[cheebacheeba]

Yeah, that's what I didn't like about JC2, turned into a killing spree splatterfest (which appeals to some) at the relative cost of a lot of the atmosphere the first one had going for it.
Not to mention the *amount* of characters stuck in the bus just made it so you didn't really bother seeing them as anything other than cannon fodder.
Didn't much like the weapons, didn't think they were necessary and came across as a little too derivative of predator for my liking - though in all honesty I could have accepted this if the movie was more tense and atmospheric.

I've heard many a rumour about the third, seems the most recent I recall is actually meant to be set in the next "rising" period of the creeper.
I had previously heard about a prequel set around the "dark ages", that didn't go much past that...though an origins series may be ok...I think that will largely depend upon any kind of success of the third film though, whenever/IFever the fuck they release it.