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16 Parks near Westport, California
Fort Bragg, California 0 miles S
Leggett, California 16.25 miles NE
Laytonville, California 16.46 miles NE
Mendocino, California 22.21 miles S
Brooktrails, California 25.36 miles SE
Westport, California (map) | (707) 964-2964
Sites: 175 | Latest Rate: $56.00 | 49 Reviews
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Aug 2016 - $56.00
Well, If you like access to a beach this is for you. Everything else is substandard. They have some nice sites but, they were empty the 7 days I was here. The sites are small: some that appear you should back into, you pull forward into and need a long sewer hose to hook up. Bring your dog shoes, they have bad stickers. Sites are very, very close. Below Highway 1 traffic not bad, but a few logging truck go by using their jake brakes. WIFI OK. - valtar
Aug 2016 - $56.00
Stayed 3 nights in our 30' coach over a weekend in August. The camp was packed with cars and rigs everywhere. We had a pull-thru site that was very narrow, so much so that when the trailer next to us put out their awning it was 30" from our door, and we couldn't use the fire pit for fear we'd burn down the motorhome. There were LOTS of children and LOTS of dogs, so it was pretty noisy most of the time. Nice beach though, and that was the campsite's saving grace. - sail2blue
Jun 2016 - $50.00
We also stayed at the sister park, Casper. It seems a little tacky to add a pay shower for such high prices to camp for the night but that's the price to pay for facilities along the coast. Great locations for both places. Camp host was responsive when we noticed a camper not picking up after his dog.
We don't have a tow vehicle. - CaptainHuck
24100 MacKerricher Park Rd Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 964-9112
Sites: 142 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 13 Reviews
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Apr 2016 - $35.00
CA state park on the ocean. 10 miles of ocean access. Dry camping. Pet friendly. Older comfortable park. Fresh water lake for bass fishing. Board walk to observation point for seal and whale watching. Biking trail to Fort Bragg. - slewis95407
Jul 2015 - $35.00
Overall this was a nice "older" park with a great beach. The access roads are tight with lots of overhead branches, and the restroom facilities are overloaded (too many sites without enough bathrooms) and they weren't very clean. The trash bins were overflowing.
The campsites were nice (but short) and had decent privacy between them but mine was situated at a 90 degree turnout off of a VERY narrow road.
Overall, it's a nice place but it's way overpriced for a no facility campground, this is boondocking with a flush toilet and shower (if you wanna wait for it).
I can stay in a lakefront Corps Of Engineers park with full hookups for HALF of what this costs. - ArkyDoodle
Apr 2015 - $35.00
Gorgeous setting on a wild shoreline. While the front gate ranger was militant about dog rules we didn't have any problems with our beasts. The sites are spacious and private due to thick brush between sites. Sites are gravel/grass parking. This is a must do place to stay and explore if your in the area. - Fishmon
24400 North Highway 1 Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 964-4589
Sites: 40 | Latest Rate: $33.00 | 3 Reviews
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Apr 2016 - $33.00
Lots of shrubs and trees for privacy in each site. This campground is right off hi way 1 but wasn't noisy. Very close to many beaches and recreation. The owner and staff are nice and helpful. No sewer hook ups is only thing missing. Lot spacing is very spacious with some shade. Site surface is grass featuring a fire ring and picnic table. - Emmitt123
May 2010 - $35.00
Great place to stay! Campsites are clean, convenient area, will take large rigs, has large sites, most have a lot of privacy, clean fish cleaning area, friendly people who return every year, a store and gas station is right here, and it's close to MacKerracker State Park and Ward Avenue. A fun place to stay. - therowdster
Jun 2009 - $35.00
I believe Cleone CG is probably the best private campgrounds north of Ft, Bragg. Has well-provisioned general store at the entrance of Hwy 1. Generally clean and very well-maintained. Some of the RV sites are nicely tucked away for extra privacy. Given the cavalier and dubious manner that nearby State campgrounds will be managed this coming year, Cleone's proximity to beaches north of Ft. Bragg will make it difficult to get reservations. I would book now if you are entertaining a June or July camping excursion for 2010. Since the last owner recently retired from campground management, Cleone may be re-opening in 2010 under a new business name. - Savvy Camper
32094 N. Harbor Drive Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | 707-964-2612
Sites: 15 | Latest Rate: $40.00 | 3 Reviews
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Aug 2015 - $40.00
A nice place to park your rig and sleep at night as close to the fishing boats as you can get!
It's a simple place, just some open ground with hookups, no landscaping, fairly tight spaces...not meant for hanging around all day.
One less obvious great thing about this park is the pier area that you get a key to. A large open wooden pier right at the entrance of the Noyo River. A great spot to cook and eat your food, fish, or boat watch. Chairs, benches and picnic tables and a gas barbecue. - Dave95694
Aug 2015 - $40.00
Park is right at the mouth of the Noyo River. This is an older area of town, don't expect to see a lot of new buildings. The park offers first-timers a 4-night stay when you pay for 3-nights. Active military gets 3-nights free. Mostly-level, dirt & gravel, back-in sites, very close together. Full hook-ups, WiFi worked great, no cable TV or reception. Private patio-pier access, with tables and chairs, right next to the river. One bathroom-shower for the campground, get a key when you check in. Owner was friendly and informative, after-hours manager is in site #2. Quiet at night. I saw one portable fire pit, but no one had a campfire. Nothing for young kids here. Plenty of restaurants within walking distance, an excellent one is Silver's at the Wharf. Very relaxing time, everyone in the park was nice. Dog Beach is about 2-blocks away. - zigzag
Jun 2015 - $40.00
It is very small and spaces are tight, but it is one of the lowest price parks in the area, especially during tourist season. But, it is right on Noyo Bay in Fort Bragg. There is a dock there and they have three crab rings guests can use to try their hand at catching a crab. There are a few long-term tenants there who are very friendly.
Very close to restaurants, fishing trips, and the marina.
Active Duty military members get up to 3 nights free.
