![]() ![]() Now under their command, the reaper takes B&T to Heaven, where they mug three inductees and steal their outfits. These include games of Clue, table hockey and Twister, all of which B&T handily win. They win but the reaper changes the rules, making them issue further challenges. There B&T appear fated to stay forever, so they summon the grim reaper and challenge him to a game of Battleship. They also possess the bodies of Ted’s policeman father and a fellow cop, and disrupt a séance held by Bill’s mom. As ghosts B&T witness their robot doubles trashing their apartment. The latter, a pasty black cloak wearing dweeb with a scythe, invites them to challenge him to a contest, but they “Melvin” him (yank up on his underwear) and run off. Bad Bill and Bad Ted convince their namesakes to accompany them on a road trip to the desert and, once there, throw them off a cliff!ī&T come to as ghosts, and confront the grim reaper. He sends robotic doubles of Bill and Ted back to the year 1991 to stop B&T from winning a pivotal Battle of the Bands competition. In the idyllic future society created by Bill and Ted at the end of their “Excellent Adventure” an asshole named De Nomolos wants to screw things up. The only thing is, BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY, in a most unexpected development, was actually a pretty good movie, and superior to its predecessor in all aspects. That sequel wasn’t a big moneymaker, and put a decisive end to Orion’s hopes for a long-running B&T franchise (Orion, in fact, declared bankruptcy at the end of 1991). It seemed like a rotten idea: follow up the mildly successful 1989 time travel comedy BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE with a more expensive sequel in 1991 (by which time everyone had largely forgotten the first film). ![]()
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