# films that should have no sequel... ever!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974 "2019-07-12T16:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/41 "2019-07-13T02:05:49Z")
I’m just glad they never made a sequel to The Blues Brothers. Or Bad Santa. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/42 "2019-07-13T02:16:48Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > 2 remakes: _Caboblanco_, starring Charles Bronson, and _Havana_, starring Robert Redford. Speaking of Charles Bronson, there was [Death Wish](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071402/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2). Not my cup of tea, but at least an interesting idea for a story. But no one needed _Death Wish_ II, 3, 4, or V - yes, that was how they were numbered! Not to mention the reboot with Bruce Willis. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/43 "2019-07-13T02:17:41Z")
[Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnESedN4vSI) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/44 "2019-07-13T02:35:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _Apollo 13_. (Especially not _Apollo 13 3: The Search For Lovell_.) I did catch Apollo 18. Must have missed the four in-between. ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/45 "2019-07-13T02:43:20Z")
_ **Dr. Strangelove** _ ---
**Author:** ![AlphaOmegaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@AlphaOmegaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlphaOmegaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/46 "2019-07-13T02:47:42Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > _ **Dr. Strangelove** _ I want a movie about the mine-shaft orgies. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/47 "2019-07-13T02:50:08Z")
_Witness_ ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/48 "2019-07-13T06:26:28Z")
_Seven Samurai_ - Akira Kurosawa _The Killer_ - John Woo _Versus_ - Ryuhei Kitamura ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/49 "2019-07-13T13:12:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That would be “Queeg’s Revenge” wouldn’t it? Caine was the name of the ship. Whoops. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/50 "2019-07-13T13:53:14Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > I’m just glad they never made a sequel to The Blues Brothers. > > Or Bad Santa. They did; Bad Santa 2. I came here to say Pink Flamingos. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/51 "2019-07-13T14:33:59Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > _Seven Samurai_ - Akira Kurosawa > _The Killer_ - John Woo > _Versus_ - Ryuhei Kitamura Oops…I only read the thread title “films that should have not sequel…ever!”. These movies didn’t have sequels and thankfully so. John Woo is remaking _The Killer_ and IMO that’s a travesty! You can’t improve upon perfection! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/52 "2019-07-13T16:56:07Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I came here to say Pink Flamingos. But I _have_ to know what Babs and Cotton have been doing in Boise the last 47 years! ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/53 "2019-07-14T06:23:19Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I came here to say Pink Flamingos. > [@ftg](#): > > But I _have_ to know what Babs and Cotton have been doing in Boise the last 47 years! Waters wrote a script for a sequel “Flamingos Forever” but scrapped it after Divine declined to repeat the role and Edith Massey’s death. He published it in the book [“Trash Trio”](https://www.amazon.com/Trash-Trio-Flamingos-Desperate-Forever/dp/1560251271) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/54 "2019-07-14T07:12:04Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Star Wars. > > The original was a fun little romp, it revitalized the science-fiction genre, helped launch the “used future” trope, and stood very nicely as a complete story all on its own. > > None of the sequels has matched it, and a few of them rank among the worst major Hollywood features ever made. Most either attempt to rehash the themes of the original, or just pile explosions and pointless effects shots on top of ludicrous plots. > > None of them have any real heart, and all were made (to say nothing of the shit-tons of merch) simply to extract cash from the fans who had been entranced by the magic of the original. You can’t be serious. Empire was better than the original and I’m one of those weird people who liked the prequels. Every Star Wars film is well worth seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/55 "2019-07-15T03:41:37Z")
I’m not gonna say The Matrix never should have had sequels, but they definitely never should have had THOSE sequels. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/56 "2019-07-15T03:58:23Z")
They probably shouldn’t make a sequel to _On the Beach_. As distinct from remakes. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/57 "2019-07-15T12:32:33Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > No such luck. > > 2 remakes: _Caboblanco_, starring Charles Bronson, and _Havana_, starring Robert Redford. > > 1 sequel novel: _As Time Goes By_, by Michael Walsh. The book was very good. I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/58 "2019-07-15T12:44:11Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > _Seven Samurai_ - Akira Kurosawa > _The Killer_ - John Woo > _Versus_ - Ryuhei Kitamura **Seven Samurai** definitely shouldn’t have had a sequel. The American western remake, though, **the Magnificent Seven** , had _three_. Of course, as in _samurai_, all but three of the seven get killed off, so you couldn’t really have a sequel with everyone. They only had Yul Brynner of the original cast back for the first sequel. they had other actors replacing the other two survivors – Robert Fuller replaced the scene-stealing Steve Mcqueen as Vin Tanner and Julian Mateos replaced the too-Anglo Horst Buchholz as Chico. The plot actually makes sense, with Chris Adams (Brynner) being called back to rescue Chico and other men from the village who have been kidnapped. They get four other guys to fill out the seven. The movie isn’t great (although I think it’s better than the critics made it out to be) The other sequels still have the Adams character, although he’s played by George Kennedy in _Guns of the Magnificent Seven_ and Lee van Cleef in _The Magnificent Seven Ride_ (where he becomes a US Marshall) . For no good reason, except the titles, they keep rounding out the number of gunmen to Seven. None of the sequels did as well as the original. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/59 "2019-07-15T17:34:40Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > You can’t be serious. Serious as a heart attack. The _Star Wars_ franchise is the most overrated bunch of movies ever made. > [@](#): > > Empire was better than the original… People keep saying this, and I’ve never understood it. It is clearly an in-between movie that doesn’t stand on its own. That, IMHO, makes it a lesser film than the original _Star Wars_. > [@](#): > > …and I’m one of those weird people who liked the prequels. Did you really mean to admit that in public? 😃 > [@](#): > > Every Star Wars film is well worth seeing. We’ll have to agree to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/60 "2019-07-16T11:48:17Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > _Seven Samurai_ - Akira Kurosawa > _The Killer_ - John Woo > _Versus_ - Ryuhei Kitamura The Magnificent Seven’ was essentially a remake of ‘The Seven Samurai’ and was terrific! Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn and introducing Horst Buchholz…all directed by John Sturgis. ‘The Guns of the Magnificent Seven’ and the ‘Magnificent Seven Ride!’ were fucking terrible and never should have been made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974.md?page=4)