Wifi was very slow, in and out. Cell service was also spotty. - fiveina5th
1021 S main St Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 961-1512
Sites: 50 | Latest Rate: $44.00 | 21 Reviews
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Nov 2016 - $44.00
The site is mud and grass on gravel (it has been raining a lot lately. They do have 2 50 amp sites in the full hook ups section. The site took 4.5" of lift under my front end plus the full lift of the air bags to level up. The road are grass/mud on gravel. The view from the back row looking out at the ocean was fantastic. The bathrooms were spotless and the showers stalls are kind of small but they have good pressure and plenty of hot water. The previous post mentioned that they were fixing up the place but I saw no indications that were doing anything except maintaining the park. We'd stay here again. - pumper9x9
Aug 2016 - $40.00
This is an older park. Very friendly office staff. I was told they had just taken the park back, and it appears the previous owner had no interest in improving the park. Power went off for a few minutes every morning. Owners are planning to upgrade power. This is in a GREAT location, overlooking the ocean and the river mouth. Some of the site have full hookups and some only power and water. NO dump station! They plan to put one in soon. Wifi hooked easily, but was very slow. Good cell service, right in town. I think the new owners are really going to try and fix this park up. - shadetree
May 2016 - $38.00
This park is oceanfront with nice path leading to the ocean. Spaces are wide and park is clean. But no laundry?? (no clubhouse, no picnic table) Good location to get to Skunk Railroad and Mendocino. - Rosanne
30801 State Hwy 20 Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (800) 700-8542
Sites: 70 | Latest Rate: $36.00 | 7 Reviews
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Jul 2016 - $36.00
This park is just off Hwy 20, about two miles from junction of Hwy 20 and Hwy 101. It comes up fast if you are coming in from Willletts. If you see the firewood place on the left, you have missed it and turning around anytime soon (especially if you are towing a dingy) can be problematic! The park has mostly longer term folks, but we stayed a week to explore the area and it was fine. Office folks are efficient and helpful and the showers and laundry facility are kept clean. They have room to park your boat and a facility on which to clean your fish, but I have not figured out what to do with the fish guts! There is only power and water. (No septic unless you happen to get or request that at a long term site.) There is a place to dump as you leave. There are also sites for tents. - Selway
Sep 2010 - $30.00
Good overnight stop. Manager was very helpful. Park has a beautiful view of the Pacific. We had a pull-through site that sloped quite a bit and we had difficulty leveling our rig. Needed to run it up on front blocks to get near level. There were several folks here that came regularly, and other sites did not appear to have the degree of slope ours did. - JP and P from Florida
Jun 2010 - $38.00
Older, smaller park. Lots of permanent residents. Office was closed when we arrived mid-afternoon. Went to office next day to pay and was told they are no longer members of Good Sam (made reservations 5 days earlier). Also not told they charge per day for electric at site. Site was large enough marginally and small side to side. Would not stay here again due to their lack of honesty and not informing me of paying a daily rate plus electric. - AntiqFreq
29700 State Hwy 20 Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 964-8297
Sites: 73 | Latest Rate: $42.00 | 3 Reviews
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Aug 2016 - $42.00
Very scary place to stay. We stayed one night and were up all night with heavy traffic in the park with people screaming at each other and fighting.
Restrooms and showers were not clean. Lots very close, sunny and open. Site surface was gravel. - ldireland
Jul 2015 - $44.00
The park was beautiful. We looked the park up on the internet and read the reviews. They were not very good but the pictures looked beautiful. I called the office to get some more info on why the reviews were not so good. The lady at the front explained that they were under new management and had made several changes. So we decided to go a head a stay. I am so glad we did. The park was absolutely amazing. I think it is the only park in the entire area that sits in the redwoods. The place was clean. The people were extremely polite and helpful. We loved it. The price was extremely reasonable especially since we had 9 people. It was peaceful and the perfect campground. If we ever camp up north again it will definitely be at Wildwood. While we were there we drove around and saw the other campgrounds. Nothing was anywhere near Wildwood. None of the other places had the trees and made you feel like you were camping in the woods yet we were only 5 miles to town or the beach. It really was perfect. 250% recommend this place to everyone. Oh and our trailer is 31 ft and we feet with no issue at all. - rsimkins
Jul 2013 - $30.00
DON'T camp here. Most of the park is taken up by permanent, very old, poorly maintained mobile homes. This place is a slum. We had no problem with the electricity or water, but the bathrooms are a disgrace. Every toilet is broken/wobbles. The floors and sinks haven't been maintained or cleaned in a long time, BUT the bathrooms are great compared to the showers which have no doors, are leaking, and are filthy. - cactuslady
17999 Tregoning Lane Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 964-3373
Sites: 122 | Latest Rate: $49.00 | 138 Reviews
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Jan 2017 - $49.00
This is exactly what I think a campground should be - each site is sort of its own oasis in the park surrounded by trees. This place is immaculately maintained and just beautiful. It's moments away from the beach and right between the resort towns of Fort Bragg and Mendocino. The sites all have their own fire pits (old washing machine drums on old truck wheels) and nice picnic tables. The setting is perfect. However, they have absolutely no provision to take credit cards so I couldn't buy the propane that was on site nor the firewood. They have no digital reservations system and they ask you to send a check in advance to cover your stay. Hello - I do not have checks, it's 2017. They actually have a working telephone booth on the property. - Curbside Car Show Calendar
Jan 2017 - $45.00
This place came highly recommended with good reason. Beautiful campground and everything is super clean. We'll be back! - ronman
Oct 2016 - $49.00
The park was ok, it had everything a lot of people look for in a park. Wifi was not good at all. No Verizon service. We stayed only to ride the Skunk Train which was disappointing for the price.
The reason I didn't give it a higher rating was the snooty lady who checked us in, I guess I didn't meet her standards, plus she really didn't know what she was doing. Also they charged $8.00 for my dog. - onemohawk
17900 CA-1 Fort Bragg, California 95437 (map) | (707) 964-3684
Sites: 59 | Latest Rate: $26.00 | 1 Reviews
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Aug 2008 - $26.00
We spent the weekend here with a small group of 5 rigs and a few tents. All that was good about our stay was being with friends. The campground had little to offer. Basically, there are a handful of pull-throughs for week enders. The rest of the place is occupied by permanent residents in "rigs" in various states of disrepair. The website shows a picture of Belinda Point, which is gorgeous. But, it's important to know that it's a 30-minute or so walk and there is no beach access. The site also refers to this place as one of Northern California's most beautiful RV parks and campgrounds. Not true. If you want to experience one of Northern California's best, head across Highway 1 to Pomo. (After our group left, that's exactly what we did.) - RockyandBullwinkle
69350 U.S. Hwy. 101 Leggett, California 95455 (map) | (707) 925-6482
Sites: 161 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 1 Reviews
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Sep 2016 - $35.00
CA state park. Dry camping. Pricing varies $25 near Hwy, $35 Upper Loops and $45 across the river, summer only, tents and small campers. State Park run by a non-profit organization (MAPA). Very clean park and friendly staff. Lots of hiking trails and a swimming hole on the Eel river in the Redwoods. - slewis95407


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Elizabeth Ann Wright and William Monroe Kahane are to be married today at Temple Emanu-El in New York. Rabbi Richard S. Chapin will perform the ceremony.
