F.U.F. - Different Actors Playing the Same Characters in Sequels

The faces of John Connor

This week, I say "fuck you" to movies that have different actors playing the same roles. This bugs the SHIT out of me. It happens all the time. I don't know WHY it has to happen though. I feel like when an actor plays a role, that it becomes theirs. When some other schmo plays it, they inevitably try and make it 'their own' but....I don't want that. I want the original. This is a big reason why some sequels fail, to me at least. John Connor in the Terminator movies is the biggest example I can think of. Why couldn't they get Edward Furlong to do Terminator 3? That movie was a terrible piece of shit as it is, but I think with Eddie as John it might have been bearable.
The Clark's kids in all the National Lampoons Vacation movies are all different. When I was young I couldn't wrap my head around it....I wondered, is it a whole different family? But with the same Mom and Dad? IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! Why is one Audrey pretty (Juliette Lewis) but in Europe she's like a little old lady that smokes 2 packs a day crammed into an ugly pubescent girl's body? (Listen to her voice..its raunchy).
I understand that sometimes it is necessary. Apparently on Seinfeld, a different actor played George's dad Frank when he first appeared. When he came back and was played by Jerry Stiller, they reshot all the previous scenes so that in re-runs it was proper. THAT is cool. They also reshot the whole ending of Back to the Future for the beginning of Back to the Future II. See below. Pretty good job--also this was one instance that I didn't mind the actor switch since I loved Elizabeth Shue from Adventures in Babysitting. :D

Finally...the last example I have is Becky on Roseanne. I know--Roseanne isn't a movie. They still replaced a character mid-run though. When it happened, I wasn't impressed, but then I thought the new Becky was prettier so I didn't mind. I thought it was really cool how they were blatant about it, though, they didn't try and trick you into thinking it was the same chick.
I guess in some cases, Fuck you, but if you do it right....I can accept it. Half-fuck you. HAPPY FRIDAY!