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00:00When Iron Man concluded with a post-credits scene of Nick Fury teasing the Avengers,
00:05it was regarded as a very risky move. At the time, the biggest comic fans didn't honestly
00:10believe they would see Earth's mightiest heroes on the big screen within a couple of years.
00:15And boy, were we wrong. But ever since the MCU became the most dominant franchise in cinema,
00:21it would seem that every other film is jumping on the bandwagon, teasing the prospect of
00:25sequels, prequels and crossovers. So with that in mind then, I'm Ellie with WhatCulture here with
00:31the 10 Worst Sequel Baiting Moments in Recent Movies.
00:36Number 10, Artemis Fowl. After the success of Harry Potter, Hollywood scrambled to adapt
00:42every book series they could find into a motion picture, hoping to strike gold. But even the
00:48greatest story can fall apart when it transitions to cinema. The Chronicles of Narnia flopped. The
00:54Divergent series remains unfinished, and Percy Jackson taps out after only two movies.
01:00But few film adaptations have failed as spectacularly as Artemis Fowl. With visionary director Kenneth
01:07Branagh taking the reins of the production, it felt like he would do justice to this classic story.
01:12I mean, this is the guy who adapted obscure superhero Thor for the big screen, turning him
01:17into an icon. Surely, adapting a story about a sinister kid genius battling fairies would be
01:22right up his street, right? Wrong. Artemis Fowl was ripped apart for its childish jokes,
01:29its weak dialogue, and the pointless changes to the source material. I mean, the fact that the
01:34titular character was changed to be more likeable, despite being the main villain, just goes to show
01:39that the filmmakers clearly didn't understand the premise. But considering the failed franchise
01:44concludes with Artemis and the gang flying off in a helicopter for their next mission, it was obvious
01:49the studio genuinely believed that they had a hit on their hands.
01:53Number 9. Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City
01:56At its core, Resident Evil is a survivor horror game. And even though that's blatantly obvious,
02:03Paul W.S. Anderson never got the memo, since the questionable director's adaptation of Capcom's
02:08cherished series were dumb action flicks with less brains than the zombies.
02:12So when it was announced that the reboot, Resident Evil Welcome to Raccoon City, was set to be an
02:18outright horror, set in the mansion from the game, fans felt that the franchise might be redeemed.
02:25But somehow, Welcome to Raccoon City ruined Resident Evil's name more than Resident Evil 6.
02:31Every character acts like an idiot, the dialogue is worse than the source material, somehow,
02:36the scares never work and the fan service is forced. Except the itchy tasty bit. Kudos for that.
02:42This reboot is so badly put together that you might actually find yourself defending Paul W.S.
02:48Anderson's version after all. But judging by the end credits scene, it would seem that the studio
02:53had high hopes for it. In the scene we see Albert Wesker, the game's big bad, don his iconic sunglasses
03:00as he teams up with fan favourite Ada Wong. Even though this moment hints that there's more to come,
03:05viewers could tell within minutes of watching Welcome to Raccoon City that it never stood a chance at
03:11creating a franchise.
03:12Number 8. Jem and the Holograms
03:15Being a Hasbro-based property, the animated series Jem was clearly made to sell toys. But then again,
03:21what cartoon made in the 80s wasn't? Jem centres around a musician and her band going on adventures
03:27across the globe while battling rival music gangs. Even though the show could have been a soulless cash
03:33grab, Jem had a lot of heart, catchy tunes and wonderful animation. So when a film adaptation
03:39called Jem and the Holograms was announced, fans were beyond excited. But not only was the movie
03:44obliterated by critics, it only made a measly $2 million worldwide. Nevertheless, somebody overseeing
03:51the project was so certain Jem and the Holograms would be its success, a teaser for a follow-up was
03:57inserted in the mid-credits. In the scene, the evil music producer Erica, fresh from losing her job,
04:03stumbles into an alleyway where she meets the band leader of the Misfits. Because the Misfits
04:08served as the recurring villain of the original show, this scene implied the band would be the
04:13main antagonist for the sequel. But considering that most Jem fans didn't even know that this
04:18abomination existed, the likeliness of a sequel seeing the light of day is basically non-existent.