The bride, 38, will continue to use her name professionally. She is an associate director for commercial real estate sales at Insignia/ESG, a real estate company in New York. She is a daughter of Robert G. Wright of East Patchogue, N.Y., and the late Rosemarie A. Wright, and a stepdaughter of Dee Laffin Wright. The bride's father, who is retired, worked in Melville, N.Y., as the vice president for corporate security and safety for Estee Lauder, the cosmetics company. Her mother was a teacher at the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, a school in Sayville, N.Y.
Mr. Kahane, 51, works in New York as the chief investment officer and a director of Robert H. Burns Holdings, a private investment company in Hong Kong. He graduated cum laude from Occidental College and received a law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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By Ken Edwards & Matt Paprocki
The news is the second blow to current license-holder Sega (and its Visual Concepts development studio). It recently lost the right to publish sports games using the NFL license when EA scooped that license up. Now, it loses the right to the ESPN brand as well.
Source: GameSpot
So will Madden be out of the picture now? I found this as well:
What that will mean for EA's long-standing Madden franchise remains unknown. Madden is under contract with the game publisher through this year, but has not signed beyond that. EA said negotiations are continuing.
Source: CNN Money
I especially like the quote at the end:
"I think there's plenty of room for competition," said Probst. "At the end of the day its who can build the highest quality products. There's plenty of room for other third party companies – and console first-party companies – to do that. Just because EA Sports and ESPN are partnering I don't think people are going to run for the hills and not compete with us."
Just because EA Sports, who has an exclusive deal with the NFL, and ESPN are partnering I don't think there will be any competition. But thats just my take. That 5 yr. NFL exclusive rights is a deal stopper, no?
Thanks to Matt for the GameSpot link, and this funny picture. I do not know where to give credit for the image.
I for one hope that Madden goes by-by. I cannot stand him or his wonderful color on ABC or in the game. He just spews out the most obvious information, all the time, in his annoying-as-hell voice. "If Randy Moss had caught that ball, he would have had a first down" is something that comes out of John Madden's mouth on Monday Night Football, it is even worse in the game.
Since EA now has the ESPN namesake and the talent, I hope they put Dan Stevens and Peter o' Keefe into the next EA game.
I also hope they throw out the play calling UI from Madden 2005. I found a copy of Madden 2005 in the bargain bin and I picked it up, what the heck. Of course it still cost me $10 more then the far superior NFL 2k5. I have not played Madden since the Genesis. I am not impressed with Madden 2005 one bit.
Hopefully the ESPN brand will help with the user interface. We can only hope.
Matt found these other quotes:
"Under the agreement, Electronic Arts, the largest independent video game publisher, will pay $750 million to $850 million for the right to use the ESPN brand for games based on at least nine sports"
"Electronic Arts announced an exclusive five-year deal with the National Football League to design games using its players, stadium and uniforms. That deal was worth more than $300 million."
Even though the deal is quite a bit longer, it's hard to believe ESPN was that much more than the NFL. I also can't believe the NFL was that cheap.
Just think about this. More than a billion dollars. EA had a billion dollars just to throw around for these two deals. Am I the only one who finds that amount absolutely staggering for a game company??? I know how much this industry has grown, but that number is just unbelieveable to me.Powered by Sidelines


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I'm gonna avoid all the cliches about JPM being the Super Bowl of investment conferences or the grandaddy of them all. As of earlier this week, JPM says 6,500 people are expected to attend (down slightly from last year,) more than 330 public and private companies are presenting and more than 7,500 so-called one-on-one meetings between analysts/investors and execs have been scheduled. Plus, a whole bunch of other meetings take place on the down low all over the city.
Talk about a blow to the ego. The shares may have since succumbed to the downdraft in the overall stock market, but when trading opened this morning Biogen Idec shot up around two percent. Investors were reacting to the news that the company's longtime CEO, Jim Mullen, is calling it quits.
A late rally helped propel the Dow to a positive finish Monday as financial stocks rebounded.
Stocks erased all of their gains Monday after an early surge due to a better-than-expected manufacturing report. Financials led the decline.
Over the past few days there's been a remarkable confluence of newsflow, most of it positive, out of biopharma. First the bad news.
The Dow shot up more than 100 points Monday after a report showed manufacturing expanded more than expected last month.
Stock futures pointed to a modest rebound ahead of the open Monday after the Dow and the S&P 500 experienced their biggest one-day percentage drops Friday since July 2.
There's still a week-and-a-half left in the month, but the markets are currently maintaining yet another month of gains.
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Dr. Mark Monane, senior biotech analyst at Needham & Co., named some biotech stocks that look attractive.
Stocks surrendered earlier gains and fell modestly on Tuesday largely due to fresh worries that major banks may need to raise more money.
Stocks traded only modestly lower Tuesday, despite concerns that if major banks need to raise more money a financial hurricane may be brewing.
Cramer makes the call on viewers' favorite stocks.
CNBC's "Power Lunch" team asked some of the best and the brightest from America's big financial firms to list the most promising stocks. Strategists from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Cowen & Co. and Deutsche Bank offered CNBC their stock picks.
During his lunchtime keynote speech here at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference JPM Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon was asked to give his worst-case scenario for the economy. He said that'd be a 1982-type recession lasting about two years and with unemployment "North of 10 percent." Dimon said it would be "Irrational to not be prepared for that."
Will M&A activity boost biotech stocks in 2009?
Drug pricing pressure under a Democratic administration be darned. $75,000. That's not a salary figure. That's the price one biotech analyst says Vertex Pharmaceuticals and its partner Johnson & Johnson might be able to charge--possibly even more--for their Hepatitis C drug.
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- Close encounter with friendly dolphins
- Travel by boat and see the sights from the water
Cruise into the Atlantic, as the sails are set as you head westward along the cliffs and sandy beaches of San Rafael, Castelo and Praia da Gale. Pass the fisherman's village of Armacao de Pera, the rock chapel Senhora da Rocha and reach the beaches of Marina and Benagil.
