Agree with the Jurassic Park, Star Wars prequels, PoTC, Terminator shout outs. The terrible sequels hurt the series badly.
I would add another comics series to the discussion, X-Men, the series that opened the floodgate for wipespread comics book adaptations in Hollywood. The first one was a decent introduction of the series, the second one escalated the battles but the third one felt soulless. They killed off freaking cyclops before anything even happened. At least the reboot with X-men first class was a nice surprise last year to breathe some life back to the franchise.
I would add another comics series to the discussion, X-Men, the series that opened the floodgate for wipespread comics book adaptations in Hollywood. The first one was a decent introduction of the series, the second one escalated the battles but the third one felt soulless. They killed off freaking cyclops before anything even happened. At least the reboot with X-men first class was a nice surprise last year to breathe some life back to the franchise.