# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1308
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26144 "2014-05-27T16:08:07Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26145 "2014-05-27T16:10:05Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26146 "2014-05-27T18:21:35Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26147 "2014-05-27T18:48:08Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26148 "2014-05-27T18:53:24Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) 9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26149 "2014-05-27T18:58:46Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) 9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu) Since the category doesn’t say the prequel has to be a movie… I’ll nominate a book. 1. The novel \*\*\* The Wide Sargasso Sea \*\*\*is a good prequel to _ **Jane Eyre.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26150 "2014-05-27T22:01:14Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) 9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu) 10. The novel \*\*\* The Wide Sargasso Sea \*\*\*is a good prequel to _ **Jane Eyre.** _ 11. The novel _ **Hollywood** _ by Gore Vidal- prequel to _ **Washington D.C.** _ (among others) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26151 "2014-05-28T02:53:37Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Good prequels, and what they are prequelling > > … > 6. Prometheus (Alien) Eyecccch. I remind you the category is _good_ prequels. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26152 "2014-05-28T04:13:03Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) 9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu) 10. The novel \*\*\* The Wide Sargasso Sea \*\*\*is a good prequel to _ **Jane Eyre.** _ 11. The novel _ **Hollywood** _ by Gore Vidal- prequel to _ **Washington D.C.** _ (among others) 12. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad) Okay, it hasn’t aired any episodes yet but I’m going to assume it’ll be a good series. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26153 "2014-05-28T08:42:09Z")
Good prequels, and what they are prequelling 1. Wicked (The Wizard of Oz) 2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Planet of the Apes) 3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( Raiders of the Lost Ark) 4. The Godfather Part II (The Godfather) 5. Henry V, by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Pts. 1 and 2) 6. Prometheus (Alien) 7. Monsters University (Monsters Inc.) 8. The Magician’s Nephew (The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) 9. Zulu Dawn (Zulu) 10. The novel \*\*\* The Wide Sargasso Sea \*\*\*is a good prequel to _ **Jane Eyre.** _ 11. The novel _ **Hollywood** _ by Gore Vidal- prequel to _ **Washington D.C.** _ (among others) 12. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad) 13. The Scorpion King (The Mummy Returns) (…which I suppose is only true for certain values of “good”…) New: Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26154 "2014-05-28T11:12:13Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans _Hey: neither was exactly a cinematic masterpiece, but they’re equally good._ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26155 "2014-05-28T11:33:26Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26156 "2014-05-28T13:15:32Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26157 "2014-05-28T13:27:47Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26158 "2014-05-28T13:56:44Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26159 "2014-05-28T14:23:29Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. 7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26160 "2014-05-28T14:33:51Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. 7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933) 8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26161 "2014-05-28T14:37:06Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. 7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933) 8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck. 9. John Carpenter’s \*\*\*The Thing \*\*\*was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26162 "2014-05-28T14:51:43Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. 7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933) 8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck. 9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell). 10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan. I’ve seen both recently. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26163 "2014-05-28T15:32:45Z")
Film remakes which were as good as, if not better than, the original. (No reboots, please) 1. Let Me In (Let The Right One In) 2. Clash of the Titans 3. The Wizard of Oz (There was a silent version before the classic 1939 musical.) 4. King Kong - 1976 re-make (my personal favorite) had mixed reviews and the 2005 version (which was critically and commercially massively successful) were at least as good as the original 1933 version. 5. Frankenstein–The 1931 film is a classic, and obviously better than the original 1910 film. 6. Dracula (1931). Nosferatu (1922) is a classic in its own right, but the Lugosi version is completely iconic. 7. Pocket Full of Miracles (1961); Lady for a Day (1933) 8. Little Shop Of Horrors (1986), wonderful musical adaptation of the 1960 dreck. 9. John Carpenter’s The Thing was much better than Howard Hawks’ (and much closer to the original story by John W. Campbell). 10. Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait is much better than the original, Here Comes Mr. Jordan. 11. Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) is far superior to Bakshi’s 1978 cartoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1309)