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Originally Posted by tomsem
It is difficult to come up with examples where sequels by someone other than the original author are equal to or better than the preceding works.
In movies, there are I would say many examples where the remake or reboot or sequel is better. I may be an outlier, but I never much cared for the first six Star Wars movies, while the latest two (and even the spinoffs) are quite good. Likewise the Nolan Batman movies were much better than the previous ones. I think a lot of this has to do with what it is technically possible to realize today with CGI, it is limited not so much by budget but by imagination.
But with books it is about plain old storytelling.
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Consider that copyright isn't just about books, it's also about movie rights. There are a lot of potentially good movies buried in Tolkien's back story.
As an example, I rather liked the two Robert Dowdey Sherlock Holmes movies (a third is apparently in process). I also liked the modern reboot on BBC with Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Both rather innovative takes on the original character. I just wished that film makers would have the same freedom to mine the Tolkien back story.