It ’s prequel time , with Caprica newly out on videodisc and both Star Trek and Wolverine hit theaters soon . So we decided to rank 10 science fiction prequels in order of crappiness .
According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word “ prequel ” was really invent for skill fiction by Anthony Boucher , writing in the Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1958 . But prequels have become ever more coarse in recent years , with prequels to The affair and I Am Legend also in the works .
Star Trek and Wolverine may work out be the greatest movies ever – and Caprica was way better than I ’d hop . But let ’s confront it : most prequels are awful . And by prequel , I mean something that take us back before the start of a saga , to show us the events that conduce up to the saga ’s root . So Phantom Menace is a prequel , but Batman Begins is n’t . Okay ?
So … starting with least sucky , and working our way up to suckiest , here are 10 science fiction prequels that are already out there :
10 ) Wild Seed by Octavia Butler . This is one of my favorite novels ever , so it ’s hard to trust Butler in reality save it after three other novel in the Patternmaster series . It tell the human relationship between a telepath named Doro and a shapeshifter name Anyanwu . Their telepathic descendants later become ultra - powerful in the novels nous Of My thinker and Patternmaster , which Butler wrote in the first place but are localise later .
9 ) preliminary To Foundation by Isaac Asimov . One of Asimov ’s later Foundation al-Qur’an was actually a prelude , telling the account of Hari Seldon ’s early days . And Seldon turns out to have hang out with R. Daneel Olivaw , who ’s operating under the name Demerzel . By all score , it ’s pretty worthwhile addition to the saga , althoughthis guy wire says“the characters seem unusually shallow , even for Asimov , ” and mayhap we did n’t require to know that much about Seldon ’s early life .
- Caprica . Like I say , this was right smart better than I ’d hoped . This Battlestar Galactica prequel , fresh on DVD , is a slenderly overwrought melodrama , but it does research interesting enquiry about artificial intelligence and the difference between a digital copy of a person and the “ tangible ” mortal . The least interesting thing about it is how it ’s go to connect with BSG .
7 ) When The Tripods amount by John Christopher . Did we really call for to know how the alien Masters conquered humanity ? The original Tripods trilogy starts out with humans already conquered , and then fills in the details of how it bechance . But source Brian Aldiss importune it was n’t credible these aliens could have conquer twentieth one C humans , with our awful technology . So Christopher go back and wrote a prequel , explain how the Masters took us over using mind restraint via a television show called The Trippy Show . Not really an crucial add-on , and it somewhat dilutes the awesomeness of start up with humanity already jam .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9HztgEj2Qo
6 ) Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom . Not well-nigh as big as Crystal Skull , but not about as good as Lost Ark , this pic is actually the early cinematic Jones chronicle , despite coming out after Raiders . It has a few highlights , like the early poisoning sequence , the subterranean train following and the heavy weapon / knife competitiveness . But it ’s mostly cheesy and dull where Raiders was sharp and fun .
5 ) The Dune Prequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson . Frank Herbert publish six Dune books . And since his death , his boy and Anderson have written 10,000 Christian Bible , mostly set before the original novel . They include Lost Lunch Menu Of Dune and We Were Going To Have A Jihad But Then We Found That Lunch Menu And resolve To Get Lunch or else , Of Dune . Just jibe out David Louis Edelman ’s reviewof the prequels , in which he calls them out for pointless unpleasantness , turn Baron Harkkonen into a toon , and puddle “ a much - studied and luxuriously detailed universe of discourse a smaller place . ”
4 ) Cube Zero . I do n’t know much about this prequel to the first two Cube films , but it reckon totally awesome . train it out :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rift2YECKOI
3 ) The Aliens Vs . Predator cinema . These are essentially prequels to the original Alien films , since they take place on present - day Earth , before humankind have pass around out across the stars . And if Aliens Vs Predator : Requiem had been a hit , the director be after a third AVP film which would have link up the series to Alien straightaway . Thank goodness for minor mercies . The first AVP film is pointless , if fun . The 2d one ? My . Head . Hurts . I watched it sedate , and still have no estimation what was going on , especially with the Turducken - like PredAlien loan-blend .
2 ) Star Trek : Enterprise . The unexampled Trek movie already has a huge advantage : It ca n’t be as annoying as this looking at the “ original ” Enterprise , with constant sequences of underwear - clad decontamination and people ’s limb getting pregnant . I still do n’t infer what the “ worldly moth-eaten state of war ” was about ( why was it a cold war ? ) and who that shadowy figure was . And later episode spent way too long giving us the parentage of Khan , the Klingon head - bumps , and Vulcan pacifism . Even the producers thought the show was so tedious , it would be better to end it with Riker and Troi play dress - up .
1 ) Star warfare : Episodes I - III . Ack . I do n’t even know where to start . I really spend right smart too much time in the shower attempt to figure out how these could have been compelling movies , rather of fustian . I think the biggest problem is that we never once settle for Anakin Skywalker , or manage what happens to him . It would be a challenge to make us root for the guy cable we know is going to become Darth Vader , but that ’s the challenge you take on when you decide to order this story . or else , George Lucas punts , fix Anakin an unlikable twerp from day one .
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