# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![YamatoTwinkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cc9497/32.png) [@YamatoTwinkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YamatoTwinkie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/61 "2023-08-01T17:46:03Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought the original _Galaxy Quest_ wrapped things up pretty well, but maybe there is room for a sequel. _Galaxy Quest_ is one of my favorite movies, but so much of the movie revolves around a gimmick (Washed up sci-fi TV actors suddenly find themselves on a spaceship built by aliens that thought the TV show broadcast was actual historical footage) that can only be used once. All the character arcs were completed. Any sequel is probably just going to be limited to being another Star Trek parody. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/62 "2023-08-01T18:08:21Z")
> [@YamatoTwinkie](#): > > Any sequel is probably just going to be limited to being another Star Trek parody. You just have to get really meta with it. We now know that the ships and stuff can be real, so they’re filming the new stories in actual space. _Galaxy Quest II_ actually becomes an actual series of “historical documents” recording the actual missions they’re doing, but have to be presented to the human viewers as just another sci-fi series. Hilarity abounds as the production team tries to make reality look just fake enough to pass for a fictional TV show. New fans who used to laugh at the original fans for taking the show too seriously are getting laughed at by the original fans for suggesting that “It’s all real, man!” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/63 "2023-08-01T18:53:52Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I feel we deserve to see that and everyone would be happier. Forget it, **Sitnam** , it’s Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/64 "2023-08-01T20:35:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Wait, what? Was this supposed to be a sequel to the one with Ron Ely back in the 70s? > > (I keep hearing rumors about a Doc Savage movie with Dwayne The Rock Johnson but I expect that it will never happen.) Yes, exactly. That would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/65 "2023-08-01T21:00:49Z")
The rumors I heard had Chris Hemsworth playing Doc. I doubt if either version is likely to happen, but we can dream. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/66 "2023-08-02T04:30:14Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > By Grabthar’s hammer - no one has mentioned ‘Galaxy Quest’?!? As of April of this year, a Galaxy Quest series was in [development](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/galaxy-quest-tv-series-paramount-plus-1235586830/) at Paramount+. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/67 "2023-08-03T04:36:18Z")
I wanted the sequel to ID4 to be…“This time, we take the fight to them!!”…not more of the same. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004/68 "2023-08-03T04:38:47Z")
Your post reminded me of my first reaction to this: “Sequel!? There are so many properties that haven’t been done {Forever War…still waiting} or done poorly {Puppet Masters}…and we’re talking sequels??” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004.md?page=3)