Should there be an attempt to limit this page to where the sequels are less widely known (or respected) DESPITE being better (or as good as) the original? I realize there's elements of YMMV to that, but it seems like a lot of these examples don't fit that second clause.
A good example on this page is Yu-Gi-Oh, which acknowledges that the sequels were improvements over the original in some way.
A bad example on this page is Highlander, where the later installments are virtually universally recognized as inferior.
I removed this:
- Stephen King's The Dark Tower series is arguably this, the first novel the Gunslinger is condenced to only what's necesarry to the plot and crafts a mysterious world which bears many resemblences to Earth, sadly the sequels got more padded out and ruined the magic of the original. King even altered the Gunslinger later on similar to what Lucas did to the original Star Wars Trilogy.
I have no idea if this example fits the trope (I'm unfamiliar with the books), but it sounds like it was put here simply to complain. It says nothing about whether Gunslinger is more known than the others.
Not sure if this would count or what, since it's a fictional example. Rather than being bold I'm entering it here.
- In the book Paperback Writer, an Alternate Universe/What If? story about the Beatles, they reunite 10 years after they break up. When they go on tour, John Lennon has an epiphany:
We were Bill Haley out there!...I had this weird feeling, like what Bill Haley must have felt for the last twenty-five years singing 'Rock Around the Clock.' He's got to hate that song even more than I hate 'She Loves You' but he's in the same boat as us. He's a prisoner of his past...It's not the idea of singing oldies that bothers me, it's the fact that it's all they want to hear. They don't give a shit about our recent songs, and God knows they've got no use for our new album."
It's super effective.
- Disneyland is generally considered the best of Disney's 11 theme parks, although Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom gets higher attendance due to the sheer size of the WDW Resort drawing in more people from a larger area.
Uhh, what. People seriously prefer the California park to the Florida one? I like both, but you have got to be kidding me. It couldn't be the quality of the park that drives more people toward it.
Edited by OldManHoOh
Wizzard
Pulled this from the Alice entry:
- Although the 2010 film has almost entirely ignored the first story and gone straight into the sequel - an intelligent choice storywise, but the dance scene - oh that dance scene.
The 2010 film ignores both stories and creates its own original sequel. And it's still based more on Wonderland than Through the Looking Glass.
Edited by DaibhidC
Purged a bunch of video game examples that were actually about second installments (Earthbound, Street Fighter II, Tecmo Super Bowl) or claimed "two firsts" (Mario, Zelda).