This is how it goes: the first movie is a classic and makes tons of money.  So, “they” decide to make a sequel. It’s crap, but everyone goes to see it anyway since the first one was so good.  Since the second movie made so much money, “they” figure that they can make another sequel.  But, by this time the public has caught on.  The third sequel is crap too, and it flops.  Thus ends the cycle… or does it?