do we really need a movie to explain
every piece of information like how
character a met character be or how
science works in a sci-fi flick anyway
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for this list we're taking a look at
prequels and origin films that we simply
did not need whether it was for over
explaining things or they were just
plain bad number 10 x-men origins
Wolverine it's no secret that x-men
origins Wolverine is practically
despised on a universal scale the
writing was abysmally cliche the story
was terribly uninspired and worst of all
Deadpool was anything but Deadpool great
I'm stuck in an elevator with five guys
and I protein down oh wait dreams really
do come true critical potshots aside
what puts this movie on the list is the
time of its release by this point three
x-men movies had already come out with
the adamantium man in tow and were far
more entertaining to watch who didn't
know Wolverine already origins on the
other hand felt like a lazy attempt to
keep the franchise going while the
studio scrambled to figure out what to
do next
had the movie been somewhat decent maybe
fans would have been a little more
forgiving but it wasn't so they weren't
go down this road you're not gonna like
what you find
number nine Hannibal Rising part of what
made the Silence of the Lambs so
terrifying was Hannibal Lecter's
menacing presence and mysterious past
thanks to Anthony Hopkins performance
audiences were chilled to the bone from
his disturbing demeanor moaning dr.
Lecter my name is Clarice Starling I
speak with you know one of Jack Crawford
aren't you the story could have ended
there but alas here we are with Hannibal
rising a prequel focused on how Hannibal
became an infamous serial killer
unfortunately the movie put Hannibal
into a sympathetic light by making him
an antihero which destroyed how he
perceived the character judging from the
film's box office numbers nobody was
asking for Hannibal Lecter's origin
story I would have used the butcher's
knife this hold seems appropriate number
eight Dracula untold with the Marvel
Cinematic Universe exploding in the
2010s
everyone tried jumping on the bandwagon
and developing their own cinematic
universes
however if Iron Man was the massive
plate of steaming cheese fries to start
the MCU buffet then Dracula untold was
universal serving of a few stale or
mozzarella sticks sometimes the world no
longer needs a hero sometimes what it
needs is a monster with dull action and
sheer negligence on the appeal of
Dracula as a character Dracula untold
felt like another I Frankenstein a sad
attempt to revitalize classic characters
into edgy action heroes I was cast into
being in the winter of 1795
a living corpse without a soul Universal
best decided to have the mummy serve as
the new launching point for their dark
universe and we all know how that turned
out number seven prometheus
on the surface Prometheus look like it
was bound to be another hit in the Alien
franchise Ridley Scott helming the
project is director check Michael
Fassbender Charlize Theron and Idris
Elba as part of the main cast check
astounding visual effects with the story
focused on where the Xenomorphs came
from check
so what went wrong well let's put it
this way prequels and origin stories
typically serve to explain things and
explain them well
Prometheus only ended up bringing more
material to the table that only stirred
up more questions in other words it did
what a prequel should not do and left us
wondering if we really needed this
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number 6 Catwoman honestly a Catwoman
movie sounds like an excellent idea
which makes it a shame that the one we
got in 2004 was such a disaster you know
my friend Sally what she says about me
she says that I mom fun in addition to
cheesy dialogue in bizarre
cinematography Catwoman put on a
spectacle of negligence to its own
source material creating its own
character with an entirely different
back story than Selina Kyle's you like
the sushi it's good wait if it isn't
Selina Kyle or any of the other comic
book characters who donned the persona
then this isn't a Catwoman movie what
was the point of making a Catwoman movie
if you aren't even using a character
that audiences would be familiar with oh
this was just frustrating I can't
you have fake number 5 oz the great and
powerful on paper oz the great and
powerful seem to be an excellent choice
for a film after all an origin story
would be an effective way to reintroduce
the franchise to newer audiences
unfortunately the project was not
thought out well a decorated war hero
your grandmother yes she was killed in
battle poor thing which battle which
battle there are so many you've heard of
the Battle of kreplach the entire movie
consisted of James Franco going around
and swindling everyone eventually
causing one of the good witches to
become the Wicked Witch of the West and
basically invading Oz to become its
ruler the character comes off as a total
jerk leading us to wonder why he was
chosen as the focus for an origin movie
not even director Sam Raimi had interest
in making a sequel so what was the point
in any of this number for the Scorpion
King to rise of a warrior
the Scorpion King was already a pretty
unnecessary origin story not to mention
one of the lesser entries in the mummy
franchise and somehow they managed to
top themselves by making a terrible
prequel to a terrible prequel listen I
will kill that bastard someday everyone
knows he makes sacrifices to the dark
gods and they've given him black magical
powers with ugly visuals awful writing a
predictable plot and production value
that screams cheap rise of a warrior had
absolutely no reason to exist when I
decided I didn't like battles and kill
as much as I thought I would the reviews
for this direct-to-video movie made the
first Scorpion King look like a
masterpiece by comparison leaving many
to wonder who thought continuing this
series was a good idea and can you
believe that there were three more
sequels made after this one how was it
you see this don't the legend say you'll
lose your powers if you
number three dumb and Dumberer When
Harry Met Lloyd if you aren't going to
involve the original cast and crew then
why bother making a sequel or even a
prequel that was precisely the question
that was asked when the world was given
dumb and Dumberer a prequel that showed
how Harry and Lloyd became best friends
well if you're genuinely curious to find
out you get your answer early on in the
movie the rest of the 85 minute flick is
bloated with bad jokes and annoying gags
nothing they do makes any sense which is
which is which is why we created the
special needs push all in all Dumb and
Dumber was not the type of movie that
needed an origin story and remembering
this mess suddenly makes Dumb and Dumber
to seem much more digestible number two
solo a Star Wars story with Star Wars
going through an insanely aggressive
resurgence in the late 2010's no one
could have expected an origin story for
Han Solo to become a box-office bomb
good luck han Solo what are you flying
in no time some mates say solos failure
stemmed from too much Star Wars content
while others would point to the film's
mediocre quality I'm sure you've noticed
London has feelings for me well those
would be plausible causes another factor
could be that audiences didn't care did
we really need a look into the smugglers
early years look I came up running scams
on the streets of Corellia I was
boosting av21 when I was ten did we
really need an explanation for how Han
met Chewie was it really necessary to
see the Kessel run no and yet Disney
thought we needed to for some reason
just have to find a faster route there
isn't one you can't make the Kessel run
in less than 20 parsecs watch me before
we get to the most unnecessary origin
story of them all here are a few
dishonorable mentions
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listen Sundance he was naming you
shooting me oh well that's okay
guy almost kills me who is a tool kids
music now here is a monster who looks
like a scarer all right you don't have
to crow batter number one The
Flintstones in Viva rock Vegas
despite being a lousy movie the 1994
movie adaptation of The Flintstones made
nearly 300 million dollars over its
relatively low budget clearly enough
people knew the modern Stone Age family
to see the movie and yet Universal would
go on to make one of the worst prequels
ever in 2000 The Flintstones in Viva
rock Vegas focused on developing
backstories for the show's main
characters like how Fred met Wilma and
how they adopted Dino however it relied
too heavily on coming up with
explanations and forgot to be a good
movie besides the Flintstones has been
around since the 60s and is known by
millions of people to this day do we
really need an origin story
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