# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Akaadji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Akaadji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaadji)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/121 "2003-11-18T00:53:47Z")
Hm…Yu-Gi-Oh and Shaman King are such interesting manga…I wonder why nobody has dubbed them yet…and it’s a good thing they never made a Baby Blues show…it just wouldn’t be the same, would it? And you know what, Turok was a kinda interesting game…I wonder why they decided that they wouldn’t make any other ones… ---
**Author:** ![Charybdas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Charybdas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charybdas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/122 "2003-11-18T01:02:41Z")
You know, I once heard that there were Muppet movie scripts involving them in Manhattan and something about Gonzo’s family. Too bad they canned those. They sounded interesting. I wonder what it would have been like to see the Muppet characters as little kids. Nyah. Probably really crappy. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/123 "2003-11-18T01:26:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > Also **Casino Royale** Wash out your mou – wait a minute; you probably **typed** that didn’t you?, errrr, wash out your hands with soap. _Casino Royale_ represented the pinnacle of achievement for filmic interpretation of the Bond works. When Mr. Fleming saw it in all its glory, he realized this, too, and devoted the remainder of his life to writing an extended series of _Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang_ adventures. Dick Van Dyke’s big-screen career really took off after this, and he never had to appear in a sitcom about a daytime television host in Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/124 "2003-11-18T02:33:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\ ***Yes** never made an album called _Tormato_. And on this aledged album, that doesn’t exist, there certainly aren’t any songs with crap lyrics about not killing whales or arriving UFO’s or Jon Anderson’s deluded interpretations of heaven. Nor does this album, which is non-existant, by the way, have crap disharmonious pseudo-psychedelic synthesizer solos that would make The Doors blush with embarrassment. None of that. It’s all lies. > > After their 1977 album _Going for the One_, all members of **Yes** took a 3 year sabbatical, to return stronger than ever in 1980 with the classic _Drama_. \*\* I’m becoming more and more convinced that I am the only person in the world who actually likes [/]Tormato\*. In other prog rock news, **Genesis** has officially disbanded permanently after their 70’s album _Wind and Wuthering_. There was some talk about continuing without Steve Hackett, and the already departed (2 albums prior) Peter Gabriel, thus beginning a whole new decade of many, many, many very popular crappy radio hits with Phil Collins as the frontman, but fortunately for us all they decided against it. Phil Collins has also decided he will not attempt a solo career, but will rather fade gracefully into obscurity. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/125 "2003-11-18T03:01:44Z")
I’m kinda bummed that Anthony Hopkins refused to sign on for _Hannibal_, and it looks like the movie will not get made. It might be for the best, however. It would have been very difficult to turn that story into a movie, and they probably would have severely butchered the plot, so maybe we should be thankful that the project fell thru. (When I read the book, I really did think to myself, “This wouldn’t make a good movie, but I know they’re going to try.” And sure enough, a few months later, I heard that _Hannibal_ was in production, and before I saw any trailers for it I knew that it would suck.) Also, for a while I was hearing rumors that they were going to make a movie called _House of the Dead_, but it would be nothing like the arcade game, and would have some asinine story about teens going to a rave on an island that’s overrun with zombies. Thankfully, it looks like that rumor was just a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/126 "2003-11-18T03:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Thank goodness the whole “sequel” thing is a modern invention. At the root of all this is some greedy Hollywood-type who has just got to milk an idea for one last dollar … You might be interested in this thread from last February: [Sequels you May not Have Known Existed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=160605&highlight=sequels+crusoe). Did you know that Daniel DeFoe wrote two sequels to _Robinson Crusoe_? Before you post to that other thread, remember that it’s been dead for about nine months. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/127 "2003-11-18T03:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Thank goodness the whole “sequel” thing is a modern invention. At the root of all this is some greedy Hollywood-type who has just got to milk an idea for one last dollar … You might be interested in this thread from last February: [Sequels you May not Have Known Existed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=160605&highlight=sequels+crusoe). Did you know that Daniel DeFoe wrote two sequels to _Robinson Crusoe_? Before you post to that other thread, remember that it’s been dead for about nine months. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/128 "2003-11-18T04:40:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Abe User \* > **Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend died before they got old.** I know this is going to horrify you, but Daltrey rocks on Extreme History. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/129 "2003-11-18T13:28:26Z")
Steven Spielberg was, apparently, going to add a mushy, upbeat, family friendly ending to AI. Fortunately, good sense prevailed. The Supreme Court was going to decide the next President of the United States, but then thought better of it and let the public do it instead. ---