You will stop for free time to try your hand at fishing, visit the caves or have a swim in the warm, clear water. You may prefer to relax on deck with a drink from the "Pirate Bar" which offers a variety of beverages (beer, water and soft drinks). Returning to the Albufeira, keep your eyes open on the lookout for dolphins which will sometimes swim near to the boat.
Captain Hook Cruise - 2 hours
Cruise into the Atlantic under motor and head westward along the cliffs and sandy beaches of San Rafael, Castelo and Praia da Gale. All eyes are on the ocean surface in search of the friendly local dolphins. A short stop will be made to allow time for a quick swim before setting sail for the return trip to Albufeira.
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Captain Hook Cruise
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2-hr Captain Hook Cruise passing San Rafael, Castelo and Praia da Gale. Departing on April, May, June and September at 4:30pm, July and August at 5pm, and October at 4pm.
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Half Day Cruise with Caves
Code: CAVCRU
Half-day cruise passing San Rafael, Castelo and Praia da Gale, Armacao de Perawith Caves, Senhora da Rocha, Marina and Benagil. Departing at 10am.
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'Leaozinho' Pirate Ship Cruise from Albufeira
- Sightseeing cruise
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infant rates apply provided they do not occupy a seat
- Wheelchair accessible
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If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
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Reviewed by: Anita L, August 2016
Excellent tour
Good fun for all age groups
Well worth the money
Reviewed by: Baz, United Kingdom, July 2016
Viator got this right again going to the meeting point at the marina is great , lunch and a drink before the trip , lots to do and see there also the staff for check in were good.
The boat did come in a bit late so we waited for 30 minutes I had a word about it and got complimentary drinks , although it was fine as we still got the full 2 hour trip .
The boat is fun authentic enough and although not huge it was not over booked so plenty of room to move .
We set out to the cliffs and caves under steam power but then switched to sail that was very nice and relaxing , we then anchored up and the brave dived/jumped into the freezing water I was one of them
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smittybilt power tank or viair onboard air?
so im sick of waiting for my little compressor tacking all day to fill my tires after a long day on the trail. or driving to the gas station and spending 5 bucks to fill my 35's. so I'm not that sure what way i should go? power tank or onboard air? anyone have any suggestions?
I was told it was $10-$20 to fill a tank and that a tank would last around 8 trips. I went with the ViAir and I'm very happy. Try Onboard-Air.com. Good prices and GREAT customer service!!!!
yeah thats the only reason i was thinking onboard air would be a better pick. thanks ill check them out!
Little compressors just aren't worth the $$$. A C02 tank is about as fast as they come with the exception of a York belt-driven OBA compressor like I had in my previous TJ. With my present C02 tank, it's nearly as fast and I can refill four 35" tires from 6-8 psi to 25 psi in a little over five minutes total. It takes a BIG HONKING compressor, or a York, to get anywhere near that speed.
You can easily set up your own C02 tank rig for around half of what they sell for in a kit. I paid $80 for my 10 lb. C02 tank on the web, $60 for the regulator, and another $30 or so in misc. parts to finish it.
Plus like Jerry said, they fill tires up very fast. I'm almost always one of the first finished airing up simply because I don't have to fool with either hooking up some sort of compressor to the battery, or even just waiting for a tiny little compressor to fill up four large tires.
Eventually I want to fab up a bracket and get a York installed, but for now the CO2 setup was easy, quick, and cheap to get going.
I run a DIY CO2 setup that I put together with #10 tank, "The Source" 150 psi regulator, and hose.
A fill-up is about $12 and is crazy fast to refill tires.
I run a York On Board Air System with two 3 gal. tanks mounted underneath. I got the compressor from the junk yard, Google it and you will find diagrams on how to set it up. I have a continuous air pressure of 120, and can run two lines at a time, one out of the front and the rear. You can also check out Kilby Enterprises, they sell everything new. All I needed from them was a new pulley for the alternator, everything else was locally purchased.
Sounds like something 4 my trailer.
I have a VLAIR & if you go that route be sure to talk to Travis,On Board Air sponsor.He is really helpful & great customer service!
We have a few options to go with depending on what you want to do with the system. Just fill tires? Air tools? Air lockers?
Just give me a call or shoot me a PM, and I can help you out. In most cases, a 400 series compressor will be the best way to go. If just looking to fill tires, you can go with a 400H hard mount or an OBA. Here are 2 affordable options, but there are more depending on your usage.
400H Hardmount Kit
400C Economy OBA System
what about the warn compressors, has anyone used one of them?
I would LOVE my OBA to be able to run my impact and some other tools.
It takes a BIG compressor to run air tools. Only Warn's largest compressor is up to that and it's not cheap.
what I lose in performance I would gain in convenience... just a thought I've been tossing around
Just something to think about. A quality 12V compressor that will do that kind of work will be pricey; if I'm getting into that kind of money, I'd rather have something engine driven like a York.
however, the above points are still valid, I may just get a small compressor for things like tires and camping needs.
I'd definitely get something, certainly not saying you shouldn't. Not having a way to air back up is annoying; you're either waiting in line, bumming off someone else, or finding a gas station.
I'm a Co2 fan
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A decent size Co2 bottle with a high flow regulator can er done quick.
i have a Viair 460C on board air compressor, with a 1 gallon tank under the bed. I use them everyday. when refilling tires on the trail, i'm not in any hurry. if it takes a few minutes to air my tires and my friends tires...so what, more time to enjoy the wilderness.
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I run the Viair X'treme Duty - VIAIR Corporation - X'treme Duty OBA Part No. 10009
I have used this consistently since installing it in 2008 for all of my runs, filling tires, other Jeeps' tires, etc. This setup is Baja proven, having filled my tires when I was 50+ miles from the nearest full-service gasoline station (in Baja, Mexico):cool:
Filling up between Puertecitos and San Felipe - ~20 mi. from the nearest Pemex station.
Me standing next to my Jeep - fully loaded for Baja!:wavey:
My camping gear, plus my Viair X'treme Duty equipment all fits together without losing too much space.
No gas stations for miles, but my Viair filled my 33" tires (~5 min. each 11 p.s.i. to 32 p.s.i.) and took me from Laguna del Diablo to Ensenada without having to stop at a Pemex Station.
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I recently picked up 2 VIAIR 480c (200psi) compressors on Craigslist for $300! They were NEW and NEVER installed. I'm going to build a kit for my Jeep and my brothers Jeep.
