# Epilogues you'd like to see... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277 "2016-07-19T02:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/1 "2016-07-19T02:26:44Z")
Not a sequel, just something to round out the end of a story. My example: After the end of _ **Doctor Strangelove** _, we see the surviving members of the bomber crew enjoying their last days before the fallout comes with the contents of their survival packages and some Russian women. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/2 "2016-07-19T03:13:01Z")
In the end credits of _The Martian_, I really expected to see Sean Bean’s character get hit by a car or something… ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/3 "2016-07-19T05:41:31Z")
Dr Sam Beckett finally made it home. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/4 "2016-07-19T05:52:23Z")
I’ve always wondered what happened to the kids after the end of _Lord of the Flies._ Did they all go back to the same school? Did Jack and Ralph have to pass each other in the hallway several times a day? Talk about awkwarrrd… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/5 "2016-07-19T07:25:26Z")
“Hey, Godot. What kept you?” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/6 "2016-07-19T07:35:44Z")
The defendant in Twelve Angry Men shouting, “So long, suckers!” ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/7 "2016-07-19T07:46:42Z")
I don’t think that I actually have any book or movie epilogue requests, but I’d give everything I’ve got, and everything I’m going to have for an unambiguous HEA epilogue to _Chuck_. Also, since _JAG_ and _NCIS_ exist in the same universe, I’d love to see a shout out where we finally find out what the outcome of the coin toss was. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/8 "2016-07-19T12:07:07Z")
**Deliverance** ; _One Year Later_, “Hey guys, wanna go camping?” ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/9 "2016-07-19T16:44:00Z")
Mafia Daughters starring Meadow Soprano…only on TLC. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/10 "2016-07-19T18:53:02Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Not a sequel, just something to round out the end of a story. As much hate as Paul Verhoeven’s version of _Starship Troopers_ gets ([especially around here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6728002)), a lot of the plot elements follow along directly from the book, including the ending. In the book, Rico explains that by the time Humanity has backed the Bugs up all the way to their home planet of Klendathu that they can’t just crack it open with a Planetbuster because the Bugs have figured out that taking human prisoners prevents us from doing just that. Hence, you have the rousing scene at the end where Rico, now an officer in charge of his own unit (in the book, his father is top sergeant under him), is preparing to lead his men down to the surface to finish the Arachnids once and for all. A nice epilogue would have been the MI leading the surviving prisoners back up to the surface for retrieval - set against the burning remains of the Arachnid leadership caste (how big _is_ a Queen, anyway?) - as Rico hears a tinny old-timey recording of “The Ballad of Rodger Young” playing through his helmet’s audio system. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/11 "2016-07-19T20:04:28Z")
A post-credits shot for _Vanishing Point_ where we watch Kowalski watch the destroyed Challenger\* being loaded on a flatbed, from a distance. Then he lights a cigarette and starts trying door handles on other cars. No explanation. - Yes, I know the wreck was a Camaro.[SIZE=2] [/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/12 "2016-07-19T20:19:21Z")
President MacGyver. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/13 "2016-07-19T20:21:45Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Not a sequel, just something to round out the end of a story. My example: After the end of _ **Doctor Strangelove** _, we see the surviving members of the bomber crew enjoying their last days before the fallout comes with the contents of their survival packages and some Russian women. I’d love to see a followup on the mineshaft colonies 20 years in the future, in which Strangelove’s plan to have a 10-1 female to male ratio has backfired and the women have taken over. The surviving War Room leaders are being kept as as a sort of pet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/14 "2016-07-19T20:55:20Z")
At the end of _Twin Peaks_, Dale Cooper recovers from his experiment with LSD: “Hey guys, I just had the _craziest_ acid trip. I was in Washington or something…” “Burp” - Moby Dick ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/15 "2016-07-19T23:35:20Z")
After the big glorious farewell to the elves on the boat at the end of Lord of The Rings, fade to black and a simple line of text “The ships were eaten by a squid 3 hrs from port. There were no survivors” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/16 "2016-07-20T01:53:19Z")
At the end of “Being There”, President Chauncey Gardiner sits back in his Oval Office, which has been converted into a completely sky-lit planetarium/greenhouse. On the intercom speaker a receptionist asks for his approval to receive the Secretary of State, but Chauncey ignores her and gets up and walks among the plants, admiring. Actually the ending BT _did_ have was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/17 "2016-07-20T02:24:45Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > After the big glorious farewell to the elves on the boat at the end of Lord of The Rings, fade to black and a simple line of text “The ships were eaten by a squid 3 hrs from port. There were no survivors” Or else “Unfortunately due to a rudder irreparably broken by Ship’s Mate Gil-Agin They were unable to sail the Elven Road and landed on a uncharted desert isle.” ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/18 "2016-07-20T02:35:38Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Or else “Unfortunately due to a rudder irreparably broken by Ship’s Mate Gil-Agin They were unable to sail the Elven Road and landed on a uncharted desert isle.” Gandalf often makes improbably devices to try and get rescued, like a palantir made from coconuts, only for Frodo’s bumbling to wreck it all on a weekly basis. It’s called Frodo’s Island and lasts for 10 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/19 "2016-07-20T02:47:08Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > “Burp” - Moby Dick Years ago I found [The Book of Sequels](https://www.amazon.com/Book-Sequels-Henry-Beard/dp/0517105470). Most of it is just excerpts or covers, but there is a rather extensive _Moby-Dick II: Raise the Pequod_. It’s in the style of a Tom Clancy thriller; the hero’s name is Dipp Schmidt. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277/20 "2016-07-20T02:58:51Z")
**E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial** : E.T. says a fond farewell to Elliot, touching his heart and saying “I’ll be right here.” Then he boards his UFO and blasts off into the sky - all watched by the wistful-looking Elliot and his family. On board the UFO, en route to the mothership, “E.T.” reports back to his commanders. Commander (to “E.T.”): Special Agent Xyxlbrx, welcome back to the collective, comrade! Were you successful in your mission?" “E.T.” (a.k.a. Special Agent Xyxlbrx): “Indeed I was, comrade! The human family are all now infected by the lethal and highly contagious bacteriological warfare. They will die in writhing agony in mere days – but by then the contaminant will have spread like wildfire across their continent and their planet! Expect to see three quarters of their population to be dead within two of their 'weeks.” Commander: “And will the remaining humans be able to defend themselves when we launch our invasion?” “E.T.”: Negative! Their backwards technology will be no use against our mighty warships. The Earth is OURS!! The humans are DOOMED! Mwuah-ha-ha-ha!" Commander: “Mwuah-hs-ha!” Fade out among much evil, gloating cackling and Kang & Kodos style waving of their long, spindly, tentacle-like arms. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277.md?page=2)