Sequels that Don't Exist

Here is my preliminary list of movies with sequels (or later produced prequels) that don't exist in my mind.

5. Ghostbusters - The original is an all-time classic, the sequel is mediocre. To me there only exists one Ghostbusters movie. I hear there is talk of a third movie where the original cast passes the reins to new busters. Why can't they just let good movies be? I don't want to see Ben Stiller, Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler as the Ghostbusters.


4. Jaws - This is one of the greatest suspense/horror movies ever made. But the shark got blown to bits (in a totally non-reality based manner) at the end of the first movie. Series over. Jaws 2-4 do not exist in my world.


3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark - Original, great. Sequel, decent. Last Crusade, good. Crystal Skull? What is this Crystal Skull you speak of? Does not exist.


2. The Matrix - The original was one of the best sci-fi movies ever. It still has great re-watchability. The camera work and the wire stunts were incredible. Even Keanu Reeves was good, and that takes some doing. The second one had a couple of cool scenes but went nowhere and the third made me want to do a back flip, roundhouse, slow motion, bullet time, computer generated kick to the Wachowski brothers' faces. How can you not know the end of that movie is supposed to be the audience seeing that all the characters we like are still batteries, they never left the pod and the machines win by letting us think we win?


1. Star Wars - The first three movies (episodes 4,5 and 6) are the greatest trilogy of all time. Everything comes together perfectly. I have seen those movies more than 50 times each. Han Solo is the archetype for almost every flawed hero since 1977. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 are the most expensive ads for toys ever produced. 1, 2 and 3 do not exist because they suck and never needed to exist.