**Author:** ![AussieSven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AussieSven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AussieSven)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/130 "2003-11-18T14:26:31Z")
Thank god there was only 1 Blues Brothers movie. I heard they thought about it once, but then John Bellushi keeled over and the whole thing was permanently put on ice (the movie, not JB). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/131 "2003-11-18T14:34:34Z")
Benny & Bjorn realized early on that forming a Swedish singing group with their girlfriends was an absolutely ridiculous idea, and instead spent most of their adult lives writing musicals with lyricist Tim Rice. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/132 "2003-11-18T15:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diceman \* > \*\*You might be interested in this thread from last February: > [Sequels you May not Have Known Existed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=160605&highlight=sequels+crusoe). Did you know that Daniel DeFoe wrote two sequels to _Robinson Crusoe_? > > Before you post to that other thread, remember that it’s been dead for about nine months. \*\* Depending on how you meant that, I may have whooshed you … 😛 ---
**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 18, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/133 "2003-11-18T16:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Benny & Bjorn realized early on that forming a Swedish singing group with their girlfriends was an absolutely ridiculous idea, and instead spent most of their adult lives writing musicals with lyricist Tim Rice. \*\* Hey! That’s not funny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/134 "2003-11-18T18:20:06Z")
> [@](#): > > And Willow and Tara! Why, Willow’s such a pro with her magic now. **shy guy** , that make me choke on my Sprite. Hee. My contribution… **Xena** , in a fit of avant garde post-modern labeling, filmed Season 6 directly after Season 4, so that the final and best season wouldn’t go unwatched by most fans due to the horrific scarring caused by the existence of a Season 5. There was never a dreadful mistake based on the incorrect answer to the questions, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if Xena had a baby?” and “What if we got all of our writers to quit and replaced them with Hercules writers?” Its also great that the producers of **La Femme Nikita** never bowed to fan pressure to continue the series on for another handful of episodes. Thank god it ended with Michael cutting his cheek to cry blood, and not with Madeline as a robot. ---
**Author:** ![SpACatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SpACatta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpACatta)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/135 "2003-11-18T22:44:47Z")
Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra never got rid of Bev Bevan (drummer), Kelly Groucutt (second lead guitarist), Melvyn Gale and Mik Kaminski (cellists), or Hugh McDowell (violinist). They just took a vacation after the 1983 album “Secret Messages”. Kelly Groucutt never shaved his head and wonderful moustache. There was just a bad reflection on his hair in a photograph that made it appear the same tint as his skin. ELO never released Zoom in 2001. There’s actually a band called the Eclectic Lite Orkestra that released “Zoom”. A disrespectful thief never stole one-third of the Half Life II code from the Valve Software servers, causing the game to be delayed until April of 2004. There were a few groups starting file-sharing services a few years ago - I think the top-secret report called them Napster and Kazaa - but somehow, all the teams working on them disappeared mysteriously during a hardcore coding session one day. So, nobody ever stole billions of songs, movies, and games that respectable artists worked hard to create and market. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/136 "2003-11-19T01:46:40Z")
I’m so glad that there was only one Darren Stevens. Two of them would have been intolerable. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/137 "2003-11-19T03:13:28Z")
**Roseanne** thought she’d won the lottery but as she looked closer at her ticket she realized it was upside down, or so the story goes. I never actually saw that episode, but I’m glad for the way it turned out. I don’t think it would have worked well with the family as millionaires. Well… who knows? It might have allowed for a whole new interesting direction for the show the following season. ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/138 "2003-11-19T03:26:12Z")
**Kevin Costner** ’s career was tragically ended when he choked on a bagel while filming a movie in 1994. Supposedly it was some apocalyptic thriller set in a world where the icecaps had melted. And on the esoteric side of things, **54-40** quietly disbanded in 1994; their final album, “Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret”, had its moments but was somewhat slipshod. ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/139 "2003-11-19T04:30:46Z")
I swear some people claim that A.J. Foyt retired from racing several years ago. Must be a paradox as these same people speak of a _Mike Nelson_ on THE satellite of love. That’s ok because the shows never left comedy central either. which is good because i’d have hated to see a remake of Willy Wonka. ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318/140 "2003-11-19T04:36:04Z")
Ok, here’s my sarcastic anti-thread hijaak I’m also glad the **ghostbusters** kept their pack and never made a third movie. And that **gilligan’s island** never made it to a 3rd season thanks to CBS’s wise planning. Too bad I was the only one to see that SPECTACULAR **futurama** series finale that wrapped everything up and left me a better person for life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlander-2-star-trek-v-and-other-things-that-didnt-happen/212318.md?page=8)