I’m baffled at how much they screwed it up. They really didn’t need to change the formula much for the sequel to be a success. Just come up with a new portal or some excuse why the portal from movie 1 didn’t close and do the same thing as the first movie.

Instead they did whatever they ended up doing in movie 2 and killed what could’ve been a fun blockbuster franchise.

Hell they could’ve adapted one of the the hundreds of fanfics online and it would’ve been a better starting point than whatever they ended up with.