# Movies that should have a sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967 "2014-12-11T19:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/61 "2014-12-12T20:06:58Z")
Apparently ID4 is finally getting a sequel…much too late to catch the buzz that my 200 million Box Office idea would have garnered: “ID5, we’re taking the fight to them!” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/62 "2014-12-12T20:25:14Z")
I’m not sure what’s holding up _History of the World, Part II_…I guess they must be waiting for more history… ---
**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:** [December 13, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/63 "2014-12-13T15:52:03Z")
Cabin in the Woods II. The biggest shift in tone since The Mary Tyler Moore Show-Lou Grant: Either a ‘Godzilla movie’ or the aftermath of nuking the site and a straight up conspiracy thriller. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/64 "2014-12-13T15:59:31Z")
I’d like to see the planned sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula- the Van Helsing Chronicles. That’s Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, played by Anthony Hopkins. Not “Gabriel Van Helsing”, 2000 year old survivor of Masada & some sort of kindred to Dracula, played by Hugh Jackman. Also, I want more John Carter movies! And the rest of Narnia! ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/65 "2014-12-13T15:59:34Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Considering the lead actor in no way resembles the character in the book, could have had something to do with the resistance by fans of the novels to go see the movie. **Omar Little** , agreed. I’m a fan of the Reacher novels and I refused to go see Cruise in the role. Tom Cruise, though a good actor, is physically _nothing_ like Jack Reacher. Reacher is 6’7"; Cruise a foot shorter. Reacher’s physicality is a key element in the books. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, The Mountain in Season 4 of Game of Thrones, could play Reacher (assuming his Icelandic accent isn’t too thick) but Cruise, nah, no way. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/66 "2014-12-13T20:40:54Z")
> [@](#): > I think that **Braveheart 2** should focus on the struggle of the raw milk enthusiast community against the tyranny of government health agencies and pasteurization. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/67 "2014-12-13T20:56:11Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > **Omar Little** , agreed. I’m a fan of the Reacher novels and I refused to go see Cruise in the role. Tom Cruise, though a good actor, is physically _nothing_ like Jack Reacher. Reacher is 6’7"; Cruise a foot shorter. Reacher’s physicality is a key element in the books. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, The Mountain in Season 4 of Game of Thrones, could play Reacher (assuming his Icelandic accent isn’t too thick) but Cruise, nah, no way. You actually should. The whole movie is paced and shot with the tone of a 70’s Frankenheimer film. It’s quite something regardless of Cruise. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/68 "2014-12-13T21:13:03Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > And the rest of Narnia! Yeah. I was so looking forward to _Dawn Treader_ (probably the best of the books), and so disappointed by the plodding film, and am so much more disappointed that we won’t see at least _The Silver Chair_ to finish the major arc of the series. I don’t know how they did so well with the rather precious and lightweight first one and even better with the second one, only to botch what should have been the best of even a seven-film set. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/69 "2014-12-13T21:52:52Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Yeah. I was so looking forward to _Dawn Treader_ (probably the best of the books), and so disappointed by the plodding film, and am so much more disappointed that we won’t see at least _The Silver Chair_ to finish the major arc of the series. > > I don’t know how they did so well with the rather precious and lightweight first one and even better with the second one, only to botch what should have been the best of even a seven-film set. I could not agree more. I waited and waited for VotDT and was bitterly disappointed. By far my favourite book in the series. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/70 "2014-12-13T22:55:17Z")
Another vote for: The Big Lebowski Part 2 The Professional Part 2 and Three More Days of the Condor Out of Sight Part 2 ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/71 "2014-12-13T23:11:27Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > You actually should. The whole movie is paced and shot with the tone of a 70’s Frankenheimer film. It’s quite something regardless of Cruise. Sr Siete, I _do_ like Frankenheimer. Okay then, since it’s on Netflix, I’ll give it a try some rainy afternoon soon. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/72 "2014-12-13T23:17:45Z")
How about [Blade Runner 2](http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2014/12/13/22129981.html)? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/73 "2014-12-14T00:01:58Z")
I quite liked the _Get Smart_ movie with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, and would have loved a sequel to it. I wonder why that didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/74 "2014-12-22T23:52:59Z")
Rapid Fire 2 (which Brandon was apparently discussing with studios) should have become a TV series… The wife and I thought Golden Compass set up sequels but got outgunned by Narnia and was perhaps politicked to death. FireFly the movie should have fed back into the TV series with The Operative joining the crew… John Carter deserved sequels but has now been ‘dismissed’. Mission Impossible really shouldn’t have gone into sequels. –G! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/75 "2014-12-23T00:01:01Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > The wife and I thought Golden Compass set up sequels … Did you read the sequels? The Golden Compass sets up a wonderful, imaginative world, with armored polar bears, witches, your animal companion/dæmon , airships, and so forth. The sequels get rid of all that to add in dark, gritty, boring and preaching. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/76 "2014-12-23T13:09:27Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I quite liked the _Get Smart_ movie with Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, and would have loved a sequel to it. I wonder why that didn’t happen. It’s not exactly a sequel the way you want, but they did release a straight-to-video movie set in the same “universe” starring two of the minor characters from the _Get Smart_ movie, played by the same actors: > **[Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control (Video 2008) ⭐ 4.9 | Action,...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1018723/)** > > 1h 12m | PG-13 ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/77 "2014-12-23T17:08:46Z")
The Princess Bride. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/78 "2014-12-23T17:13:36Z")
The movie Skyline is pretty old hat and stereotypical, and then right before the ending it suddenly takes a very interesting turn and then it is over. I’d like to see the sequel if they pick up where the first one stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/79 "2014-12-23T17:26:11Z")
_Cloverfield_ from a different perspective. _Battle: Los Angeles_ sequel only this time with Marines led by Eckhart’s character liberating NY. My wish list would include more tank vs alien action and of course an IMAX 3D release. I would also second the _Unbreakable_ sequel suggestion introducing a “sidekick” type character who would compliment/negate Willis’s character’s only weakness by being immune to water/ drowning. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967/80 "2014-12-23T17:50:38Z")
Not necessarily a sequel, but I’d like to see at least a reboot for **The Wild, Wild West** or **The Mask of Zorro.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-have-a-sequel/706967.md?page=5)