How Adorable

So what would minimize (the hypothetical) Up 2's no goodness?

 

because in addition to being bad it'd retroactively make the original worse

 

That doesn't answer the question at all.

 

There's no reason at all for them to stretch out the story of Carl and Ellie from the original except as a cash grab. Literally all that we should know was told to us; they were two quirky kids, one quiet and the other obnoxious, who fell in love and had a life together. Nothing more of true substance can be added, and trying to do so would cheapen the idea that what we saw was not good enough.

 

HOW DARE YOU, SIR

 

You also totally misread the question.

Let me rephrase and expand on it: I assumed that the least bad thing to do for another Up movie would be a prequel. This is because a sequel or side story would create stories that simply aren't there while in a prequel there is already a story that could be expanded on even though doing so would ruin the point of that story. Considering that, what would be the least bad thing to do with it?

 

hate this so much @_@

 

Don't tell me what to do.

 

Alright, then I'll ask: what's the point of continuing the story of Up, rather than making something that's its own, separate universe and/or storyline? Up's story serves a purpose: it has messages and characters who go through emotional journeys, journeys that came to a decisive end when Up ended, with no substantial questions left to answer. Making a sequel to Up makes no sense; why would you go back to that world when you could make something original, that tells its own story and develops its own characters?

 

Why do children in animated anything always have the EXACT same hair colours, and sometimes hair in general, as one of their parent? That got me more about these than the final image.

 

To be fair, almost all of these are solely fan art; Ariel and Eric did have a daughter in The Little Mermaid 2.

As an explanation; lazy way to show relation. I agree that it's annoying though.

 

u wot m8

 

But at least the House survived : D The house is their child! >:3

 

The same point as continuing the story of any other movie that's perfect on its own: Bringing in new money with minimal effort. That's what the entertainment industry is all about at this point and why the theoretical Up 2 would be no good. But that's not related to my point that a prequel would be the least bad thing to do.

 

Why, why would you do this to me?
I was looking through the photos, and thought how cute they looked, and the last one just destroyed me. Why?

 

...so what else do you want explained then?

 

If not a prequel, what would be the least bad thing to do in the hypothetical "Up 2?" You know, the original question.

 

New characters set in the same universe. Or they go on a new balloon journey. Or the kid goes on a new balloon journey.
Anything that doesn't screw with the lore of the original

 

But that's every Pixar movie.

 

If you're that stuck on continuing Up in some way:

Even though it'd be a waste of creative effort, time, money, etc.