The increasingly inaccurately named Hitchiker’s Trilogy by Douglas Adams.
John Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy (Prince of Darkness, The Thing, In The Mouth of Madness)
The increasingly inaccurately named Hitchiker’s Trilogy by Douglas Adams (…)
Aka: the trilogy in five parts? But yeah, it’s a great pick book-wise
Dark souls
Mass effect for video games, Rebuild of Evangelion for movies, and Old Man war for Books. I know only mass effect is a trilogy (Andromeda doesn’t exist) but I feel like all three stayed with me after finishing them, and the character development and plot lines all had satisfying conclusions.
How dare you disrespect the enigma that is Marauder Shields
Loll, his sacrifice was not in vain. I’ve still haven’t seen the extended endings because I was satisfied with the original.
There’s not much else to see. Honestly the best ending is the little citadel get together you play sometime in 3. Most of the characters you’ve come to know and love all gathered for a small, low key house party. Everything about the battle for earth and the citadel ghost can eat my shorts.
The Next Generation Deep Space Nine Voyager
I know that technically doesn’t count but whatever.
I’m re-reading the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zhan and it’s a lot better than I remember it.
Last time I read it, I was 10. I’m now 40 and it’s a much more interesting story now.
Was inspired when I watched Andor and it reminded me of Zhan’s take on the SW universe.
Damn, beat me to it!
Actually I started re-watching it last night. I usually don’t re-watch anything, but it’s just so damn good.
How to Train Your Dragon.
Counterpoint: Kung Fu Panda
The mass effect trilogy. Yeah, shut up, the ending is great. NEVER had a problem with it. It’s a videogame, really expecting that the ending will take into account all the decisions over 100 hours of gameplay and dialogue and give you a very personal ending for you is lunacy. Even real life doesn’t work like that. The 3 endings with slight variations depending of your war assets was more than enough for me.
The Dollars Trilogy as it’s sometimes called. Italian westerns Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and the Ugly
Also called the Man With No Name trilogy.
Halo 1-3, both the single player story and the evolution of the multi-player.
Single Player on Heroic or below.
Came here to say exactly this. My favorite video game trilogy of all time, played through each campaign countless times and multiplayer on MCC from time to time. Never gets old.
Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy: Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch.
Whenever I think of the answer to this question, I always lament at how many film trilogies or games could have been absolutely immaculate duologies but were, for various reasons, sort of forced into a third installment through fan expectations, studio pressure, or just plain Hollywood/corporate greed.
It usually begins with a film or a video game that is an unexpected success, something that was written off by the execs that turned out to be not just a work of art, but a pop culture sensation. Star Wars, The Matrix, The Terminator, Assassin’s Creed, Mass Effect, etc were probably never intended to have a sequel. Their original plotlines all tied up the loose ends nicely and made for a perfectly adequate self-contained story. Then the second film/game in the series comes out and it’s another well received installment. Maybe it’s because the second rides a bit on the coattails of the first, or maybe because the first walked so the second could run, it’s hard to say, but in every case the second always sets the bar too high. The third installment is typically the one that sours the soup, so to speak. I’d wager that even a really well written story can’t really live up to the expectations that fans have for the third installment of a well-beloved series. Having the perfect three-peat is a feat rarely seen accomplished, but nobody ever seems satisfied with just two good pieces of media with no plans for a third.
The Matrix is actually an interesting thing if I recall correctly.
The Wachowskis really wanted to tell a huge story, they had so many ideas and multiple sequels across many mediums.
They had funding issues, or there was little confidence the film would be a success, so the very ending of the first Matrix is just sorta tacked on.
Neo in the phone booth telling the machines he’s about to change everything as he just flys away, completely breaking their reality. It’s a “and they all lived happily ever after” ending.
Of course The Matrix was then hugely successful.
So now the Wachowskis get to tell the story they intend, hell they get to do pretty much whatever they want.
As a result Neo is weirdly much less of a badass (but still badass) as he sort of finds himself during the events of Matrix Reloaded.
But if course I bring this all up because the Wachowskis did get to make all the things they wanted. Reloaded & Revolutions were at least part of the story. The Animatrix and other shorts, part of the story. The multimedia continuation of the story where you could jump into a video game to see part of the story, or into a an MMO and live in the Matrix.
The Matrix was always envisioned as this huge thing. It just turned out that having the idea and executing on that idea is hard. The films didn’t quite live up to expectations (still good mind you, but a step down). Part of the films “missing” with the idea that it would be something you can experience in a video game. The story continuing on in an MMO that took a while to launch and then had major issues.
Which is all to say sometimes even with good intentions and ideas, it’s just difficult to get an idea perfectly onto screen.
His Dark Materials. Best series I’ve ever read, at all.
Still need to watch the BBC show, would yall say that is worth seeking out?
Yes, but nowhere near as good as the books.
Order the 6 piece mozzerella sticks. You get 2 mozzerella sticks as a trilogy!
Mmmmmmmm, the perfect trilogy!
Double Dragon.
Yeah, if we’re talking NES games, Mega Man 1-3, Ninja Gaiden 1-3 and Castlevania 1-3 all belong on this list
Martha Wells Murderbot series is on book 8 (of the full length novels) and I love it more each time. I’ve read it through three times and still enjoy it each time.
I know it’s not 3 but if anything I find it more impressive.