Systems look great. I like the VIAIR units.... very dependable and always have air when you need it.
I'm going with a Power tank. Living in Denver we wheel at really high altitudes, which means less air to compress. It takes about 30-45 min to get one of my 35's from 12psi to 35 psi. I hate adding an hour and half or more to the end of the day airing up tires.
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The Original: The first three Indiana Jones films - starting with Raiders Of The Lost Ark - followed Indy (Harrison Ford) as he attempted to stop evil Nazis (and, briefly, voodoo priests) from destroying the world.
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Biggest Change: While the era switch makes sense considering Harrison Ford was considerably older when he made the fourth film, there's also a switch in genre.
Crystal Skull is more of a period sci-fi, while its predecessors were all period action capers inspired by pre-war serials. Also, it was pants.
Poltergeist III (1988)
The Original: A unique blend of Spielbergian family drama and Hooper-an horror as Tobe Hooper unleashes vengeful spirits on the Freeling family.
The Radically Different Sequel: The Freelings are all but forgotten as this sequel transports tiny blonde moppet Carol-Anne (Heather O'Rourke) to stay with her aunt in a spooky high rise.
Biggest Change : Ignoring the obvious (it's, er, crap and not at all scary), the setting's a total shake-up and the family members feel like an after-thought instead of the heart of the film.
S. Darko (2009)
The Original: Donnie Darko , the time-twisty paranoid thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the doomed Donnie, who suffers visions of his own demise.
The Radically Different Sequel: Donnie's sister Samantha (Daveigh Chase) comes to the fore seven years after the first film. She goes on a road trip with a buddy and starts having strangely prophetic visions.
Biggest Change: Donnie's nowhere in sight (well, he's dead) and writer Nathan Atkins does a surface-level reading of the first film in an attempt to create a series of spin-offs.
It fails magnificently - it looks, feels and sounds cheap.
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1994)
The Original: A Stephen King short story is stretched to snapping point by director Brett Leonard. King later sued the filmmakers for using the title, stating it "bore no meaningful resemblance" to his original story…
The Radically Different Sequel: Jobe is resurrected by a crazy megalomaniac who wants him to create a super computer chip (bless) that will link up all of the world's computers. Eeeeeeevil.
Biggest Change: For some reason, though the film's set five years after the first one, the 'present day' of LM2 is in some weird kind of future Earth with flying cars and dystopian cities. WTF?
Weekend At Bernies II (1991)
The Original: Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman play two goons who mistakenly believe that they're responsible for the death of their boss - Bernie (Terry Kiser) - and pretend he's still alive in order to evade a hitman.
The Radically Different Sequel: A bizarre voodoo-imbued follow-up in which a voodoo curse reanimates Bernie's corpse so that it walks to the place where treasure has been buried.
Biggest Change: The introduction of voodoo to the plot - who the hell smoked up that idea?
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
The Original: Cult classic directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Bullied young thing Bastian (Barret Oliver) reads a strange book that draws him into its fantastical adventures.
The Radically Different Sequel: A shoddy, cheap-as-hell, made-for-TV threequel that recasts Bastian (Jason James Richter) as the creatures of Fantasia bust their way into our world.
Biggest Change: Rock Biter! What the hell happened to Rock Biter?!
Targeting a kiddie market in a way that the first film never pandered to, this is shockingly watered-down stuff on a shoestring budget.
Unlike the first one, this story really does feel neverending...
Tron: Legacy (2010)
The Original: An ambitious sci-fi that looks pretty dated now but remains weirdly loveable. Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is the computer programmer who gets sucked into a computer where a whole new world awaits…
The Radically Different Sequel: Flynn's son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) attempts to track his missing father down and finds himself in The Grid, competing for the right to be alive…
Biggest Change: Though the basic premise is pretty much the same, the execution is massively different - the CGI in Legacy is gobsmacking and director Joseph Kosinski lends the film a sci-punk feel with the banging electro score and costume design.
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
The Original: Classic sixties Western based on Japanese flick Seven Samurai. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn star as gunmen hired to protect a village from murderous bandits.
The Radically Different Sequel: Marshal Chris Adams (Lee Van Cleef, replacing Brynner) takes on a gang of Mexican bandits after his friend is killed.
Biggest Change: The original cast has been completely replaced by this point, meaning this is a Magnificent Seven movie by name alone.
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)
The Original: Disillusioned Reverend Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) is the focus of a documentary that seeks to expose all exorcists as frauds. Then he meets possessed girl Nell (Ashley Bell) and it all goes a bit wrong…
The Radically Different Sequel: Having been dispossessed, Nell attempts to make a new life for herself - but has she really escaped the demon that nearly killed her?
Biggest Change: Ed Gass-Donnelly's daft-titled sequel isn't a found footage film, which sets it apart from its predecessor. (But that's not necessarily a good thing.)
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
The Original: Canadian horror film following sisters Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle). When Ginger's attacked by a wolf, she starts going through some unusual changes…
The Radically Different Sequel: This third entry in the franchise takes place in the 1800s, where sisters Brigitte and Ginger (the ancestors of the first film's characters) get caught in a werewolf trap once more.
Biggest Change: Like Back To The Future Part III (keep reading), we find ourselves in a completely different time.
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (1992)
The Original: Late eighties Disney flick Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is the inventor who accidentally shrinks his kids to the size of ants, then has to find them before they're gobbled up by, well, anything bigger than an ant.
The Radically Different Sequel: Wayne hasn't learnt his lesson, this time accidentally 'blowing up' his toddler so that he's 14 feet tall - and a tantrum-throwing menace to society.
Biggest Change: Well, it goes the complete opposite to the first film. Clever, eh?
If the first film was an ode to the creature features of the fifties, this first sequel is more akin to Attack Of The 50ft Woman.
Waxwork II: Lost In Time (1992)
The Original: A group of teens visit a waxwork museum when it rolls into town. They soon discover, though, that the exhibits might not be all that they seem…
The Radically Different Sequel: Having survived the waxwork museum, Mark (Zach Galligan) and Sarah (Monika Schnarre) discover a strange compass that allows its users to travel through time and space.
Biggest Change: Just about everything.
There are no waxworks in this sequel, the story instead revolving around a series of vignettes, with Galligan and Schnarre taking on different roles throughout. Just… weird.
