Unleash hell again? - When are pointless sequels too much?

[Faceman]

There is talk about Gladiator 2 coming out in the summer of 2005 with the story taking place 15 years after maximus's death. While sounding pretty good in theory, how many good sequels that don't deal with the characters in the original movie are any good. I can't actually think of any that were, but I can think of 2 that weren't. Jaws 3 and Halloween 3, both having nothing to do with the original characters and both sucking beyond anything I've ever seen. Maybe it will be decent and surprise me though, who knows.