04:24Number 7, Robin Hood. There are few tales told more than that of Robin Hood. And because
04:32practically everyone is familiar with the story of the vigilante from Loxley who steals from the
04:37rich to give to the poor, it's actually quite surprising that a big time studio hasn't swooped
04:42in and tried to make this into a franchise sooner. But in 2018, Hollywood gave it a shot. Hot off
04:48the
04:48success of Kingsman, which we'll get to later in this list, Taron Egerton was cast as the fabled
04:53archer in Otto Barthur's Robin Hood. Even though the action-packed blockbuster concluded with Robin
04:59defeating the sheriff of Nottingham, the final scene shows the bombastic bowman challenging the
05:04new sheriff, teasing their rivalry in a future storyline. Sadly, or thankfully, depending on how
05:10you want to look at it, the sequel never came into fruition due to the film's lack of creative
05:14personality or visual distinction, and therefore it kind of just came across as derivative schlock.
05:20Because it tries to put a modern spin on a medieval folktale, it feels like a clone of 2017's King
05:27Arthur Legend of the Sword, which also attempted and failed to create a franchise.
05:33Number 6, Elita Battle Angel. Elita Battle Angel centres around a recently reactivated
05:39android who wakes up in the distant future. After she learns a mysterious sky city called Zalem
05:45has caused the world to fall into ruin, our enormously eyed heroine does all she can to
05:50bring peace to society. Now, being 16 years in the making, you would have expected this manga
05:56adaptation to have been in masterpiece, but unfortunately, Elita failed to win over critics
06:02and barely made a profit. Although Elita has its defenders, we can all agree that the last scene
06:07was a bit cringe. As the titular robot points her sword defiantly towards Zalem in the closing
06:13moments, we see the city's founder Nova gazing down at the city. At first, you can't see Nova's
06:19face properly due to the goofy visor he's wearing, but as he pulls his spectacles off, it's revealed
06:25that Nova is played by Edward Norton. Despite the fact this is supposed to be a profound moment,
06:30this glorified cameo doesn't add anything to the story, and feels like it was inserted just so viewers
06:36could go, oh, it's Edward Norton. Now, at this moment in time, the jury is still out as to whether
06:41a sequel is in the works, but whatever the verdict, it was a dumb idea to end the film with
06:46a three-time
06:47Oscar-nominated actor sneering into the camera while wearing a silly wig.
06:52Number five, The Predator. How do you get the guy behind Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys and Iron
06:59Man 3
07:00to make a Predator sequel and still screw it up? I mean, it sounds impossible, and yet the
07:06powers that be found a way. Make no mistake, Shane Black, who played Hawkins in the first
07:11Predator, has a gift for witty banter, creative action, and subverting expectations. As a result,
07:18it seemed like 2018's Predator could recapture what made the original so special. But instead,
07:24we got the worst entry in the franchise. Not including the Alien crossovers, of course,
07:28but those films are in a league of their own. Even though The Predator boasts a strong cast,
07:33it's not enough when the script is this abominable. I mean, who thought a Predator sequel needed a
07:38magical kid in the plot and a message about climate change? And because this film was reshot
07:44at the last minutes due to a poor screen test, it does make one wonder how awful the first cut
07:49must have been. But since the final scene shows our hero donning the alien suit to fight the Predators,
07:55it was obvious the filmmakers hoped a sequel would be greenlit. Fortunately, the studio had enough sense
08:01to scrap the follow-up. Number four, Moonfall. Roland Emmerich recently affirmed that he won't
08:07be fanboying over Marvel anytime soon. Which is ironic, considering he can't stop imitating the
08:13MCU's habit of hinting at sequels. He had Godzilla conclude with a to be continued. Independence Day
08:20resurgence ended with such unsubtle sequel bait, the cast might as well have just stared at the camera
08:25shouting, there's gonna be another one, even though there wasn't. And sadly, Emmerich doesn't seem to
08:30have learned from his mistakes, as he did intend for his most recent work Moonfall to launch a
08:36franchise. In the climax, conspiracy theorist Houseman destroys whatever the hell the villain
08:41is, sacrificing himself in the process. But in the final scene, we learn the Moon created a copy
08:47of Houseman. I know, it doesn't really make sense, just go with it. The Moon's creator looks at
08:52Houseman eagerly telling him they must get to work to prepare for a greater threat looming on the
08:57horizon. Now, although Emmerich did intend to shoot two sequels back to back, this idea was quickly
09:04dashed when it made a pitiful $57 million in the box office. And considering that this is the least
09:11successful mainstream movie that Emmerich has ever directed, I think it's safe to say that Moonfall 2
09:16isn't happening. Number 3, The King's Man. The third entry into Matthew Vaughan's Kingsman series
09:24takes place during World War I and focuses on the creation of Britain's biggest spy agency.
