# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**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, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/61 "2019-07-16T11:52:50Z")
…incredible sound track was done by Elmer Bernstein! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/62 "2019-07-16T12:04:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Pink Panther** series went on forever, even after Peter Sellers’ death. > > when you’re reduced to using unused footage of Clouseau from earlier films (_Trail of the Pink Panther_), explaining that your lead character has had plastic surgery and now looks completely different (_Curse of the Pink Panther_), or introducing someone as the illegitimate son of your lead character (_Son of the Pink Panther_), and none of them “work”, it’s pretty clearly time to shut down the series. why couldn’t they simply have someone else play Clouseau, looking the way Clouseau did? – oh, yeah, they did that with Alan Arkin in _Inspector Clouseau_, while Peter Sellers was still alive. > And then, just when you thought that the character had been staked as effectively as Dracula, they rebooted it with Steve Martin in the lead. two more films. _The Pink Panther Strikes Again_ and _Revenge of the Pink Panther_ were surprisingly good, given that they were technically the fifth and sixth films in the series, but yes, the four Sellers-less films after that - and the two reboots - should be burned. I mean, I like Roberto Benigni but he’s no Peter Sellers. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/63 "2019-07-16T12:19:43Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Shrek, the first one is still a classic. The rest go downhill from there. The second Shrek was pretty good. The rest? Bleh. ---
**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 16, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/64 "2019-07-16T12:26:35Z")
As least no one is working on the script for a sequel to _The Last Starfighter_. … Aw, [fudge](https://nerdist.com/article/the-last-starfighter-sequel/). ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/65 "2019-07-16T19:48:33Z")
> [@Snake\_Plissken](#): > > 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. You forgot Brad Dexter. I think you owe his legacy and fans an apology. ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/66 "2019-07-16T20:22:29Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I have to admit that I was really surprised when they came up with a sequel to **Beneath the Planet of the Apes** > > The movies are over 40 years old, so I ain’t spoilering this. > > When you’re blown up the entire world and everyone on it, you’d think that would pretty much prevent any sequels. but, as with Michael Corleone in that Saturday Night Live skit, just when you think you’re done, they pull you right back in. > > They somehow or other were able to fix up one of the rockets that had crashed on Future Earth and three apes had flown in it, going inexplicably _back_ in time, rather than forward in time, and landed on then-present-day earth. They got three more sequels > > **Escape from the Planet of the Apes > Conquest of the Planet of the Apes > Battle for the Planet of the Apes** > > They used the time-travel thing to explain how super-intelligent apes appeared and were able to lead a revolt against humans. But the sequels still seemed to be pretty pointless and endless. > Actually, you can make a pretty good argument that **Beneath the Planet of the Apes** was a pretty pointless and un-needed sequel, as well. I’ve heard that the budgets shrank for the successive movies in the original franchise. The studio was not doing financially well and the Ape movies were helping to keep the lights on. By the time the last one was made, they were recycling props from recently canceled Irwin Allen shows, like Time Tunnel. ---
**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 16, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/67 "2019-07-16T20:28:46Z")
> [@TimfromNapa](#): > > I’ve heard that the budgets shrank for the successive movies in the original franchise. The studio was not doing financially well and the Ape movies were helping to keep the lights on. By the time the last one was made, they were recycling props from recently canceled Irwin Allen shows, like Time Tunnel. Kinda liberal definition of “recently”. _Time Tunnel_ ended in 1967, and _Battle_ came out in 1973 (although I coulda sworn it was later) ---
**Author:** ![TimfromNapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@TimfromNapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimfromNapa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/68 "2019-07-16T20:30:46Z")
> [@Mr.Bill](#): > > David Lee Roth had a bluegrass phase??? I pray to God it isn’t so.:eek: Funny you should say that. It came right before his Christian rock phase 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/69 "2019-07-17T01:32:16Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Citizen Kane. > Sequel: Son of Kane, ghost of Rosebud. > > And Buck Henry was the one who did the pitch for _The Graduate_ sequel in _The Player._ And that was one of the most perfect [casting choices of all time.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MeyTgT3Or4) As for the OP? 2001: A Space Odyssey. Yes, yes, I know. 2010 is based on a Clarke novel, blah blah. Nice. He wrote eleventy-four sequels to the novel, which was really an oddball bit if writing to begin with. The novel, writ in tandem with the shooting of the film. Anywhoo, leave 2001 alone. Baby, Star Child, swelling music, over and done. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/70 "2019-07-17T01:56:59Z")
Cabin in the Woods ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/71 "2019-07-17T02:16:23Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Cabin in the Woods What if it turned out the Elder Gods actually weren’t that bad? Maybe they’d decide humanity had advanced slightly (on their scale, from “slime mold” to “flatworm”) and keep us around for amusement. ---
**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 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/72 "2019-07-17T02:59:05Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Cabin in the Woods For that matter, Cabin in the Sky. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/73 "2019-07-17T03:09:13Z")
Zero Hour! (1957) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/74 "2019-07-17T10:41:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The **Alien** series should’ve stopped with the second, too. **Aliens** was a great flick. No point in having **Alien[sup]3[/sup]** or **Alien Resurrection** or the **Alien v. Predator** movies or the loathsome **Prometheus** series. Not “should hae stopped”. Rather “should have gone with the William Gibson script”. There was room for a sequel. Just not a really bad one. anyway. **Blade Runner**. Where could that go after the original ending? Nowhere, as was made clear by the forgettable sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/75 "2019-07-17T11:10:39Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > anyway. **Blade Runner**. Where could that go after the original ending? Nowhere, as was made clear by the forgettable sequel. FTR I didn’t mind the sequel at all. It felt like the second part of a trilogy though, and the third film would have to be pretty damn good to make it all work. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/76 "2019-07-17T12:19:06Z")
It follows. Bad Times at El Royale. Better Watch out. A quiet place (ruins the ending) Baby Driver A dark song ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974/77 "2019-07-17T15:23:25Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > It Follows The studio is “looking into” a sequel. > [@](#): > > Bad Times at El Royale. Didn’t do well enough for a sequel. > [@](#): > > Better Watch Out No idea but seems unlikely. > [@](#): > > A quiet place (ruins the ending) [Sequel already in the works.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_2) and due out next March. > [@](#): > > Baby Driver Sequel being written, apparently. > [@](#): > > A dark song No idea but seems unlikely. So three out of six. That’s showbiz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-should-have-no-sequel-ever/836974.md?page=3)