# Movies that need(ed) sequels **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 13, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004 "2023-07-13T21:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/1 "2023-07-13T21:11:12Z")
People often complain about remakes and sequels, but there are movies that should have had sequels but didn’t. Here are a few, in my judgement, that it would have been nice. I’m presupposing that the sequels would have been made within a few years of the originals. What are yours? Suggestions may be serious or tongue in cheek. America VS. The Body Snatchers (OK, maybe the title needs work but it would have been nice to see Kevin McCarthy reprise his role.) After Worlds Collide. Come one, there already was a novel. The Men from Brazil. Set ten-fifteen years after the original. And, of course, Buckaroo Banzai VS. The World Crime League. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/2 "2023-07-13T21:17:33Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > After Worlds Collide. Come one, there already was a novel. According to Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > In the mid-1950s, [George Pal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pal) toyed with the idea of producing a sequel to his 1951 film _[When Worlds Collide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Worlds_Collide_(1951_film))_ , which would likely have been based on this novel. However, the box office failure of _[Conquest of Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Space)_ set back his career for the remainder of the decade and destroyed any chance of a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/3 "2023-07-13T21:26:43Z")
A few weeks ago I _would_ have said _Titanic 2_, but now we definitely gonna get some new Titanic-related movie. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/4 "2023-07-13T21:30:04Z")
I’ve always wished that The Fugitive/US Marshalls duo had a third film, where Tommy Lee Jones’ squad went after another fugitive that was actually guilty. And competent. Always chasing wrongly-accused people is boring. I might have enjoyed a sequel to The Incredible Melting Man. Make it like Alien vs Aliens. If one was good, more is better! I give you, the entire crew of the second Saturn probe, The Incredible Melting MEN! Losing body parts and eating your town, this summer! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/5 "2023-07-13T21:39:23Z")
Rick and Louis - the sequel to _Casablanca._ Actually you could make another sequel with Victor and Ilsa going back to France to lead _Le Resistance._ And another where the seemingly amoral Ferrari turns Rick’s Cafe into a center for the underground in north Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/6 "2023-07-14T00:06:02Z")
Ei8ht. Nin9. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/7 "2023-07-14T00:09:27Z")
E.T. 2: The Revenge ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/8 "2023-07-14T00:18:43Z")
_John Carter of Mars._ Graham Greene’s character in _Maverick_ deserved his own movie. Michelle Yeoh’s character in _Tomorrow Never Dies_ deserved her own movie. Sam Spade and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, reuniting after she gets out of prison. (Yes, I know, _Magnum, P.I._ had an episode based on this idea.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/9 "2023-07-14T02:03:45Z")
Silverado’s ending hinted at a sequel (“We’ll be back!”), but the chances of that happening seem to have ridden off into the sunset along with Kevin Costner. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/10 "2023-07-14T02:15:53Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > After Worlds Collide. Come one, there already was a novel. I will politely disagree, as the best parts of the movie are about humans being human (the good, the bad, and the ugly) in the face of destruction. The sequel movie (assuming based upon the novel) would have been more about the fact that we can only carry forward our conflicts into new worlds - I’d only be happy with it if it ended much like Beneath Planet of the Apes: We destroy ourselves and any semblance of a new hope. Instead, a sequel a few years after the original would probably have followed the book and made a “We’ll destroy the Soviets in the new world too and they’ll join us in our New World Rah-rah-rah!” sort of thing. But, I 100% agree on > [@E-DUB](#): > > And, of course, Buckaroo Banzai VS. The World Crime League. My suggestion is probably uninspired, but “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” begged for a well made sequel, although I can understand why it never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/11 "2023-07-14T02:20:12Z")
**The Adventures of Tintin** ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/12 "2023-07-14T02:37:33Z")
I’m sorry they missed the opportunity to do _28 Months Later_. _28 Years Later_ is being discussed. Expect it in 2030. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/13 "2023-07-14T02:39:58Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Rick and Louis - the sequel to _Casablanca._ > > Actually you could make another sequel with Victor and Ilsa going back to France to lead _Le Resistance._ And another where the seemingly amoral Ferrari turns Rick’s Cafe into a center for the underground in north Africa. There is actually a sequel novel, _As Time Goes By_, which continues the story. It’s a combined prequel/sequel actually; the first half of the novel goes into Rick’s back story, explaining who he is and how he came to find himself in Casablanca. The second half is what happened after the movie. It didn’t get very good reviews from what I hear, though. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/14 "2023-07-14T03:17:13Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > My suggestion is probably uninspired, but “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” begged for a well made sequel, although I can understand why it never happened. There was a comic book sequel to the film, _Roger Rabbit: The Resurrection of Doom_, and author Gary K. Wolf, who wrote _Who Censored Roger Rabbit_, the VERY different novel that inspired the film, wrote three novels in the same “universe”, but they can’t accurately be called sequels. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/15 "2023-07-14T03:36:51Z")
**Melancholia**. Not much action, but the studio would save money not having to hire actors. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/16 "2023-07-14T05:08:12Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Sam Spade and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, reuniting after she gets out of prison. (Yes, I know, _Magnum, P.I._ had an episode based on this idea.) Wait, what? Was this the new Magnum? I can’t think which episode it would have been in the original. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/17 "2023-07-14T05:55:22Z")
Tintin is a great shout. Enjoyable film and they’re not exactly short of source material to make a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/18 "2023-07-14T11:56:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Was this the new Magnum? I can’t think which episode it would have been in the original. No, it was the old Magnum. The guest star played an older detective, on the verge of retirement, who was waiting for an old flame who had just gotten out of prison. The names were changed, but it was very obviously an homage to _The Maltese Falcon_. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/19 "2023-07-14T12:48:33Z")
**The Last Starfighter** – actually, I’d like to see them do a “special edition” re-release of the original, with the ambitious but ultimately substandard (even by 1984 standards) CGI effects replaced by something better\*. But I’ve always wondered what happened afterwards in that universe. \*I’d like to see them do this with **The Hunt for Red October** , too. It’s not as if they haven’t done that before. Even before George Lucas revamped his original Star Wars trilogy, people had done re-releases with fixed up effects. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/20 "2023-07-14T13:27:17Z")
I am not sure it **needs** a sequel but I am surprised they didn’t make a sequel to _ **Con Air** _. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004.md?page=2)