What is the best prequel movie ever? (with caveats)

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What is the best prequel ever made featuring primary characters from the earlier movie and set in the same universe?

The caveat here being that it has to be made after the original movie (You can't say 'Empire Strikes Back is better than Return of the Jedi' for example)

Godfather 2 doesn't count because it's a sequel and prequel in one.

Are there actually any really great ones or are they flawed from the outset because there is less dramatic tension to be had if you know where the characters end up?
 
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With Temple of Doom is that other than the date flashed on screen, there's nothing in there to indicate it's a prequel. People could watch it and have no idea.

I also personally don't like it much :D
 
C Kent said:
Batman Begins and X-Men 1st Class are the obvious answers. Does Casino Royal (2006) count? Kinda a prequal, but also a reboot of the franchise. Rise of the planet of the Apes & Red Dragon get a shout out as well.
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Batman Begins is not in the same universe as the previous movie, which was Batman & Robin.

Casino Royale is a good one as it's ambivalent (on release) if it's the same Bond
 
Bubo said:
The Thing(2011) is the absolute definition of a prequel if you ask me, and it does have some of the same characters, mainly the thing itself. I think I've only ever seen it once, but I remember it did do some goods things to link in to the prior film to explain how things got like they did, the spilt face dude for a start, that was pretty cool.

Also I had no idea about the TGTBATU being the first film. I always assume him finding the poncho at the end was a knowing call back to the first film.
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The Thing (2011) is genuinely quite good but ruined with unnecessary CGI which was forced upon them for some reason.
 
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