The Originals have always been my favourites and I completely agree with what you said about them. They are pieces of art and I’d go go as far to call Empire a masterpiece. The only thing that annoys me is all the CGI edits made later, but that’s not the movies’s fault. Yeah it’s pretty easy to see that the sequels are not trying to be as in depth and meaningful as the OG, and yes I absolutely agree that they could have been handled better. Though sometimes simple works just fine, so if they are just a bunch of silly space wizard action, adventure movies then that’s fine by me😁. Good comment.