You were, it seems, among the few to enjoy the second, if not either film, and so it seems that Steve Martin's reboot of the franchise has ended.

The first entry, 2006's "The Pink Panther," made quite a bit of money at the box office (and, ever more importantly, on video), and though critics for the most part disliked it, many figured they were destined to.

Roger Ebert called it "the albatross of the Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers films," in an almost apologetic negative review. So beloved was the original series featuring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Insp. Clouseau that professional film fans would accept no substitute -- Ebert went on to say, "Steve Martin is a genius, too, but not at being Clouseau."

However, it seemed at first that fans were willing to accept the substitute -- indeed, the sight gags, the PG rating, and the appearance of youthful pop star Beyonce suggested that the producers were hoping to reach an audience too young to remember the original. However, that goodwill did not last through the sequel.

"The Pink Panther 2" (2009) did not fare as well with audiences, earning half what the first did, with the added expense of having added a few costly new cast members (namely John Cleese, Lily Tomlin and Indian megastar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan).

As for the critical reception, it was predictably bad. MonstersAndCritics.com reviewer Frankie Dees called it "a very tired second film in a franchise reboot that pretty much ended before it began." As for those who don't hold a place in their heart for Sellers' original antics, Dees said they would just likely "come away wondering why they just watched some old French guy bumble around for 90 minutes."

All of this makes it unlikely that a third will be produced.

And Martin has more than enough to do these days, anyway. Not only did he recently become a father (at 67, no less), but he also has a busy music career and writes the occasional novel.

As for acting, the last thing he was attached to was another film with Alec Baldwin (after their 2009 collaboration, "It's Complicated"), however that was first announced in late 2011, with nothing said about it since.

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