# It's time for Tom Hanks to do 'Bachelor Party 2'. Who's with me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972 "2016-09-14T22:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/21 "2016-09-15T17:20:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If we’re talking Tom Hanks sequels, then we really need _Apollo 14_. “All apologies, sir, but you’re too old to be an astronaut.” “I wish I were . . . _Little_.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/22 "2016-09-15T17:41:06Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If we’re talking Tom Hanks sequels, then we really need _Apollo 14_. How would that work? If they really wanted to have Tom Hanks play Jim Lovell again, maybe \*Apollo 8 \*would be a better prequel choice. I think Bachelor Party II would be better done by having Hanks play his old character, but also the dad of a younger actor, and have it be his son’s bachelor party. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/23 "2016-09-15T17:45:28Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I think Bachelor Party II would be better done by having Hanks play his old character, but also the dad of a younger actor, and have it be his son’s bachelor party. IIRC, there was talk at some point of doing Bachelor Party 2 with Tom Hank’s son Colin. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/24 "2016-09-15T17:46:39Z")
_Joe vs. the Volcano: Rematch_ ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/25 "2016-09-15T18:34:13Z")
There was a Bachelor Party 2 made back in 2008 I’m waiting for Flamethrower of the Vanities. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/26 "2016-09-15T20:05:40Z")
_Cast Away Again: The FedEx Guy with the Absolutely Worst Bad Luck Ever_ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/27 "2016-09-15T20:44:04Z")
> [@bump](#): > > How would that work? If they really wanted to have Tom Hanks play Jim Lovell again, maybe \*Apollo 8 \*would be a better prequel choice. Ah say, it’s a joke, son. Like how they had to drop the “III” from the movie _The Madness of King George_. lest people think it was the second sequel to the original. Likewise, the sequel to\* Apollo 13\* must be _Apollo 14_ (possibly with “Lunar Bugaloo” in the title). Now if they made _Apollo 8_, I fear they have to play up controversy, like the trailers for Sully make it look like people thing Sully was criminally negligent. In Apollo 8, they would have an angry public calling for Lovell’s head for reciting Genesis. Maybe there’d be a scene where Madalyn Murray O’Hair publicly assaults him. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/28 "2016-09-15T20:47:22Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Forrest Gump 2: Forrest Gumpier Forrest Gump 2; Gump and Gumpier It features his son, now grown up. He gets hit on the head and suffers brain damage. But that doesn’t stop them from having grand adventures together. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/29 "2016-09-15T21:05:06Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > If I were emperor, Tom Hanks would be forced to make this movie. > > His character is getting remarried, so the surviving cast throw him a bachelor party. They can be joined by some of today’s young comic actors, like Seth Rogan and his friends. Apatow can direct. Rick Gassko: Diagnoses? Dr. Stan Gassko: Medically speaking? Rick Gassko: Yes. Dr. Stan Gassko: Whacked out of his brains on drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/30 "2016-09-15T21:06:20Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Forrest Gump 2; Gump and Gumpier > > It features his son, now grown up. He gets hit on the head and suffers brain damage. But that doesn’t stop them from having grand adventures together. I would definitely pay to see that movie. I also suggest having a ghost Jenny make regular cameos to help them along. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/31 "2016-09-15T21:11:38Z")
I’m not sure what movie he should do next, but I would worry for all the ones that will travel with him in that movie… [https://onsizzle.com/i/one-thing-i-will-never-do-travel-with-tom-hanks-2283358](https://onsizzle.com/i/one-thing-i-will-never-do-travel-with-tom-hanks-2283358) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/32 "2016-09-15T21:28:50Z")
Hanks excelled at low budget comedies. He’s taken a much too serious turn lately. I’m on board for another Bachelor Party movie. Volunteers is another great Hanks comedy that needs a new chapter. I think Hanks met his future wife in that move? She was an actress back then. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/33 "2016-09-15T21:51:57Z")
I wanted a sequel to _You’ve Got Mail_ after the Borders shutdown debacle. Unfortunately Meg Ryan is no longer cute, and instead looks like a jack-o-lantern. On the other hand, if Colin Hanks and Kristen Bell could make some romcoms together, they’d almost be like sequels. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/34 "2016-09-16T01:14:48Z")
Come on, don’t we really want to see _BIG_, only in reverse? Old man Tom Hanks becomes a preteen boy. _I’m sorry. Is this close to threadshitting?_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/35 "2016-09-16T03:34:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > …Like how they had to drop the “III” from the movie _The Madness of King George_. lest people think it was the second sequel to the original… Wiki sez not so: [The Madness of King George - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George#Title_change) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/36 "2016-09-16T03:49:02Z")
Saved Private Ryan…Matt Damon becomes a small business owner…waits 50 fucking years to ask his wife if he’s been a good man. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/37 "2016-09-16T19:15:54Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Saved Private Ryan… Tom Hanks puts the burden of his own death on a poor schlub who doesn’t have any idea how to respond other than cry like a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/38 "2016-09-17T18:52:26Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Saved Private Ryan…Matt Damon becomes a small business owner…waits 50 fucking years to ask his wife if he’s been a good man. They could call it AfterRyan. I loved Batchelor Party. Sure, it was a low budget sex comedy, but Hanks brought a lot of charm to the role, and it had a number of laugh-out-loud scenes. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972/39 "2016-09-17T21:10:44Z")
I think it would work better if it has Hanks’ future son-in-law’s party rather than his son’s. A worn-down-by-life Hanks is hoping to relive The Best Night Of His Life but he’s taken aback by things like seeing a stripper doing a lap dance on his daughter’s beau. A lot of the cast have faded away one way or another. Wendie Jo Sperber (d. 2005) would be missed the most. I’m surprised to see that Angela Aames died years ago at only 32. William Tepper who played Sperber’s husband has only one short film to his credit since BP. Except for Hanks and possibly Kitaen you’d mostly need a new cast. Sequels without many of the originals aren’t all that great. (BTW, in checking IMDb I noticed there’s a Russian made [Bachelor Party](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4353954) this year starring Dolph Lundgren. We need Stallone to go after this guy on Hanks’ behalf.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-tom-hanks-to-do-bachelor-party-2-whos-with-me/765972.md?page=1)