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997)
The Original: A young Jennifer Aniston (in her first ever movie role) battles a savage leprechaun (Warwick Davis) who's hunting for his precious pot of gold.
The Radically Different Sequel: The Leprechaun jets off into space and has his eye on a distant planet where he plans on becoming king. No, really…
Biggest Change: The space setting is obviously a bit of a shake-up for the series, but the plot's an absolute minefield of wilful stupidity - just check out the stupid 'Mittenspider' (a doctor who the Leprechaun injects with spider DNA).
RoboCop 3 (1993)
The Original: Paul Verhoeven's breathtakingly violent sci-fi. When Officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is killed by a street gang, he's transformed into the world's first robotic copper.
The Radically Different Sequel: RoboCop (Robert John Burke, replacing Weller) flies into action mode when his partner Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) is killed. Meanwhile, Detroit goes to hell.
Biggest Change: Aside from the recasting, RoboCop also replaces his hand with a ginormous assault rifle and goes up against robot ninjas. What happened to the gentle nuance of the original film, eh?
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
The Original: Steven Spielberg blockbuster in which Amity Island is terrorised by a Great White Shark. Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) attempts to take the sea-dwelling monster down.
The Radically Different Sequel: Brody's wife Ellen (Lorraine Gary) discovers that the shark terrorising her family is related to the shark that her hubby killed in '75. Yup, it wants revenge…
Biggest Change: The shark, um, has a motive? It also has the uncanny ability to rise out of the water on its tail and roar at people.
Best. Shark. Ever?
Casino Royale (2006)
The Original: Technically, Casino Royale is a sort of prequel-sequel, but it follows Die Another Day, so we'll say that's the original - an increasingly-goofy Bond outing with Pierce Brosnan in the suit.
The Radically Different Sequel: Daniel Craig replaces Brosnan as 007, who's tasked with taking down a weapons dealer. Meanwhile, he falls for Vesper (Eva Green).
Biggest Change: You want a gritty Bond? You got it, as Martin Campbell takes a page out of Bourne 's book for the most daring Bond to date.
Prometheus (2012)
The Original: Ridley Scott's Alien , in which Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the crew of the Nostromo find themselves trapped aboard their spacecraft with a killer xenomorph.
The Radically Different Sequel: Technically a sort of non-prequel, Scott's return to Alien franchise attempts to figure out the origins of the xenomorph, this time with Noomi Rapace as the lone female survivor.
Biggest Change: The xenomorph glimpsed at the tail-end of the film is totally different to what we're used to, as is the ginormous facehugger.
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
The Original: A terrifying religio-horror from director Richard Donner. American diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) adopts a young orphan, Damien, who turns out to be the spawn of Satan.
The Radically Different Sequel: We meet young Delia (Asia Vieira), who starts displaying strange powers when she's adopted by Gene (Michael Woods) and Karen York (Faye Grant).
Biggest Change: It totally breaks away (or near enough) from the original film (and its two sequels) for a standalone shocker in which - oh my - the devil child is now a GIRL. Whatever next?
Fast & Furious (2009)
The Original: Mindless action flick in which police office Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) finds his loyalties to the force tested when he's seduced by the underground world of street racing.
The Radically Different Sequel: A heist movie on wheels as Dominic (Vin Diesel) and Brian are forced to work together to take down a heroin-importing crime lord.
Biggest Change: We still get racing cars and giant action set-pieces, but now the franchise has become more interested in heists than mere petrol-headed thrills - something the following sequels continued.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
The Original: George Miller's uber-cool road movie starring Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky. When his family are killed by evil future petrolheads, he sets out for revenge.
The Radically Different Sequel: When Max stumbles upon a small community that's been targeted by bandits for their gasoline, he agrees to help them fight back.
Biggest Change: The first film was more of a bleak post-apocalypse road movie, whereas the sequel puts the pedal to the metal to become one of the coolest action flicks ever made.
The Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
The Original: Horror flick following Irena (Simone Simon), a Serbian woman who believes that she's the descendant of a special breed of person who can transform into cats whenever they're, um, 'excited'.
The Radically Different Sequel: A psychological thriller with all the same characters but a totally different plot as six-year-old Amy makes an imaginary friend who turns out to be the ghost of Irena…
Biggest Change: There are no actual cat people in the film, other than the ghost of Irena…
Critters 4 (1992)
The Original: A fun Gremlins bandwagon-hopper set in rural Kansas, where a farm is terrorised by invading aliens called Critters. It's not long before the bodies start piling up.
The Radically Different Sequel: The action's moved to space, where the franchise's unlikely hero Charlie (Don Keith Opper) attempts to eradicate the Critters once and for all.
Biggest Change: The setting is no longer Earth, but a space station for a film that clearly wants to be Alien (just check out the computer Angela), but is nowhere near as clever or atmospheric.
Shock Treatment (1981)
The Original: Rocky Horror Picture Show aka one of the greatest musicals ever made. Tim Curry stars as Dr Frank N. Furter, a transvestite who plays host to young couple Brad and Janet when they get a flat tyre during a storm.
The Radically Different Sequel : A bizarre follow-up in which Brad and Janet's hometown has been transformed into a giant game show - and they're incarcerated as unwilling contestants.
Biggest Change: Though some of the same characters appear - notably Brad and Janet - they're played by different actors, so they might as well be totally different characters anyway.
The Howling II (1985)
The Original: A knowing werewolf flick starring Dee Wallace as reporter Karen White, who's sent to an isolated retreat with her husband after a traumatic event. Problem is, the retreat is secretly home to a pack of werewolves…
The Radically Different Sequel: Karen's brother Ben (Reb Brown) discovers that his sister was a werewolf when he meets the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee).
Biggest Change: Philippe Mora's sequel plays it straight, and the results are less than thrilling. What happened to the fun tongue-in-cheek vibe of the first film?
Also, the prosthetics are shocking.
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
The Original: Comedy horror starring Kevin Bacon. He's part of a band of small-towners who are targeted by underground-dwelling monsters called graboids.
The Radically Different Sequel: A made-for-TV prequel set in 1889. The inhabitants of Rejection Valley attempt to fend off the graboids with limited fire power…
Biggest Change: Though it's technically a prequel, it's also completely different from the previous three Tremors flicks thanks to its 19th Century setting.
Blair Witch 2: Book Of Shadows (2000)
The Original: A phenomenon as much as a movie as directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick convince everybody that the Blair Witch is real for a black-and-white scarefest.
