# Big Lebowski 2 PLEASE!!!!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2004, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630 "2004-02-11T09:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Black\_Oak\_Arkansas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Black\_Oak\_Arkansas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Oak_Arkansas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/1 "2004-02-11T09:22:23Z")
To the Coen Brothers, Please, Please, make the sequel to the Big Lebowski! This is the best movie that you two have ever made and it is a masterpiece and I miss the characters and want to see them again. The characters are 12 years older, and maybe none the wiser. The Dude and Maude have joint custody of the kid, Walter is Walter and have Billy Bob Thornton (maybe Walter’s co-worker) as the third wheel (replacing Buscemi). Buscemi would have a part, maybe as an angel, taking over the role of the stranger, or have them both in action. add in some other characters or make new ones and BAM! a sequel! I have seen so many crap movies made in sequels, can we do this one? “Intolerable cruelty” was OK, but you guys are slipping. And, no more Catherine Zeta Jones! ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/2 "2004-02-11T12:04:42Z")
No. That said, every time I haven’t watched TBL for awhile, as is the case with most of my favorite movies, I start to miss the characters. Me and my friend Alek are known for liberally sprinkling TBL quotes, especially “Me and Liam, we gonna fuck you up!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/3 "2004-02-11T15:01:55Z")
No. Sequels made just to bring characters back always blow. > [@](#): > > I have seen so many crap movies made in sequels, can we do this one? Why would you want a crap sequel made of a movie you like??? I loved _The Big Lebowski_ and I feel the same way about the characters. But it worked for the story to end so unresolved. Adding resolutions would suck. “It’s twelve years later… Walter and the Dude were about to win the bowling tournament, but Jesus sabotaged the pins on the last frame. Now, it’s payback time.” What’s next, _Raising Arizona Two: Arizona Rising_? Is there a vomit smiley somewhere? I liked _Oh Brother_ a lot, ditto _Intolerable Cruelty_. Haven’t seen _The Man Who Wasn’t There_, but I want to. When filmmakers revive old stories unnecessarily, it’s usually a VERY bad sign. So here’s hoping it doesn’t ever even come close to happening. > [@](#): > > And, no more Catherine Zeta Jones! Yeah, John Goodman is way hotter. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/4 "2004-02-11T15:04:22Z")
There was a rumor afoot about a year ago that the Coens wanted to do an “unofficial sequel” of sorts – this time focusing on The Jesus. I can’t imagine what it would be about. Eight year olds, Dude. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/5 "2004-02-11T15:07:37Z")
Please don’t. Be happy that the original was good enough that you want a sequel, and then let it go. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/6 "2004-02-11T15:43:18Z")
_Intolerable Cruelty_ was relatively well received critically (75% tomatometer) and I liked it a great deal. The movies before that (Man Who wasn’t there, O Brother Where Art Though) were all very good so I’d hardly call them slipping. On to The Big Lebowski 2. I would have to agree 100% with **Marley23**. If they make this, their careers are in a bit of trouble. Also, I don’t know who owns the rights to the original, but you can’t even guarantee the Coen brothers would be behind the sequel (See Dumb and Dumberer) and that would be horrible. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/7 "2004-02-11T17:26:24Z")
Worst. idea. ever. Sorry but sequels to films of this quality will never live up to the original. I personally hate the way filmakers make sequels in order to cash in on the original. A sequel to TBL is tottaly unnecessary and would almost certainley sully the good name of the original. Unless a sequel is part of the film and intended from the beginning it is almost always a bad idea. I’m still reeling from the last two Matrix films… ---
**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/8 "2004-02-11T19:18:33Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > There was a rumor afoot about a year ago that the Coens wanted to do an “unofficial sequel” of sorts – this time focusing on The Jesus. > > I can’t imagine what it would be about. > Eight year olds, Dude. Now this, I would be in favor of. The beauty of this plan is it’s simplicity. A straight up sequel, NO WAY!!! It would be just too lame. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/9 "2004-02-11T22:10:41Z")
A Jesus movie would be welcomed. Either a sequel, prequel, or paraell movie. A true sequel on the Dude and Walter would suck. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/10 "2004-02-12T02:18:35Z")
Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man! sorry ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/11 "2004-02-12T02:20:42Z")
I agree that a sequel would be a terrible idea. I’d rather the Coens keep making original movies. There aren’t enough of those out there anymore: everything’s a sequel or a remake or an adaptation. That said, I’ve always thought a TV show could be pretty cool. Think about it: the Dude decides that he was pretty good at figuring out that, you know, mystery stuff and shit, and thinks, “Hey, why not start a detective agency? That fat bald guy in the Volkswagon thought I was a pretty good dick… uh, detective, and I wasn’t even, you know, _trying_.” I see it as a combination of _The Rockford Files_ and _Columbo_, with the criminals always underestimating the Dude because he seems like such a clueless stoner. And when he gets in trouble, Walter shows up to give people lessons on what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass. It’d never be as good as the movie, obviously, but it could still be good TV. As I said above, the Coens should to stick to the big screen, where they’re needed most. Still, in the right hands, it might work. Plus, maybe we could get the Coens to guest direct the occasional episode. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/12 "2004-02-12T03:10:58Z")
Be careful man, I have a beverage here. ---
**Author:** ![Coulbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Coulbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coulbean)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/13 "2004-02-18T08:12:05Z")
> [@Black Oak Arkansas](#): > > The Dude and Maude have joint custody of the kid But Maude chose the Dude because she didn’t want the father to be involved. It would go against the nature of the Dude and Maude for this to happen. At least one of them would get pissed off in the process. Maybe the Dude runs into the kid somewhere… That might work… They could focus on the kid, (who could maybe go by “The Kid”) he would be a pretty weird cat if he was raised by Maude. Mostly new characters, and a cameo or two by the Dude. Then again… maybe it is all best left alone. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/14 "2004-02-18T13:08:07Z")
Ah, the Little Lebowski Urban Acheivers, and yes, proud we are of all of them. \*The Big Lebowski \* was somewhat of a Christ allegory, don’t you think? ‘Nobody fucks with the Jesus.’ ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-2-please/228630/15 "2004-02-18T21:24:05Z")
a second lebowski would be awesome. I loved the first one. the coen bros do have a new movie coming out though, with tom hanks in it. i might check it out.