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With flick franchises incessantly receivingreboots that include legacy character from the original movies , there are occasion where these characters ' long - anticipate recurrence are languish completely . Franchise reboots must hoodwink legion unlike goals at once . They aim to breathe raw life into long inactive serial , retake the spark that made the original successful , and add something Modern and exciting to the enfranchisement to justify these fresh entries ’ beingness . All too often , this results in legacy case being shoehorned into the narrative , sidelined as small character , or not grow fittingly .
There have been batch of examples of legacy characters hit their grand return only for it to feel like an overblown letdown that should not have hap at all . There are beloved characters , like Indiana Jones , whose legacy should be left entire , only for maturate histrion to be paraded out for another unsatisfying dangerous undertaking . There aretimes when legacy theatrical role feel unimportant to the overall narrative , such asScream , whereSidney Prescott is included merely to give the common mullein of the serial onto a newScreamcast . There are also characters bring back for prequels whose backstories are not in good order expanded on .
10Indian Jones In Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull failed to deliver after the long-awaited return of the character
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullsaw Harrison Ford repay as the titular party whip - wielding archaeologist for the first time in almost 20 geezerhood . The character ’s extremely foresee return wasunfortunately let down by a derivative script , the controversial instauration of aliens , and a movie that failed to subsist up to the legacy of previous film . Despite behind - the - scene fact reveal Harrison Ford spent three hours in the gym every dayto get into shape for this motion-picture show , it was not enough to bring through the film that , despite box office achiever , was a creative failure .
9Luke Skywalker, General Leia Organa, And Han Solo In Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
The Force Awakens wasted the opportunity to have all three characters together
The return of Luke Skywalker , General Leia Organa , and Han Solo inStar Wars : The Force Awakenswas a highly hoped-for reunification that was never go to please everybody . More than 40 years since they were last all together inReturn of the Jedi , the sequel trilogy ’s ambition of weaving these legacy character into the story while introduce the unexampled cast led to a flick where itfeels like every fiber was sidelined . Considering the death of Han Solo , the fact that Luke only appear in the moving picture ’s conclusion scene and that the triad are never all together at the same time , their return felt like a multitude of squandered opportunities .
8The Terminator In Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator Genisys lacked depth and failed to do anything interesting with Schwarzenegger’s return
TheTerminatorfranchise had tried and failed to extend the series without Arnold Schwarzenegger as the nominal killed machine turned anti - hero in 2009’sTerminator Salvation . When the serial was revived once again in 2015 , this metre with Schwarzenegger , there was hope it would be a return to the heroic highs of the first two films in the series . However , this promise was short - lived , andSchwarzenegger ’s return could not exist up to past glories . The film lacked depth and repeated concept better explored in early motion-picture show , and while it was nice to see Schwarzenegger in this role again , his proceeds was waste in this film .
7Rocky Balboa In Creed (2015)
Creed sidelined Rocky Balboa as a mentor figure
TheRockyfranchise saw an unlikely revival when it stir its focus aside from Sylvester Stallone ’s Italian Stallion Rocky Balboa and onto the new up - and - arrival son of Rocky ’s honest-to-god rival Apollo Creed , Adonis Creed . The movie managed to breathe new life into the serial that had been dormant for almost ten years . However , by focusing on Creed and sidelining Rocky as a mentor design , it felt like Rocky ’s potential was being wasted andan opportunity was missed to give more insight into the persona ’s life since the events ofRocky Balboa . Rocky did come along again inCreed II , but by the timeCreed IIIwas released , he had disappeared entirely .
6Laurie Strode In Halloween (2018)
Halloween spent too long focused on other characters
TheHalloweenfranchise has had many subsequence , remakes , and re - imaginings and it can bedifficult to keep up with the multiple timeline in the long - run slasher serial . Excluding the sequential killer Michael Myers , babysitter Laurie Strode has been the most consistent affair aboutHalloween . That ’s why it was exciting when it was announce Jamie Lee Curtis was retort as the character for the first time in 16 year for a direct subsequence to the original movie . However , the results were lackluster as this motion picture , along with its two sequel , failed to capitalize on Laurie ’s character and or else wind on her wide familyand the extended biotic community of Haddonfield .
5Albus Dumbledore In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2018)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald failed to explicitly address Dumbledore’s backstory
A major part of the appeal of theHarry Potterspin - off seriesFantastic Beastsis that it promised to flesh out the backstory of Albus Dumbledore that had only been antecedently alluded to . For this rationality , the introduction of Jude Law as Dumbledore inThe Crimes of Grindelwaldwas tremendously anticipated and unfortunately failed to deliver on this lofty necessary . While the picture implieda romantic past tense between Dumbledore and Grindelwald , itfailed to explicitly address the question of Dumbledore ’s gender , and with so much of the runtime centre on another protagonist Newt Scamander , his character discharge feel developing .
4Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, And Egon Spengler In Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife felt like a fan service and sadly was unable to reunite the original cast due to the death of Harold Ramis
Ever since the release ofGhostbusters IIin 1989 , there were call for the original trio of Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , and Harold Ramis to reunite for another movie . These program never get off the ground , chiefly due to Bill Murray ’s indisposition to recall as Peter Venkman . However , with the expiration ofGhostbuster : Afterlife , Murray repay as Venkman , Aykroyd descend back as Ray Stantz , and the late Harold Ramis appeared in archival footage as Egon Spengler . Considering the death of Ramis in 2014,this reunification find semisweet and spotlight that they wasted the chance to amount together again while they were all alive .
3Neo In The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
The Matrix Resurrection undermined the Neo’s sacrifice in the original trilogies ending
After the release of aMatrixtrilogy , that unfortunately resulted in diminishing retort , Lana Wachowski revived the series nearly 20 years by and by for a lacklustre fourth film withThe Matrix Resurrections . The movie brought back Keanu Reeves as Neo , whichundercut the weight of Neo ’s sacrifice at the end ofRevolutionsand felt like a pointless workout in nostalgia . The film seek to present a meta - comment on the nature of reboots but lacks the depth and originality of early submission . To bring Neo back for such little pay - off in a film that nobody was ask for felt like a wasted endeavor .
2Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Ian Malcolm, And Dr. Alan Grant In Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
The Jurassic World series waited too long to reintroduce the original trio
TheJurassic Worldfranchise found achiever by continuing the bequest set out in the originalJurassic Parkmovie . The first movie introduced new stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard , and the second subtitledFallen Kingdomsaw Jeff Goldblum reprise his office as Dr. Ian Malcolm . By the metre the original ’s chief trio of Goldblum , Sam Neil , and Laura Dern got back together inJurassic World Dominionthe serial publication had already run its course , and the excitement of catch them together was minimum . It finger likethe studio apartment was so preoccupied with whether they could get the cast to reunify , that they did n’t contain to think if they should .
1Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, And Dewey Riley In Scream (2022)
Scream regulated its legacy characters to a passing of the torch role rather than giving them a compelling narrative
The fifth installation in theScreamfranchise acted as a subdued reboot to snuff it the bequest onto a Modern generation of characters . With the cellular inclusion of the three main characters from the original motion picture , Sidney Prescott , Gale Weathers , and Dewey Riley , all back to confront off against Ghostface once again , this was a worthy , if not dumfounding , gain to the slasher series . While it was exciting to see the trio back together again , their roles were not very prominent , and their inclusion felt more like a nod to the original movies than an all important prospect of this one .
