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Xeybozn posted...

I actually liked Toy Story 4 more than 3. Never really got the whole "we don't need this movie" complaining; it's not like the other sequels were super necessary themselves.

Well, I mean, a lot of Pixar movies can theoretically work as standalone films and don't NEED sequels, but some universes have the ability to expand. Toy Story one was just a world of sentient toys, and Toy Storys 2 and 3 expanded that by taking the original concept and first adding the idea of a toy being abandoned (Toy Story 2), and then actively showing what happens when your kid outgrows his toys. While the franchise could easily stop at 1, the writers had concepts that worked for 2 and 3. While I still really enjoyed Toy Story 4, I can fully admit that it feels unnecessary. Toy Story 3 wrapped up what the franchise could do, and the plot of Toy Story 4 is basically "What happens when your SECOND kid outgrows you".

Similarly, it really comes down to "do the writers have a story they want to tell that makes this sequel worthwhile". In a lot of cases, especially on this list compared to some of our others, I feel like they didn't. A lot of the sequels have this air of "this property is popular...let's make something new with it to sell new merch", and the story is secondary. Incredibles 2 is a HUGE example of this, because it's one of the only sequels on this list that I think should have been good, and was just let down by the writers. You have a completely untouched, standalone superhero universe, and the end of the first movie was basically heroes saving the day and proving their worth to society...and then you just write a sequel that's a rehash of the first movie.