{"id":6251,"date":"2016-07-29T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2016-08-01T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T08:29:58","slug":"friday-five-sequels-that-were-surprisingly-better-than-the-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/29\/friday-five-sequels-that-were-surprisingly-better-than-the-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Five: Sequels that were surprisingly better than the original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of <i>10 Cloverfield Lane<\/i>, the surprisingly fantastic basement thriller sequel to monster movie <i>Cloverfield<\/i> which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray this week<i>, <\/i>this week\u2019s Friday Five is dedicated to sequels that were surprisingly better than the movies that came before them.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Toy Story 3<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/Jn7LR02hiUCzK\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/disneypixar-disney-pixar-Jn7LR02hiUCzK\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the success of <i>Toy Story<\/i>, Pixar took the almighty risk of making a sequel. Somehow, it was as good as, if not better, than the original.<\/p>\n<p>Most people would be happy with that achievement. Not Pixar. 10 years later, they decided to make <i>another<\/i> sequel. Surely this would be the end of the <i>Toy Story<\/i> series?<\/p>\n<p>Not a chance. <i>Toy Story 3<\/i>, which sees the toys shifted off to a nursery after a mix-up during Andy\u2019s move to college, is every bit as hilarious and heartfelt as the original.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s so good that it made grown men and women blub like babies in public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/toy-story-3-dvd\"><b>Buy Toy Story 3 on DVD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/toy-story-3-2-disc-blu-ray-blu-ray\"><b>Buy Toy Story 3 on Blu-Ray<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/xTiTntOKF6uzXbMX28\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/star-wars-trailer-the-force-awakens-xTiTntOKF6uzXbMX28\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be honest: you were worried this was going to be rubbish, weren\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, <i>The Force Awakens<\/i> was easily the best <i>Star Wars<\/i> movie since <i>Return of the Jedi<\/i>, and it was arguably better than that too.<\/p>\n<p>Combining old favourites with new characters, <i>The Force Awakens<\/i> harks back to the glory days of Han, Chewie and Leia while building a bright future for the series with Rey, Finn and stroppy Darth Vader superfan Kylo Ren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/fordharrisstarwarsep\"><b>Buy Star Wars: The Force Awakens on DVD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/fordharrisstarwarsep-d8e80a72-ac6d-4dc7-8c69-9f9fcdbcb1c9\"><b>Buy Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Blu-Ray<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Army of Darkness<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/W9SZomVe09Xws\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/W9SZomVe09Xws\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do you follow one of the most influential horror movies of all time?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, you send the chainsaw-wielding character back to the 14th century and have him embark on a <i>Jason and the Argonauts-<\/i>esque quest to find a magical book that will send him back home.<\/p>\n<p>And have him kill lots of undead baddies in a series of gruesome ways, of course.<\/p>\n<p><i>Army of Darkness<\/i> is completely ridiculous from start to finish and it knows it. What it loses in the horror stakes it more than makes up for in the laughs, and it cements Bruce Campbell\u2019s Ash as one of cinema\u2019s greatest (and incompetent) heroes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/army-of-darkness-evil-dead-3-dvd-19-dvd\"><b>Buy Army of Darkness on DVD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/army-of-darkness-evil-dead-3-blu-ray\"><b>Buy Army of Darkness on Blu-Ray<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>22 Jump Street<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/HC6WaTdkl6idO\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/22-jump-street-HC6WaTdkl6idO\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the surprise success of <i>21 Jump Street<\/i>, itself a remake of a beloved 80s TV series, a sequel was inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>But far from being a lazy retread, <i>22 Jump Street<\/i> laughs at its premise and Hollywood sequels at pretty much every opportunity. The chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (who could easily carve out a second career in comedy) is even better in this one too.<\/p>\n<p>And, let\u2019s not forget, it gave the world this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkBx0gMGuhY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/22-jump-street\"><b>Buy 22 Jump Street on DVD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/22-jump-street-blu-ray\"><b>Buy 22 Jump Street on Blu-Ray<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Day of the Dead<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3oreR3CdhS61RMbom4\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/shudder-horror-zombie-zombies-3oreR3CdhS61RMbom4\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final part of George A Romero\u2019s original <i>Dead<\/i> trilogy didn\u2019t go down well when it was released. It was much darker than <i>Dawn of the Dead<\/i>, with less humour and less hope for humanity. Well, no hope for humanity really &#8211; the whole world had been taken over by zombies.<\/p>\n<p>Time has been kind to <i>Day of the Dead<\/i>, though. The cynical tone, which suggests the surviving humans are as much of a threat as the brainmunchers outside, has influenced everything from <i>28 Days Later <\/i> to <i>The Walking Dead<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also one of the only zombie movies to have an actual zombie as a main character; the lovable Bub is able to shave, use a cassette recorder and even make friends with humans. He can also use a gun, because why not give a flesh-hungry monster another way to kill people?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/day-of-the-dead-1985-dvd\"><b>Buy Day of the Dead on DVD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Which sequels do you prefer to the original? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget, you can <a title=\"buy 1000s of Blu-Rays and DVDs\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\">buy 1000s of Blu-Rays and DVDs<\/a> from just \u00a31.19 on the musicMagpie Store (plus you\u2019ll get FREE delivery too!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/film-tv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5210\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honour of 10 Cloverfield Lane, the surprisingly fantastic basement thriller sequel to monster movie Cloverfield which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, this week\u2019s Friday Five is dedicated to sequels that were surprisingly better than the movies that came before them. 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