Werebelushi rants: Sequels

(We see a male Werebelushi who looks and sounds like John Belushi sitting outside a movie theater)

Werebelushi:

Hello i'm That Werebelushi In The Shades and welcome to another edition of Werebelushi Rants.

One thing my friend the Weremightyena agrees with me on is that they're just too many sequels and spin-offs and this is what today's rant is about.

Since I already mentioned how Hollywood is running out of ideas, but this time this is about sequels and spinoffs and franchises.

It seems that with sequels they tend to get sillier and more ridiculous, with the Nightmare On Elm Street series being a good example of this.

Actually a large number of horror sequels tend to get goofier rather than scarier, but at least some have the decency to end at a fourth or fifth installment. I Know What You Did Last Summer is what comes to mind for that.

I have no problems with the first movie or the other ones that came out but I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Why? Because one of the killer's first victims is Jack Black's character. You monster! How dare you kill off Jack Black!

I'd like to also bring up the Spiderman and Batman movies. The reboots are pretty good but again...given both the history of these movies, it's hard to look past that.

Especially one particular Batman movie that was infamous for making the Nostalgia Critic go beserk.

Also Disney was overly fond of doing these sequel movies for a long while, especially to THEIR OWN MOVIES. Good thing John Lassetter put a stop to that.

One other sequel problem i'd like to bring up is: Sequels to Jim Carrey movies that don't involve Jim in the slightest.

Jim Carrey is one of the few comedians I know of who never does the same movie twice with the exception of Ace Ventura.

But there is an annoying trait that some film companies make and that is to make sequels to his movies without any involvement from him.

Evan Almighty was good, but the others....uggggh...Jim Carrey would be ashamed if he saw these. Especially Son Of The Mask.

There is one particular movie sequel I have a huge beef with and that is Blues Brothers 2000. Talk about something that wasn't needed. The original Blues Brothers is timeless, it doesn't need a crappy sequel.

The performances seemed mostly wooden especially Akyroyd, who I usually enjoy no matter what movie he's in.

They never ever explain how or why John Belushi's character Jake died, it's only brought up at the beginning and never mentioned anywhere else.

Although the movie is dedicated to his memory, I bet Belushi is crying right now. Or tossing in his grave. Actually one creepypasta I read states that if you play the movie backgrounds, you can actually hear Belushi's voice crying for help.

They try to replace Belushi as well, Mighty Mack is an okay character and John Goodman is a great actor but he should have turned this movie down.

The little kid Buster is also unnecessarily, again - the Tagalong Kid/Ascended Fanboy/The "Scrappy Doo" character types were all over the place in movies, tv and animation anyway. Remember Justin from Power Rangers Turbo?

And also there are lot of Big Lipped Aligator Moments in this movie especially the whole Queen Mousette scene, I know it was for the battle of the bands but it was just flatout...What the fuck?

I can understand the Blues Brothers band having a car that can fly and all that, but the supernatural elements?

Like the band being turned into zombies and singing Funky Nasseau. Are they trying to copy Michael Jackson's Thriller or are they just trying to rip off Beetlejuice's famous Day'O Banana Boat scene?

If they were trying to copy Beetlejuice, then they should have had Glenn Shadix play Mighty Mack. He could have made Mighty Mack a bit like Otho at the beginning. Plus you know the Funky Nasseau number would have suited him, since you know unlike John Goodman - he actually WAS from the south. Plus you know, Shadix actually could sing - in fact he did both the speaking AND singing voice for the Mayor in Nightmare Before Christmas.

Also the choice of a villain with magical powers is extremely cliche. It's ALREADY BEEN DONE IN COUNTLESS FANTASY MOVIES BEFORE AND THAT INCLUDES DISNEY. Besides the whole voodoo aspect was done a lot better later on in The Princess And The Frog.

And the fact executive meddling came into play and the movie got a PG rating, the original had an R rating. The fact that Akyroyd still insisted on doing the movie even though Landis was against the idea - truly that shows how bad the final product was going to be.

I mean what kid has ever heard of the Blues Brothers? Well apart from the episode of Drake and Josh where the two boys perform Soul Man at a talent show. Hey, at least that was actually good.

It took 18 years to make this piece of crap? That's unbelievable. The original should have just been left alone.

And also...again....there are just so many Big Lipped Aligator moments in it that i'm surprised Nostalgia Critic hasn't reviewed this or put the Funky Nasseau scene on the Nostalgic Mindfuck moments list.

Although I do admit the Ghost Riders in the Sky musical number is pretty awesome, like something out of a Meatloaf album cover. But the rest is inexcusable.

I mean you've got the band turning into zombies, russian nazis becoming rat and the bluesmobile going underwater and people think that the idea of a werebelushi is stupid? I would like to give these people a piece of my mind.

Also the fact it had 2000 in the title which was another popular 90's trend - you know to add the number 2000 at the end of it?

Sometimes a sequel or spin-off can be good and other times they just make you think: "What the hell was that?"

Either way, it just goes to show you that hollywood seems to be running out of good ideas or forgot how to do original storytelling properly.

I'm That Werebelushi In The Shades and this has been my rant on sequels, now if you excuse me i'm going to go and send a complaint letter to Dan Akyroyd and John Landis for making Blues Brothers 2000.