Favorites - Ten Favorite Prequels

Prequels tend to get a bad rep, don’t they? I guess I can’t blame folk for not liking prequels. There are some that are pretty bad. They tend to be of low quality and not capture what the original was all about. I guess I can say the same thing about reboots, but that’s a list for another time. Today, I’ll be talking about my ten favorite prequels. Why ten? Well, there aren't that many good ones out there.  I won’t be including reboots like Batman Begins and Casino Royale on here simply because they aren’t prequels. I’ve see some lists include them and that’s pretty annoying. Now, there are some I’ll include that are sort of reboots, but they are meant to be prequels.

10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 

ToD is probably my least favorite of the Indiana Jones Foursome. It’s down there with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. While it’s not my favorite, it has its moments. Of course, Harrison Ford rules any role he’s in. Short Pack was cool. It also had some nice quotes (“You betrayed Shiva!”)

9. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 

Yes, I know. It’s a general fact that the Star Wars prequels suck. Luckily, I’m not a general person. There were good things and bad things in those movies. ROTS was the best of the three prequels. It helped set up things in the original trilogy and isn’t a bad movie in of itself. It’s far from perfect but I do like it more than the other two prequels. I will say that the Clone War TV series (I’ll get to it later) did more to expand the universe than the prequels did.

Top 36 Heroes - Part 6/Conclusion

"It's been a long road,
Getting from there to here.
It's been a long time
But my time is finally here."

Don't worry, I'll stop there. So, who really thought that "Faith of the Heart" would make a good theme song for a Star Trek TV series? I'm just wondering, that's all. Anyway, here's the last part in the long, long list of my favorite fictional heroes. I could list them, but this post is already going to be long enough. So, here are some links on what you might have missed:

• Part One - Popeye, Goku, Duncan McLeod, Billy Cranston, Jack Knight, and Sarah Connor
• Part Two - Robin Hood, Goliath, Hercules, The Prince from Prince of Persia, Storm, and Captain America
• Part Three - Angel, Teal'C, Vash the Stampede, Dick Grayson, Gandalf, and Harry Callahan 
• Part Four - Atticus Finch, Admiral Adama, Wonder Woman, Solid Snake, the Hulk, and the Flash
• Part Five - Sherlock Holmes, The Doctor, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,  Rocky Balboa, Spider-Man, and Luke Skywalker

With that out of the way, let's see who made into the top six spots.

6. Wolverine

He’s the best at what he does and what he does isn't really nice. Wolverine (Logan) is Marvel’s premier mutant. Born as James Howlett in the 1800’s, it’s fair to say that the character has been through a lot. He’s has adamantium claws that come out his hands, he has heighten senses, a ridiculous haircut, and he has a pretty overblown healing factor.  He’s virtually immortal… insert random Highlander joke here. Logan’s pretty popular with Marvel by being a leading X-Man and by being a part of the Avengers. He’s also the main guy in just about all of the X-Men movies.

So, what does make Logan a cool character? Is it the fact that he’s a killer, a loner, and somewhat of a douche? I think it’s some of those things, but there is more to the character than that.  If anything, he’s the best to me when he’s not most of those things I listed. While he can speak his mind a bit too much, he sometimes knows the right thing to say. He may be a loner, but the guy’s still a team person. He even mentors teenage girls on the side… well, someone has to! Lastly, he may be a killer, but even he knows when not to take a life. When it comes to movies and TV, Hugh Jackman and the 90’s animated show did it best.