Originally Posted by EnzoBaker
This doesn't fix the biggest problem, the absence of Tom Hagen -- but it's a bit more polished
flogging a dead horse!

Sure thing No Tom Hagen [no brainer]

Besides there were too many new characters who popped up in Godfather 3 that didn't fit in instead of cultivating the old characters
eg: Sonny's or even Connie's son/s as power struggle schemers instead of inventing Vincent though Andy Garcia turned in a good performance

I feel in Godfather 2 the new characters Roth and Pentangeli in spite of the absence of Clemenza [granted not the big vacuum as no Hagen in Godfather 3] Clemenza's mysterious, unexplained death - somehow pulled it off
Both Roth and Pentangeli's connection to the Corleones were believable!

Interested to hear Turnbull, J Geoff takes please after their viewing of the The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone