Making a sequel is likea 1984 Clint Eastwood crime thriller: Its a tightrope.Audiences come to a sequel because they loved a movie and wanted to see more of its story or characters. But you cantjust make more of the same movie again. Moviegoerswanta sequel that feels both fresh and familiar all at once, which is an impossible balancing act. (Maybe thats why so many sequels are so bad.)The challenge to deliver something new can sometimes yield sequels that look strikingly different than the films that inspired them. Here the tightrope gets even more precarious. Will the audience that liked the first movie show up for something that doesnt look like the first movie? Will they be satisfied by the changes? Get yeses to both those questions and youve got a hit. Get noes to both, and youre in deep trouble.The films on the list below run the gamut from two yeses to two noes to every possible in between. But they are all sequels thatforgeddifferentpaths than the movies that preceded them. Some were made bynew directors with ideas of their own; othersreplaced popular actors for budgetary or scheduling reasons. Some greatly expanded the scope of their franchises because sequels are often considered guaranteed hits and are budgeted by studios accordingly.One or twofranchises on this listwent hog wild and switchedtones or even genres between installments. Thats like walking a tightrope without a net while the rope is gettingsprayed with gasoline in the middle of a cigarette lighter factory. Lets take a look at some of the movies that pulled off that tightrope walk and some of the ones that didnt.20 Sequels That Were Drastically Different From the OriginalThese movies are all sequels, but they dont look much like the films that inspired them.READ MORE: The Best Sequels Made From Bad MoviesGet our free mobile app10 American Remakes of Foreign Horror Movies That Ruined the OriginalWe'd rather lock our heads in cages full of angry bees than watch these American horror remakes again.Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky