# I can't believe they made a sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058 "2001-07-28T05:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/21 "2001-07-28T19:09:33Z")
Battlefield Earth’s sequel is going into production soon. Look it up on Coming Attractions and you can see. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/22 "2001-07-28T19:15:13Z")
IT’s pretty difficult for any action movie to have a sequel. You have to stretch nearly as far as a soap opera. Only movies such as James Bond and Mission Impossible can have sequels that make sense; they are based on seperate cases for each rather than one story that is stretched to the next one. Speed 2 pretty much sucked a@@ and in my opinion is the worst attempt at a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/23 "2001-07-28T19:35:31Z")
and for those of you who don’t know how to get to Coming Attractions: [http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html](http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html) One of the best sources for upcoming movies, and it’s based in Canada? Ahhh… the internet As for my submissions… Star Trek 3,5,7,9… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/24 "2001-07-28T19:40:01Z")
Feh. You kids forgot the most godawful sequal of all time. The one that is actually _denied_ by the most devout fans of the original. Are you sitting comfortably? **HIGHLANDER II - THE QUICKENING** There ya go, I win. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/25 "2001-07-28T20:54:08Z")
I always wondered, was there a Fiday The 13th Part 13? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/26 "2001-07-28T20:57:02Z")
sunbear, If not already, rest assured there will be. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/27 "2001-07-28T21:18:36Z")
You call yourselves bad sequel afficionados? Piffle, I say! Recently at Hastings I was strolling through the new DVD releases when I noticed a box for _Mimic 2_. I picked up the box in fear, then quickly put it back again. And yet, I realized, this surely will be a horrible movie, perhaps horrible enough to laugh at. Oh, how wrong I was. Remember the one or two things about _Mimic_ that made you go, “Huh. That’s kinda cool.”? Well, there’s none of that in the sequel. Bad bad bad. ---
**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/28 "2001-07-28T21:21:17Z")
They made a “Species 2” as well… ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/29 "2001-07-28T22:14:01Z")
**The Hunchback of Notre Dame II** the preview for it is on the Emperor’s New Groove tape; I don’t know if it’s out yet. Hunchback was actually pretty decent if you fast-forward through Jason Alexander’s song. But it didn’t do so well; it’s not the sort of thing you can really exploit. And the plot of Hunchback II is this: Jennifer Love Hewitt falls in love with Quasimodo. there are some other bizarre sequels out there – not just Hunchback (anyone heard of Cruel Intentions 2?) – but this one takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/30 "2001-07-28T22:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*I’m pretty certain there’s not a sequel to a single disney movie that doesn’t suck. The originals were awesome, the second time around, it was pathetic. Some people just don’t learn. \*\* Hello!! _Toy Story 2_!!! Okay, so it was collaboration with Pixar and not soley the product of Disney, but c’mon… That movie rocked. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/31 "2001-07-28T23:33:15Z")
I think that the _Leprechaun_ movies should definitely not have made it up to part four: _Leprechaun In Da Hood_. I kid you not; it stars Ice-T. I think after a horror series has done the “in space” movie, it should be laid to rest. Speaking of which, they’re currently making the next Friday the 13th. Guess where it takes place…yep; in space. Scientists have taken Jason’s DNA and are making a clone to make a race of super-warriors. _sigh_ _lowers & shakes head_ ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/32 "2001-07-29T00:59:07Z")
_Smokey and the Bandit 2 Smokey and the Bandit 3 Mannequin 2 Alien 3 Alien 4 Splash 2_ (made for TV) _Son of Kong_ (made in 1933 just nine months after the original; where was his mother?) _King Kong Lives_ (sequel to the 1976 remake) ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/33 "2001-07-29T01:16:14Z")
On a different vein, a good movie: Psycho I can’t believe anyone would make a sequel to one of the all-time classics. How do you follow that act, except to spoil it? And on a similar note, what was the point of doing a scene-for-scene remake of the original Psycho? What the hell were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/34 "2001-07-29T02:10:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Feh. You kids forgot the most godawful sequal of all time. The one that is actually _denied_ by the most devout fans of the original. > > Are you sitting comfortably? > > **HIGHLANDER II - THE QUICKENING** > > There ya go, I win. 🙂 \*\* Okay I admit this is the first one that sprang to my mind and I was going to suggest it until I remembered that true fans deny its very existence. There can be only one. Ftr IMO the worst movie ever made was Weekend at Bernies II. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/35 "2001-07-29T03:03:29Z")
\<\<\\>\> But there was **The Rescuers Down Under**. Classic Disney animation. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/36 "2001-07-29T04:40:11Z")
I avoid sequels, but admit to being intrigued by “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/37 "2001-07-29T05:06:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tengu \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by sewalk \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by kylen \* > > > **But it’s not like there is a Rocky Horror 2 out there. Nor should there be.** > > > > Sorry to burst your bubble, but there is a sequel. The title is _Shock Treatment_. The only returning cast members of note are O’Brien, Quinn, Campbell and Gray. Sharman also directed it. \*\* > > And, humourously, Brad and Janet were the only returning characters… > \*\* Unless of course you count Ralph and Betty Hapschatt. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/38 "2001-07-29T07:15:12Z")
Air Bud 2: Golden Reciever! ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/39 "2001-07-29T18:34:30Z")
But I’ve got Universal Soldier II. I should get some sort of recognition for watching that steaming pile of horse crap (Best part: Watching WCW wrestler Goldberg die…which finally SHUTS HIM UP). ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/40 "2001-07-29T20:35:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > **HIGHLANDER II - THE QUICKENING** > > There ya go, I win. 🙂 \*\* Highlander II? Huh? No, no, I’m sorry, you must be mistaken. There was never a Highlander II. How could there have been? I mean, for goodness’ sake, the movie’s sig-line was “There can be only one”, after all. Why on earth would they have made a sequel? Nobody loves money _that_ much, surely… (twitches a little) I don’t understand what the movie could even have contained, I mean, what, some dumbass plot about how the immortals were all from outer space, totally destroying half the mystical logic of the first movie, plus Ramirez’ line about “Are the stars only pinholes in the blanket of night”… (twitches a _lot)_ In fact you’d have to be _fundamentally insane_ to even _think_ of such a concept, in fact anyone who does should be _killed, surely_… that’s what would happen to them if it was made, of course, but it NEVER WAS. IT DID NOT HAPPEN. \*Calmblueoceancalmblueocancalmblueocean… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058.md?page=3)