# If you thought \_\_\_\_\_ was a sequel to \_\_\_\_ you'd be in for a movie-viewing shock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568 "2005-01-01T17:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/21 "2005-01-02T01:41:24Z")
Despite the titles, **Deep Impact** and **Deep Throat** really don’t have much to do with each other… :o ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/22 "2005-01-02T01:44:08Z")
Fortunately, _Armageddeon_ was not a sequel to _Apocalypse Now_. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/23 "2005-01-02T01:55:52Z")
> [@Politzania](#): > > Despite the titles, **Deep Impact** and **Deep Throat** really don’t have much to do with each other… :o Similarly, if you thought Deep Throat was related to All The President’s Men… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/24 "2005-01-02T02:01:51Z")
\ “If you liked _Under the Volcano_, you may want to check out _Joe Versus the Volcano_. I think they even use the same volcano for both!” \ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/25 "2005-01-02T02:20:23Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > _1984_ was the long-awaited follow up to _1941_. Which was then followed by _2001_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/26 "2005-01-02T02:24:11Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > \ > > “If you liked _Under the Volcano_, you may want to check out _Joe Versus the Volcano_. I think they even use the same volcano for both!” > > \ Isn’t **Joe vs. the Volcano** is the sequel to **Joe**? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/27 "2005-01-02T03:56:04Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > Also; I was confused when “Before Sunset” and then “After the Sunset” were released within months of each other this year. And neither of them have Norma Desmond, yet she _made_ the movie to which one is the prequel and the other the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/28 "2005-01-02T04:04:07Z")
If you thought_An American Werewolf in Paris_ was a sequel to _An American in Paris_ you would be blown away. If you _Candyman_ was a sequel _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_, then you are sad. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/29 "2005-01-02T04:19:31Z")
After several years of litigation, The Rules of Attraction finally became the Laws of Attraction. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/30 "2005-01-02T04:38:16Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > If you _Candyman_ was a sequel _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_, then you are sad. If you _thought Candyman…_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/31 "2005-01-02T04:38:45Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > _1984_ was the long-awaited follow up to _1941_. Which, of course, was a sequel to _1776_ ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/32 "2005-01-02T04:41:15Z")
> [@The Great Zamboni](#): > > If you thought_An American Werewolf in Paris_ was a sequel to _An American in Paris_ you would be blown away. Actually, I did hear rumors for a while that \*Paris \* was going to have a direct connection to _London_(after all, he did have sex with her before all the ruckus began), but it never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/33 "2005-01-02T05:24:26Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > > [@mr. blue sky](#): > > > > 1984 was the long-awaited follow up to 1941. > > Which, of course, was a sequel to _1776_ And the original in the series was _10,000,000 years BC_. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/34 "2005-01-02T05:34:12Z")
Dances With Wolves and Dirty Dancing Dirty Harry and The Dirty Dozen The Wedding Planner and Four Weddings and A Funeral Apollo 13 is the latest in the never-ending Apollo Creed spin-offs of the Rocky movies. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/35 "2005-01-02T06:02:18Z")
[Six Weeks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084691/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9c2l4IHdlZWtzfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=3;fm=1) and [9 1/2 Weeks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091635/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9OSB3ZWVrc3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1). Funny how that mother all slutted out after her daughter died of leukemia. And of course [Twelfth Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094197/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9dHdlbGZ0aCBuaWdodHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=2;ft=22;fm=1) and [Thirteen Days](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9dGhpcnRlZW4gZGF5c3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=9;fm=1). Funny how I missed McNamara staring intently at RFK and JFK and saying “If music be the food of love, play on.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/36 "2005-01-02T06:03:56Z")
_American Pie_ Is not a sequel to _American Graffiti_. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/37 "2005-01-02T06:09:44Z")
I’m still waiting for Mel Brooks to finish his “History of the World” series. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/38 "2005-01-02T06:19:00Z")
> [@edwino](#): > > [Six Weeks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084691/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9c2l4IHdlZWtzfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=3;fm=1) and [9 1/2 Weeks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091635/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9OSB3ZWVrc3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1). Funny how that mother all slutted out after her daughter died of leukemia. > > And of course [Twelfth Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094197/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9dHdlbGZ0aCBuaWdodHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=2;ft=22;fm=1) and [Thirteen Days](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9dGhpcnRlZW4gZGF5c3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=9;fm=1). Funny how I missed McNamara staring intently at RFK and JFK and saying “If music be the food of love, play on.” The Hugh Grant movie _Nine Months_ is not related to any of these. Neither is the Ahh-nold flick _The Sixth Day_, Nor the horror movie _28 Days Later_, which has been mentioned already. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/39 "2005-01-02T07:06:43Z")
> [@xgxlx](#): > > After several years of litigation, The Rules of Attraction finally became the Laws of Attraction. But the series died with _Fatal Attraction_. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568/40 "2005-01-02T07:11:16Z")
How about The Princess Bride and The Princess Diaries? And there’s Star Wars… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-thought-_____-was-a-sequel-to-____-youd-be-in-for-a-movie-viewing-shock/282568.md?page=3)