# Movies that you are surprised that they never made sequels to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010 "2002-05-20T23:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/21 "2002-05-21T15:03:16Z")
Ever since Independence Day came out I’ve been hearing about a potential sequel called Memorial Day. No, really. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/22 "2002-05-21T15:29:39Z")
“Bye Bye Birdie, Bye Bye” The final days of Conrad Birdie, a la Elvis. Ann-Margret drags her reluctant daughter to “Birdieland” mansion, sneak in. Fat, stoned, washed up Conrad takes a fancy to the daughter (A-M thinks he actually wants her), late night shenanigans, A-M finds Birdie dead in bed with daughter, they drag him into bathroom and set him on his “throne”, etc. Would have been great circa early '80s. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/23 "2002-05-21T15:41:42Z")
_Remo Williams: The Adventure Continues_ ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/24 "2002-05-21T15:48:52Z")
What Hollywood, no The World, needs is a sequel to Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/25 "2002-05-21T15:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*What Hollywood, no The World, needs is a sequel to Titanic. \*\* Titanic II: The Erotic Adventures of Rose…This time the boat ain’t the only thing going down! Starring Kate Winslet? I’d buy my ticket on Fandango right now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/26 "2002-05-21T16:08:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*_Remo Williams: The Adventure Continues_ \*\* I think that’d be _Remo Williams: The Adventure Concludes_, where he says: “You’re Janeway??? I quit!” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/27 "2002-05-21T16:20:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Emilio Lizardo \* > \*\*I’m still waiting for **Buckaroo Bonzai vs The World Crime League** \*\* And I’m still waiting for _Doctor Detroit II : The Wrath of Mom_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/28 "2002-05-21T16:25:29Z")
Seriously, I would have liked to have seen a sequel to Parenthood. Also, Strange Brew. We need more McKenzie Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/29 "2002-05-21T17:52:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by John BckWLD \* > > **It’s has alot of mentions in alot of threads as late; Starship Troopers.** > > **You know, there are at least two direct-to-video/DVD “sequels” out in the video stores. I think they’re completely computer-generated.** Believe it or not, _Roughnecks_ was not direct to video, but was in fact shown on Saturday morning alongside the other kiddie cartoons. _Starship Troopers_ doesn’t need a sequel. The end of the movie is the end of the book. The best suggestions I’ve heard were:[ul][_]The plot of Terminator 3 is that Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent back in time to prevent Starship Troopers from being made.[_](seriously now) Make John Steakley’s _Armor_ into a movie and do it right, the way _Starship Troopers_ should have been done.[\*]Hi **Opal**![/ul]“Bugs Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/30 "2002-05-21T18:46:09Z")
\*\*Buckaroo Bonzai \*\* I am still waiting for the explanation of the watermelon in the vice thingy. \*\*Big Chill \*\* A prequel. Kevin Costner would appear. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/31 "2002-05-21T19:09:40Z")
Well, the bigger the hit, the more surprised I am when there’s no sequel. Some of the bigger surprises? 1. I didn’t LOVE “Forrest Gump” (I liked it, but it was nothing special), but it won so many awards and made so much money, I assumed a sequel was inevitable. So, I was pleasantly surprised when I heard Tom Hanks say, “We went as far as we could with that character. What would we do next, have Forrest in the white Bronco with O.J. Simpson? It was a special movie, but enough already.” 2. I expected a few more feature length “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” sequels. 3. I’m a bit surprised that the Farrelly Brothers never made a “Dumb and Dumber 2,” though I suppose one could argue that ALL their movies are sequels to “Dumb and Dumber.” 4. Though most of the cast was already too old to pass for college students, I’m still surprised there was no big-screen follow-up to “Animal House” (the TV sitcom doesn’t count). ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/32 "2002-05-21T19:25:03Z")
_Ghost II: Ghost Harder_ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/33 "2002-05-21T19:25:58Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Though most of the cast was already too old to pass for college students, I’m still surprised there was no big-screen follow-up to “Animal House” (the TV sitcom doesn’t count). There is one, sort of. Apparently, they’re coming out with a movie that deals with Otter’s kid at college. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/34 "2002-05-21T20:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > What Hollywood, no The World, needs is a sequel to Titanic. I forgot who said it, but someone once proposed that a sequel to _Titanic_ should consist of the following: Set in contemporary times, Jack Dawson is found alive in a block of ice, held in suspended animation a la Captain America. After being revived, Jack learns that Rose is dead, and that the Titanic tragedy occurred because of insufficient lifeboats. Pissed, he tracks down the White Flag shipping company (or whatever its name is), arms himself to the teeth, and goes in with guns a’blazin’ for revenge. Well, how _else_ can James Cameron make up to all the men in the world who got roped into seeing the original movie? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/35 "2002-05-21T21:19:53Z")
The picture shows a stereotypical sleazey Hollywood producer sitting at his desk, talking into the phone. **"Baby, it’s a natural. _Gandhi II_. Turmns out he faked his death so he could go undercover and break up a heroin-smuggling ring in Paris!** ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/36 "2002-05-22T00:09:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > 2) I expected a few more feature length “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” sequels. It’s not for lack of trying, as [this somewhat lengthy article](http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID115130.asp) makes clear. Short version: Disney and Speilberg co-own the Roger Rabbit copyright 50-50, and both must agree to any future use of the character. Disney and Speilberg got into a pissing contest over the second Roger Rabbit short subject; Speilberg wanted it attached to “Arachnophobia”, Disney insisted on attaching it to “Dick Tracy”, leading Speilberg to withhold script approval for several years. Once Disney finally started preliminary work on the sequel, test footage showed the budget would skyrocket, and Eisner cancelled the film, shifting its previously allocated budget to “Pearl Harbor”. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/37 "2002-05-22T00:15:31Z")
Don’t forget Buck Henry’ pitch for _ **The Graduate II** _ in Robert Altman’s _The Player_ ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/38 "2002-05-22T00:36:46Z")
> [@](#): > > posted by widdershins:\* > I always thought the main charcters from The Rock would be good to see in a sequel. There _is_ a sequel to _The Rock_. It’s called _Rushmore_! No, wait, it was _Grand Canyon_! Or maybe I’m thinking of _The Presidio_? Or was it _Gettysburg_? > [@](#): > > _posted by Shirley Ujest:_ > I am still waiting for the explanation of the watermelon in the vice thingy. I’ll tell you this much: there’s an explanation on the _Buckaroo Banzai_ DVD commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/39 "2002-05-22T00:51:25Z")
Friday the 13th Part 10 left me wanting more. I felt so unfulfilled. I needed more insight into Jason’s character and _raison d’être_. What really makes him tick? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010/40 "2002-05-22T00:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*The picture shows a stereotypical sleazey Hollywood producer sitting at his desk, talking into the phone. > > **"Baby, it’s a natural. _Gandhi II_. Turmns out he faked his death so he could go undercover and break up a heroin-smuggling ring in Paris!** \*\* Weird Al thought of this years ago. Ghandi II - No More Mr Passive Resistance. “He’s a one-man wrecking crew, but he also knows how to party.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-are-surprised-that-they-never-made-sequels-to/110010.md?page=3)