Pattinson's Batman audition.

9. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs(9/18/2009): Cute animated movie about a genius who creates a machine that turns water into food, and it gets out of hand. Bill Hader... that is really all you need. But Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, and Mr. T all make this movie Great With A Chance Of Awesome.

8. The Good Son(9/24/1993): Macaulay Culkin playing a little psychopath trying to kill a little Elijah Wood. We get it... Frodo must die. But this was also in the era of Home Alone and Uncle Buck... and Culkin comes out swinging in this thriller. Child stardom can be cruel. Think of how Culkin would've turned out if he and the drugs hadn't found each other...

7. Rush Hour(9/18/1998): Jackie Chan is an action comedy legend. So pair him with the annoyingly voiced Chris Tucker. What would happen? Well... this was the start of an EPIC trilogy/franchise.

6. The Prophecy(9/1/1995): Christopher Walken as the Archangel Gabriel. Start of a franchise centered around an Angelic War. Elias Koteas as the detective caught in the middle of it. And Viggo Mortensen(pre-LOTR) as The Devil. THIS is the horror film that kept Hellraiser out as an Honorable Mention.

5. Dredd(9/21/2012): Reboot of the earlier Stallone movie. Karl Urban coming in as a younger Joseph Dredd. Never took his helmet off. Stayed true to the 2000 AD comics. And GORY!!! Not for the faint of Stomach. And I loved every bit of it.

4. To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar(9/8/1995): When you think of Wesley Snipes, you probably think of Blade. When you think of Patrick Swayze, you probably think of his kicking ass in Road House. When you think of John Leguizamo, you probably think of The Pest or Super Mario Bros or Ice Age. But what about the 3 of them together in a movie AS NYC drag queens driving across country to Hollywood for a "Miss Drag Queen of America" Pageant. Yeah. It is as funny as it sounds. Swayze and Leguizamo both got Golden Globe nominations for this movie. The perfect joke... but not implied.

3. The Last of the Mohicans(9/25/1992): I loved James Fenimore Cooper books when I was younger. They were big... they were interesting. And this is a pretty damn good adaptation. Plus, it introduced me to Daniel Day Lewis... and he may have won an Oscar or two.

2. IT(9/8/2017) & IT Chapter 2(9/6/2019): Remake of the classic Stephen King tryst. And I know not everyone agrees with me, but I like this version better. Solified Bill Hader as a star, showed the potential of Finn Wolfhard as a future star(playing the same character), shows that Andy Muschietti is careful with his work, and Bill Skarsgård can be whatever he wants to be in Hollywood(including The Crow, apparently).

And the Number 1 Movie Released In September Is...

1. Se7en(9/22/1995): A LEGENDARY film. One of Brad Pitt's best films. One of Morgan Freeman's best films. One of Kevin Spacey's best films. About an anonymous killer basing his murders on the seven deadly sins. One of the greatest thrillers in cinema history.

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Three Movies from September 1995!!!! Can you believe it?

What did you all think? Any movie that should've made the list?

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Until next time...

Don't forget...