# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/61 "2001-07-31T11:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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. \*\* 102 Dalmations? ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/62 "2001-07-31T12:12:25Z")
My theory is, sequel quality is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the number at the end of the title. Allow me to cite…[sub]shudder[/sub] **Blues Brothers 2000** If they ever invent selective memory annihilation, I would pay to have the memory of this film burned from my cerebral cortex. And I bet I’d be second in line only to Dan Aykroyd. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/63 "2001-07-31T13:54:30Z")
Adding to the list, how could you miss: _Another Stakeout_ - mmm, 100 more minutes of Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, with Rosie O’Donnell thrown in to boot! _Candyman 2 & 3_ - Tony Todd is great. As a supporting actor. _Wishmaster 2_, et al. - Hey, video is a strong market. That’s why these three sequels never saw the theaters. We planned it that way. _Another 48 Hrs._ - That formula only works once. Let’s hope they don’t make “Tango and Cash 2”. _Child’s Play 2_, et al. - One movie about a talking killer doll is quite enough, thank you. _Beverly Hills Cop 2 and 3_. Eddie Murphy was a great “fish out of water” in the first. Once he got his bearings, he got boring. Also, Judge Reinhold quickly induces vomiting. How’d he make it through 2 sequels? _From Dusk Till Dawn 2 and 3_ - No comment. There are many **many** more. I can see why movie reviewers are such bitter sourpusses. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/64 "2001-07-31T14:09:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harvey The Heavy \* > \*\*Doctor Detroit 2: The Wrath Of Mom. I can’t believe they DIDN’T make this one. \*\* A _Baked Potato_ perchance? I’m still waiting on _Dude, Where’s my Car 2._ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/65 "2001-07-31T17:19:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > \*\* > > Ftr IMO the worst movie ever made was Weekend at Bernies II. \*\* They made a _ **PART 3!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/66 "2001-07-31T18:18:35Z")
I’m so sorry about repeating that info about Shock Treatment, the sequel to Rocky Horror! I was so excited tohave that nugget of knowledge, I didn’t read the multiple responses about it 'til after I posted it. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scott \* > \*\* > _Child’s Play 2_, et al. - One movie about a talking killer doll is quite enough, thank you. > \*\* But, c’mon, **Bride of Chucky** was an amazing piece of cinema! (This is said without sarcasm, I assure you. It is spectacular and everyone should see it three times.) ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/67 "2001-07-31T18:22:10Z")
Oh, I almost forgot… **The Next Karate Kid** ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/68 "2001-07-31T18:23:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezwookiee \* > \*\*But, c’mon, **Bride of Chucky** was an amazing piece of cinema! (This is said without sarcasm, I assure you. It is spectacular and everyone should see it three times.) \*\* Does this summon deamons or something? ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/69 "2001-07-31T18:29:41Z")
…and **Look Who’s Talking Too!** and **Look Who’s Talking Now!** Good thing that Travolta had that career revival so he doesn’t have to make sequels like that and **Staying Alive** and can concentrate on quality sequels like **Battlefield Earth 2**. (That was said with sarcasm.) ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/70 "2001-07-31T19:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezwookiee \* > \*\*I’m so sorry about repeating that info about Shock Treatment, the sequel to Rocky Horror! \*\* Not nearly as sorry as I was to actually _see_ the POS! [hangs head in shame] They actually wrote the audience lines into the Shock Treatment script! That’s like explaining the punchline before you tell the joke. (well, kinda) I can’t believe they (Richard O’Brien?) thought that would work. Cluelessness or blatant sellout? IMHO, both. :mad: -I gotta go before I rant myself into the pit. P.S. Please tell me that RHPS was not written that way. With scripted audience participation, I mean. I want to believe that a sort of spontaneous MST3K thing happened IRL and just grew into a phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/71 "2001-07-31T20:26:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by heresiarch \* > \*\*Please tell me that RHPS was not written that way. With scripted audience participation, I mean. I want to believe that a sort of spontaneous MST3K thing happened IRL and just grew into a phenomenon. \*\* RHPS was not written with scripted audience participation. It was a spontaneous MST3K thing that happened IRL and just grew into a phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/72 "2001-07-31T20:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pezwookiee \* > \*\*Oh, I almost forgot… **The Next Karate Kid** \*\* At least they didn’t try to pass off Ralph Macchio as a “kid” yet again! ---
**Author:** ![pezwookiee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@pezwookiee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezwookiee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/73 "2001-08-01T06:23:02Z")
Aside from the new sequel to Rocky Horror (not Shock Treatment), there are a couple of other bad sequel ideas ramping up production. **Terminator 3** **Basic Instinct 2** (with Sharon Stone gettin’ a wee bit older…) **Indiana Jones 4** (we all love Indy --but is a forth really a good idea?) and then there’s the worst idea of all… the oft-rumored **Back to the Future 4** without Michael J. Fox!!! ---
**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:** [August 1, 2001, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/74 "2001-08-01T09:51:50Z")
**Wayne’s World 2** I liked the first one, but the second one was just plain unnecessary (although it contains my all-time favorite Charlton Heston movie appearance). ---
**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:** [August 1, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058/75 "2001-08-01T11:43:18Z")
> [@](#): > > In the Heat of the Night: The sequel wasn’t bad, just unnecessary There were actually _two_ sequels: **The Call Me MISTER Tibbs** and \*\* The Organization\*\*. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-they-made-a-sequel/74058.md?page=3)