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    franklinshepard: Ladies and gentlemen, the first Emmy-nominated animated series for Best Comedy. Cause it's so SMART! and ORIGINAL! more »
    Cash907Censored: Anyone watch the Star Wars Spectacular on G4? Is it just me, or was that the most uncomfortable couple of hours that's ever been televised? Aside fr... more »
    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: Blah. I have absolutely zero interest in this - I’ll stick with re-watching Robot Chicken Star Wars I and II. On a side note - I just bought the se... more »
    dredgman: Ugh, they're doing a second one?! The first was terrible. In fact, while I still do chuckle at Family Guy know and then, over all it's terrible. Se... more »
    Bill-Lee: I wasn't impressed by their first Star Wars "parody". It was less parody and more shot for shot animated remake with Family Guy characters and some la... more »
    Slovenly Muse: EVIL DEAD 2! Not only was it scarier than the original, it was also a whole lot of fun! Best of the series, IMO. more »
    John Thomas: What about 2010. I just recently watched both it and 2001: A Space Odyssey again on HBO and enjoyed the hell out of both of them. But while 2001 was r... more »
    Bill-Lee: I thought the theatrical release of Aliens was so-so but the director's cut that includes the scene about Ripley's daughter having grown up, lived her... more »
    grime: oh io9, you can do SO much better than this. more »
    Julius Seizure - Canuck: Thank you for "Aliens". Twenty years later I can still feel the energy in the performances - and the theatre. 3D, memorable characters and some of the... more »
    Purple Dave: According to some special feature on the Road Warrior DVD, The Road Warrior is not, strictly speaking, a sequel to Mad Max. They basically decided to ... more »
    PansyLubooian: I must be missing something. There's no other reason to account for why Chronicles of Riddick isn't on this list. more »
    cletar: Are there any examples of a third film being better than a second? Or a first? more »
    RedAntisocial: Agree with the whole list, (even the Robocop 2 bit), one missing from the list perhaps is "Batman: The Dark Knight". While I know it's been listed to ... more »
    Dr Wadd: Although it is going to be contentious, I`m going to offer up Escape from LA for the list. While it isn`t as good as EfNY, it certainly isn`t as bad a... more »
    redspidey: I'd argue that Star Trek VI belongs on the list as much as Star Trek II, unless you want to bring up that II is a direct sequel to an episode of the s... more »
    goldfarb: not only are these films examples of sequels that didn't suck, almost all of them are examples of sequels that are better than the movies they followed. more »
    if'n: Bill Paxton's penultimate role. Seriously. more »
    tetracycloide: dear god charlie what have you done, there's a stampeed of raging internet commenters ready to innundate us with every movie that should be on the lis... more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: As a fan of Richard Donner and Superman 2 I can say that you can skip the directors cut. more »
  • #familyguy

    Family Guy Creators Tease Just How Their Empire Will Strike Back In Next Star Wars Spoof

    Family Guy will soon revisit Star Wars, as the show's Comic Con panel unveiled new footage from their upcoming Empire Strikes Back parody. The entire episode is due out by Christmas – if they can get it done in time. More »
  • #sequels

    15 Science Fiction Movie Sequels That Don't Utterly Suck

    Transformers 2 suffered from a terrible case of sequel-itis, raising our fears that upcoming Star Trek and Iron Man sequels will contract this deadly ailment. But it doesn't have to be that way: Here are 15 sequels that didn't suck. More »
  • #starwars

    The Empire's Last AT-AT Act Of Destruction