The Radically Different Sequel: The Blair Witch goes Goth as a group of friends head to Maryland to research the witch for their book. After spending the night at the Parr house, they all wake up with no memory of the night before…
Biggest Change: The found footage aspect is all but abandoned in favour of a far more conventional approach to horror movie-making. Snore.
The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004)
The Original: Pitch Black , an Alien-esque sci-fi horror set on a remote alien planet where scary criminal Riddick (Vin Diesel) is the only one with the skills to survive the planet's deadly alien populace.
The Radically Different Sequel: A big, bloated epic that attempts to turn Riddick's (yes) chronicles, into a massive sci-fi franchise. This time, Riddick goes up against an evil Necromonger and helps out Judi Dench.
Biggest Change: Riddick was always an anti-hero, but Chronicles takes it to another level, watering him down in order to put him at the centre of a franchise. It doesn't work.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1995)
The Original: Dream-weaving slasher flick following the children of Elm Street, among them Nancy (Heather Langenkamp), who are haunted by Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), the murderer whom their parents killed.
The Radically Different Sequel: Released 11 years after the original A Nightmare On Elm Street , Craven returns to close the franchise with New Nightmare, which is set in the 'real world' and stars Langenkamp as herself.
Biggest Change: Ahead of his work on Scream , this was Craven doing post-modern horror and brilliantly blurring the lines between fact and fiction.
The Raid 2 (2014)
The Original: Unexpected smash hit of 2011 and the second film from Welsh director Gareth Evans. Iko Uwais is Rama, a rookie sent in to storm a high rise that's been commandeered by a crime lord. Soon, body parts fly.
The Radically Different Sequel: Picking up where the first film left off, Rama is this time recruited to infiltrate a Jakarta crime syndicate while also attempting to protect his family from corrupt cops.
Biggest Change: Naturally, the action's even more ambitious and breathtaking, but the decision to open up the franchise's landscape is the biggest change.
Conan The Destroyer (1984)
The Original: Conan The Barbarian , which introduced Arnold Schwarzenegger as the muscular loincloth-lover. He seeks revenge against snake cult leader Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) for the death of his parents.
The Radically Different Sequel: A family-friendly fantasy. Conan is tasked with transporting Princess Jehnna (Olivia d'Abo) to a fortress where a mystical crystal has been hidden.
Biggest Change: Where the first Conan was an adult fantasy that didn't skimp on the gore, the sequel's as family-friendly as they come. Which is just odd if you ask us.
Rambo: First Blood II (1985)
The Original: First Blood, a post-Vietnam action flick that takes a searing look at PTSD as John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is harassed and then hunted by local coppers.
The Radically Different Sequel: Rambo heads back to Vietnam to release American prisoners of war and goes up against corrupt politician Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier).
Biggest Change: Aside from Stallone's newly-humongous frame? Well, the franchise is no longer about one man's personal trauma, but blowing up as many people as possible. Plus guns. Lots and lots of guns.
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
The Original: The action movie to end all eighties action movies. Cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes on Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) and his band of terrorists when they take an LA high rise hostage.
The Radically Different Sequel : Fifth (and, some would say, worst) entry in the series. McClane heads to Moscow to track down his wayward son (Jai Courtney). Naturally, he ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Again.
Biggest Change: McClane leaves America for Russia. What was he thinking?!
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
The Original: A playful genre mash of historical epic and present day fantasy. Christopher Lambert is an immortal swordsman who searches for the elusive 'Prize'. Think Wheel Of Fortune with swords.
The Radically Different Sequel: The Highlander (Lambert) attempts to save the earth by installing an ozone shield. Or something. This is a confused mess and even Lambert doesn't seem to know what's going on.
Biggest Change: The total lapse in logic is the biggie here.
The Highlander is, for some reason, now living in the future and able to resurrect his mentor (Sean Connery) despite the fact that he was UTTERLY and TOTALLY destroyed last time. Fnnnnrrr.
Back To The Future Part III (1990)
The Original: Ridiculously clever time travel flick. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is transported back to 1955 where he attempts to keep history in tact while finding a way back to the future.
The Radically Different Sequel: Marty finds himself in the year 1885. Out of gas, and tormented by Mad Dog (Thomas F. Wilson), getting back to the future is going to be even more difficult than ever. Yee-haw!
Biggest Change: While we still get twisty time conundrums and meet distant relatives, this is very much a Western - something the franchise hadn't done previously. And, some might argue, shouldn't have done at all.
(But not us, we love it.)
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
The Original: Loving adaptation of Dick King-Smith's novel about a pig (Babe) who grows up thinking he's a sheepdog. Laugh you may, but he turns out to be pretty good at herding…
The Radically Different Sequel: A totally bonkers road movie in which Babe heads to the big city in order to help save Farmer Hoggett's farm from bankruptcy.
Biggest Change: The first movie was a cute fable about never accepting your limits. The second film's a veritable zoo gone wild with crazy animals all over the place and a strangely acerbic sense of humour.
Army Of Darkness (1992)
The Original: The Evil Dead was a micro-budget, woods-set horror in which demons come out of the woodwork, while Evil Dead 2 was a pseudo-remake-sequel which injected more humour (and gore) into proceedings.
The Radically Different Sequel: The third entry in the franchise whisks hero Ash (Bruce Campbell) off to 1300AD where he's low on gas (tricky when your sole weapon is a chainsaw) and the deadites are still on the loose.
Biggest Change: The humour's even more manic than ever and at times AOD feels like a delirious nightmare of increasingly wacky events.
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Original: Based on the book by William Peter Blatty. An exorcist is called in when young Regan (Linda Blair) starts showing signs of possession. Is she crazy or does she have the devil in her?
The Radically Different Sequel: Four years after the first film, Regan's 16 and a patient at a psychiatric ward. But has the demon really gone, or is it simply resting?
Biggest Change : The spooky, portentous mood of the first film is completely gone for a hippy-trippy sequel that frequently slips into all-out ridiculousness.
Case in point: Blair tap-dancing and developing weird psychic powers. And don't even get us started on the locusts…
Bride Of Chucky (1998)
The Original: Cult eighties horror Child's Play. When voodoo killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) is mortally wounded, he transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll that is given to six-year-old Andy (Alex Vincent) as a birthday present.
The Radically Different Sequel: Fourth entry in the franchise and the first to not use the Child's Play title. Chucky returns with a little help from his ex-girlfriend Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), who gets dollified herself. Then? Road trip with Katherine Heigl…
Biggest Change: There are two talking dolls, and they're constantly bickering. The tone of the film is also even more humorous than previous instalments, which is actually a good thing.
