History Main / ContestedSequel

* [[ContestedSequel/LiveActionFilms Film - Live Action]]

[[folder:Film -- Animated]]

* Music/MachineHead became a victim of this trope with their 2018 album, ''Catharsis''. This is due to its heavy Main/NuMetal sound compared to the band's previous four releases [[note]]''Through the Ashes of Empires'' (2003), ''The Blackening'' (2007), ''Unto the Locust'' (2011), and ''Bloodstone and Diamonds'' (2014; all of which received universal acclaim[[/note]] which had their usual Main/GrooveMetal and Main/ThrashMetal combination. The fan reaction to the preview tracks grew worse and worse with each track (particularly "Kaleidoscope", which was absolutely ''savaged'' by the fanbase), and the critical reception wasn't much kinder. The general mood ''before it was even released'' was along the lines of "how on earth did Robb Flynn think this was a good idea", which was further intensified when Flynn [[TakeThatCritics attacked one of the more scathing reviews]]. Many believe that Flynn and the rest of the band did not learn their mistakes from releasing ''The Burning Red'' and ''Supercharger''.

** For ''Literature/TheCasteelSeries'', ''Heaven'' and ''Dark Angel'' are considered some of Andrews' best work (if not her best work ''period'') by fans, but everything after her death varies from person to person. ''Fallen Hearts'' is mostly seen as decent, but ''Gates of Paradise'' and ''Web of Dreams'' aren't too well liked (mostly for repeating plot points from the previous books, and for the former having an annoying narrator).

** ''Anime/DragonBallGT''. On one hand, there's Creator/AkiraToriyama's relative lack of involvement, [[OffModel questionable character design choices]], [[TheScrappy Pan]]'s portrayal as a BrattyHalfPint, and the fact that the MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours got so unbalanced that Goku became [[CharacterFocus the only relevant character]]. On the other hand, it didn't suffer from the ArcFatigue of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', had some pretty [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments intense battle scenes]], and a TearJerker ending to nicely wrap everything up. [[BrokenBase One half of the fanbase worships it. The other half will strangle you for mentioning it.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Memes/{{Vinesauce}} Dante wasn't as good.]]]]

** ''[[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce Force]]'' is a good example as well. While there were fans who liked it for maintaining the SequelEscalation of ''[=StrikerS=]'' themes (increased cynicism and AntiMagic), a lot of other fans dislike the new characters, the slow pace, the overall DarkerAndEdgier feeling, the somewhat questionable writing, the [[StoryBreakerPower ridiculously overpowered]] villains, and [[spoiler:[[EnsembleDarkhorse Signum]] suffering TheWorfEffect.]]