Wholeheartedly agree. I wanted the sequels or anything that tied in so bad and am glad we got them but they completely ruined the first one in retrospect. Thus in hindsight the dream was better than the reality of what we got. I heard the creators stole the story and that is also why the sequels did not do so well since they actually lack the creativity to make something on their own. but i dont know i just wish the sequels stood up. The action was great but that also was taken from animes.