h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

As I see it, you generally have 3 kinds of sequels:

A sequel made because the author hadn't finished telling the story or wanted to tell another:
Which will usually feature familiar characters acting in ways you expect them to, may answer questions from previous installments and usually aren't a bad thing.

A sequel made because there was more money to be gained from the franchise:
Where a story reached a satisfying conclusion, but another one was written when it really didn't have to be. Seems to happen to animated movies quite a lot.

Someone else's interpretation:
I'm a bit wary here. It's going to usually be either a blatant cash grab or an attempt at a faithful extension. Sometimes it'll go well, sometimes not. The problem I find is that someone else's interpretation of a story is never quite the same as your own, so as long as you can go in and ignore any initial ideas you'd formed for yourself...


They can be terrible (I'm reluctant to acknowledge that the new Indiana Jones exists), but the can also good things and enrich a franchise quite well. I mean, look at Ghostbusters.

Spyro
seriosly though the origional tilogy was fantastic, then it went a little down hill, then they reboted it and it hit the floor

sounds about right there.
Toy story didnt Need the continuation but it still ended up being na great film, though i do kind of expect that from Pixar, particuralry when they werent part of disney