09:30Despite some great action and Rhys Ifand's scene-chewing performance as Rasputin, there's
09:36nothing in The King's Man that blew audiences away like the original. The prequel also feels so
09:41disconnected from the overarching plot of the franchise, it would have worked better if it
09:46was a standalone. Nevertheless, Vaughan seemed confident in its success, which is why The King's
09:51Man concludes with a big fat sequel tease. Although the British spies seemingly destroyed the flock in
09:57the climax, the mid-credits scene reveals that one survivor, Hanneson, has taken charge of the
10:03organisation. Preparing to destroy the Kingsman, Hanneson meets his new ally, a young Austrian soldier
10:09called Adolf Hitler. Now although the filmmakers clearly expected this reveal to leave Jaws on the
10:16floor, it kind of just felt really forced and seemed a little bit like it was put in just for
10:20a laugh.
10:21Now whether you enjoyed this mid-credits sequence or not, it doesn't seem to have any lasting effects,
10:26considering that the film barely broke even and as a result, it's highly likely that Vaughan will
10:32probably abandon the prequel series and probably put more focus back into the modern franchise.
10:39Number two, Morbius. Sony's most recent attempts to continue their Spider-Man-less cinematic universe
10:46was such a bomb both financially and critically, it's not even funny. Well okay, maybe it is a little
10:53bit funny, especially some of the memes that Morbius has inspired. Thanks to Morbius's underwhelming
10:58effects, incoherent plot and rote performances, this vampire anti-hero flick didn't win anyone over.
11:05Also, why did Morbius have a dance number? Did Sony learn anything from Spider-Man 3? But the one
11:11element of Morbius that received the most scrutiny is the post-credits scene. In the scene in question,
11:17Michael Keaton's character Adrian Toomes is transported to Morbius's universe due to the
11:22events which occurred in Spider-Man No Way Home. After Toomes inexplicably acquires his vulture outfit,
11:28he meets Morbius, unsubtly name-drops Spider-Man and teases the Sinister Six showing up in a future
11:34project. Even though the producers thought that this would get viewers psyched, all it really did was
11:39confirm how unstructured this cinematic universe really is. And it also feels a little bit like
11:46Sony are so unconfident in their own work that they're just clinging to their connections to
11:51the MCU in order to keep viewers interested. Although Jared Leto would like to see Morbius
11:56turning up in Blade, I wouldn't hold my breath. Number one, Zack Snyder's Justice League.
12:02Snyder fans hyped Zack's Justice League up so much that it seemed almost inconceivable that this
12:08director's cut could live up to the expectations. But for the most part, the second version of Justice
12:15League, which is technically the first, knocked it out of the park. The characterisation of Cyborg
12:20and Flash were significantly better. Steppenwolf was reshaped into a compelling villain and Superman's
12:27CGI lip was nowhere to be seen. So when one of the closing scenes depicts Supes pulling off his shirt
12:33to reveal the S symbol on his suit, it felt like the perfect moment to end the movie. Although that
12:39is
12:39how Justice League was meant to conclude, there was a change of plan in the 11th hour. Even though
12:45the film that Zack envisioned was done back in 2017, the acclaimed director decided to tack on three
12:50scenes at the end, which teased Ben Affleck's Batman film Darkseid and Martian Manhunter. But since
12:57the Batman film was axed and the other characters appeared earlier, these three scenes added absolutely
13:02nothing to the story. Now when Zack Snyder's Justice League was released in 2021, Warner Bros made it
13:09crystal clear that they had no intention of creating a sequel to this story. So it does make
13:15you question why Snyder decided to include these extra scenes when there was going to be no payoff
13:20for them. And that concludes our list. If you can think of any that we missed, then do let us
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13:39a magical day and I'll see you real soon.
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