This is basically a John Woo version of Child's Play.
Psycho II (1983)
The Original: Black-and-white classic from Alfred Hitchcock. The proprietor of the Bates Motel, Norman (Anthony Perkins), turns out to be a crazy loon who kills people while dressed as his dead mother.
The Radically Different Sequel: Much-belated (Technicolor) follow-up. Norman has spent years in a mental institution. When he's released, it's considered a good idea to let him return to the house that turned him crazy in the first place…
Biggest Change: This time, Norman is the trouble hero of the piece. We're invited to root for him and hope that he's finally turned over a new leaf. But has he?
The Black Bird (1975)
The Original: Classic noir The Maltese Falcon , starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, who gets caught up in a plot to uncover the mythical statue of the title.
The Radically Different Sequel: A comedy caper following Sam's son, imaginatively named Sam Jr (George Segal), who picks up his father's old Maltese Falcon case when Sam Snr passes away (off screen).
Biggest Change: Though Falcon had its fair share of character-driven comedy, The Black Bird is totally different in feel and tone - it's a broad comedy with none of the class of its noir predecessor.
Predator 2 (1990)
The Original: Jungle-set action horror. When Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his special forces team head into Central America to take down deadly guerrillas, they encounter an alien predator that's far, far deadlier.
The Radically Different Sequel: Set 10 years after the first film, this slick sequel dumps Dutch in favour of Lieutenant Michael Harrigan (Danny Glover), whose investigations into LA drug cartels leads to a confrontation with the Predator.
Biggest Change: If the first film was an action horror, the second's more of a police procedural that also happens to feature an alien.
Jason X (2001)
The Original: Friday The 13th, one of the first summer-camp-set slasher films. A young Kevin Bacon stars as hack-fodder for a psycho killer who's butchering teens at Camp Crystal Lake.
The Radically Different Sequel: Killer Jason Voorhees is captured and frozen when the US Government fails to find a way to destroy him. Jason wakes up in the year 2455 and soon starts hacking apart annoying future teens.
Biggest Change: It's Friday The 13th In Space ! Until now, the franchise has barely strayed away from Camp Crystal Lake (aside from a later entry disastrously set in Manhattan) and Jason X wants to shake things up.
It also buried the franchise.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Original: Hard and fast sci-fi that plays around with ideas of fate and the future. The T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back to 1984 from the future in order to destroy the mother of the saviour of mankind.
The Radically Different Sequel: Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) has transformed into a formidable warrior. The T-800 is the good guy. And the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) is hunting John Connor (Edward Furlong).
Biggest Change: This time around, Arnie's the good guy. The scope of Cameron's sequel is also infinitely larger, with more action set-pieces, a longer running time and meatier themes to chew on.
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
The Original: House Of 1000 Corpses , a zombie flick directed, naturally, by Rob Zombie. Two couples fall prey to the savage Firefly family on Halloween.
The Radically Different Sequel: The bloodthirsty Firefly family are back, this time going up against a Texas sheriff and his army of state troopers.
Biggest Change: The baddies from the first film are now the anti-heroes of the sequel, which is all kinds of topsy-turvy and weird.
Just who are we supposed to root for, eh?
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
The Original: Lean and mean black-and-white classic Night Of The Living Dead. A group of people hole up in a farmhouse which is besieged by legions of ravenous undead.
The Radically Different Sequel: Mass hysteria has gripped the world as the zombie plague recruits yet more innocent victims. Meanwhile, a group of survivors hide out in a mall.
Biggest Change: Romero's second film is big, big, BIG.
Escalating the scale of the franchise, it's a zombie-infested action flick that also adds Technicolor to the mix (y'know, to really make that pumping blood pop on screen).
Batman & Robin (1997)
The Original: Tim Burton's Batman , which made comic book movies cool again and starred Michael Keaton as the Bat. He goes up against Jack Nicholson's manic Joker.
The Radically Different Sequel: Fourth entry in the franchise and contender for the title of Campest Movie Ever. This Joel Schumacher flick stars George Clooney as the Bat and pits him against Arnie's Mr Freeze and Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy.
Biggest Change : How about EVERYTHING? Batman & Robin has about as much in common with the first Batman as a toothbrush does with a tyrannosaurus rex.
Troll 2 (1990)
The Original: Eighties cult flick directed by John Carl Buechler ( The Dungeonmaster ). A San Francisco high rise comes under attack from a troll who's looking for a mystical ring. (Hate it when that happens.)
The Radically Different Sequel: Cult flick widely considered one of the worst films ever made. A family attempt to evade a gang of vegetarian goblins who want to turn them into plants so they can be eaten…
Biggest Change: There isn't a single troll in Troll 2 , which sort of confuses things. Also, the acting's taken a serious downswing…
Gremlins: The New Batch (1990)
The Original: Joe Dante's eighties monster flick starring Zach Galligan as the kid who's given a mogwai for Christmas, which spawns a legion of naughty gremlins.
The Radically Different Sequel: Tongue-in-cheek chuckler that relocates the action to Manhattan, where Zach Galligan's office block is overrun with gremlins.
Biggest Change: Whereas the first film had a wickedly dark sense of humour, the sequel's post-modern and nudge-winky in a far broader sense, frequently breaking the fourth wall.
Aliens (1986)
The Original: A taut, spooky space flick from director Ridley Scott. A group of space truckers happen upon a deadly alien that tears its way through the ship - and their bodies.
The Radically Different Sequel: A gun-blazing war flick ("This time it's war" yelled the tagline) as survivor Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) takes a no-prisoners approach to killing an entire army of xenomorphs.
Biggest Change: Aside from the genre flip, there's not one but hundreds of slathering aliens, and they've been given something of a design tweak. Plus Ripley's got shorter hair now.
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch (1982)
The Original: John Carpenter's genre-defining slasher flick. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her babysitter friends are stalked on Halloween by escaped mental patient Michael Myers.
The Radically Different Sequel: A standalone oddity in which the owner of an evil novelties company plots to kill children on Halloween by using booby-trapped scary masks…
Biggest Change: The plot's completely different with no Michael Myers in sight.
Carpenter and producer Debra Hill envisioned the Halloween franchise becoming an anthology series that told a different story with every sequel. When Halloween III flopped, that idea was abandoned.