# Highlander 2, Star Trek V, and other things that didn't happen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318 "2003-11-10T01:02:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/1 "2003-11-10T01:02:20Z")
Mention the above two movies and hardcore fans will deny their existance. What are some other “non events” you can come up with? For me it would that nasty rumor that Bev Bevan started a group called Electric Light Orchestra Part II. Oh, I’ve seen the CDs and even the live DVD, but they are just figments of my imagination. Nope. Not real. Not real at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/2 "2003-11-10T01:19:35Z")
I’ve heard some people tell me that Genndy allowed Dexter’s Lab to continue in a much deteriorated state. But there’s no way he would have allowed third rate Dexter’s Lab episodes to be made. It never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/3 "2003-11-10T01:57:02Z")
Alien Cubed. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/4 "2003-11-10T02:06:28Z")
I just hope they never make any sequels to _The Matrix_. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/5 "2003-11-10T02:06:44Z")
There is no such movie as “The Neverending Story, Part II”. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/6 "2003-11-10T02:21:18Z")
Iron Eagles 2-whatever, Alien 3, Young Guns 2, Major League 2 or 3, Jaws 3 and 4. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/7 "2003-11-10T02:22:19Z")
I have a feeling that the idea for this thread was borrowed from the Flick Filosopher’s (MaryAnn Johanson’s) review of The Matrix: Revolutions. Cite: > [@](#): > > I’m so stunned and bewildered that I can’t even manage to be angry. The first stage of grief is denial, after all: I’ll just pretend that The Matrix Revolutions never happened. It works, this fannish denial. No Trekkie actually believes that the “Spock’s Brain” episode of classic Trek really exists. I’ve yet to meet a Doctor Who fan who will acknowledge “The Trial of a Time Lord,” and that’s – allegedly – an entire season of that show. And we all know that the finale of Blake’s 7 is but a wisp of a rumor, never confirmed. So I will continue to live in the universe as it existed at the end of The Matrix Reloaded, in which Neo is still comatose and the Sentinels have not yet attacked Zion, a universe in which I finish the story in my head in a far more satisfactory way. [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/archive/2003/matrixrevolutions.shtml](http://www.flickfilosopher.com/flickfilos/archive/2003/matrixrevolutions.shtml) She’s my favorite film critic. Go and buy all her merchandise and read all her reviews, in no particular order. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/8 "2003-11-10T02:46:53Z")
In the 1970’s, a great man named George Lucas made the Star Wars trilogy. Although he mentioned plans for more films in the series, he was tragically killed by a falling piece of scenery, on the same day as a freak fire burned all his notes. No traces of any further ‘Star Wars’ plans were ever found. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to 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:** [November 10, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/9 "2003-11-10T02:50:15Z")
**The Return of the Living Dead, Part II** (Also Part II) – after **The Neverending Story II** , the stupidest movie title ever. Also a pretty bad movie. I second **Alien 3** Also **Casino Royale** ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/10 "2003-11-10T04:20:34Z")
Finale of Blake’s Seven was one of the best pieces of Sci-Fi every filmed. I’ll pretend that I never read Flick Filosopher’s (MaryAnn Johanson’s) review. ---
**Author:** ![Anni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Anni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anni)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/11 "2003-11-10T04:23:21Z")
**The X-Files.** Seasons 8 and 9. Never happened. ---
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/12 "2003-11-10T04:28:08Z")
there was only 2 seasons of sliders, wade def. did not leave that show ever, and the professor never got shot star trek Deep Space Nine there was no episode one, and there was jake llyod was certainly not the future darth vader metallica never cut their hair and they still play speed metal (trust me , in my head it makes sense) Axel Rose. he never did anything after the original Guns and Roses ---
**Author:** ![hansolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@hansolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansolo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/13 "2003-11-10T05:10:06Z")
\*there was no episode one, and if there was jake llyod was certainly not the future darth vader ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/14 "2003-11-10T05:24:51Z")
There’s an entire message board in the Buffy fandom where any mention of S6 and S7 is verboten. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/15 "2003-11-10T05:46:17Z")
The Xanth books by Piers Anthony ended after the third one. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/16 "2003-11-10T05:51:11Z")
_Seinfeld_ didn’t have a big final episode. It just ended. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Armageddon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mister\_Armageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Armageddon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/17 "2003-11-10T05:53:17Z")
Rocky V, Speed 2, The Godfather Part III, and Batman and Robin are all figments of my imagination. Nothing as bad as the images of those movies in my head could actually exist, after all. And since no one’s done a video game yet, let’s throw in Zelda II and the Japanese Super Mario 2. Miyamoto can do no wrong, so I can’t see how either of these can be said to have ever been made by him. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/18 "2003-11-10T06:12:11Z")
There was no _Star Trek: Generations_. The Enterprise-D was _not_ destroyed just so that Berman could feel like a big man. Likewise, there were no movies called _Star Trek: Insurrection_ or _Star Trek: Nemesis._ There was, however, a movie called _Star Trek: First Contact._ _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ _might_ have existed…but it certainly went off the air before these so-called “Jem’Hadar” could be introduced. Much less Cmdr. Worf. On _Star Trek: Voyager_ 7 of 9 did _not_ hook up with friggin _Chakotay._ (I mean, my _god_…I’ve seen friggin _slashfic_ pairings that are more believable than that! And that would still have been _filmable_!) _Star Trek: Enterprise_ is still under pre-production development. And _The Drew Carey Show_ went off the air shortly after Drew and Kate consumated their relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/19 "2003-11-10T06:23:46Z")
“So Long and Thanks for all the Fish” was just a throw-away joke in the _Hitchhiker’s Guide_ series. The line on the front of _Mostly Harmless_ actually reads, “The fourth in the heretofore accurately named _Hitchhiker’s_ trilogy”. And as for video games, I sure hope someone makes a sequel to _Star Control 2_ someday. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/20 "2003-11-10T07:03:16Z")
Did you know Disney never makes any direct-to-video sequels? They believe that if you can’t make some good, don’t make anything at all. It’s like their corporate philosphy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318.md?page=2)