# Movies you wish had a sequel (but didn't) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554 "2012-11-30T08:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/61 "2012-12-01T04:31:48Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Léon: The Professional. If Jean Reno and Natalie Portman both return, this has potential. ---
**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 1, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/62 "2012-12-01T04:39:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > If Jean Reno and Natalie Portman both return, this has potential. That could be problematic… ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/63 "2012-12-01T04:49:48Z")
Hugo II: Rise of the Automata. Christopher Lee and Chloe Moretz join forces to recruit an unlikely band of misfits to do battle with the clockwork killers that are ravaging 1930s Paris. With Johnny Depp as Salvador Dali and Zach Galifianakis as Ernest Hemingway. ---
**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/64 "2012-12-01T04:54:25Z")
**The Ten Commandments II: The Amendments** ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/65 "2012-12-01T07:36:32Z")
I’d like to see a Dark Crystal sequel. One was in the works but seems to have stalled. I’d rather see a prequel anyway. I’m reading Dark Crystal: Creation Myths right now and it’s fantastic. I’d love to see a film adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/66 "2012-12-01T15:28:08Z")
**The Incredibles** Brad Bird–you used your fans shamefully, made one really fine movie, with meaning & ideas, hidden in a child’s cartoon. And then threw it all away to make crummy spy films that are 2 hours of blowing things up, & 5 minutes of dialog. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/67 "2012-12-01T16:13:44Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > **The Incredibles** > > Brad Bird–you used your fans shamefully, made one really fine movie, with meaning & ideas, hidden in a child’s cartoon. > And then threw it all away to make crummy spy films that are 2 hours of blowing things up, & 5 minutes of dialog. I assume you mean TWO really fine movies… Or have you not seen The Iron Giant? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/68 "2012-12-01T16:18:40Z")
E.T. But you know it is like 30 years later and basically the world has been hounding these children as to when E.T. is coming back. The US Gov says that there never was an E.T. and the kids are full of shit. (Keys murdered the team that was in the house) Basically Gertie is crazy, Michael is a recluse and it is about Elliot’s faith. E.T. does not return. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/69 "2012-12-01T16:24:24Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I assume you mean TWO really fine movies… Or have you not seen The Iron Giant? Concur. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/70 "2012-12-01T16:41:54Z")
I’d kinda-sorta like to see a sequel to THEM!. Even though they could create amazing CGI ants, it just wouldn’t be as fun as the original with people interacting with those cheesy “real” props. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/71 "2012-12-01T16:50:03Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Rembrandt dropped the nick for Ricardo and went on to lead The Bloodhound Gang. You obviously remember the Bloodhound Gang differently than I do, because Ricardo was Vickie’s bitch… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/72 "2012-12-01T17:02:02Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I assume you mean TWO really fine movies… Or have you not seen The Iron Giant? I missed the giant. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/73 "2012-12-01T18:28:06Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I missed the giant. You really owe it to yourself to fix that. ASAP is an understatement. If you have Netflix and 86 minutes, I’d say don’t even bother replying to this post until you’ve fixed that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/74 "2012-12-01T18:36:00Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If you have Netflix and 86 minutes …and a box of tissues. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/75 "2012-12-01T18:44:06Z")
Good catch. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/76 "2012-12-01T19:02:10Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > You really owe it to yourself to fix that. ASAP is an understatement. If you have Netflix and 86 minutes, I’d say don’t even bother replying to this post until you’ve fixed that. 🙂 Definitely. _The Iron Giant_ is a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/77 "2012-12-01T19:30:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > …and a box of tissues. You sicko–that’s a kids movie! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/78 "2012-12-01T19:38:29Z")
Ferris Bueller Gets His. A sequel where Ferris is all grown up with three kids of his own and the identical twin daughters get revenge on behalf of Karma on their pop. Must have Matthew Broderick, who apparently hates the Ferris character. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/79 "2012-12-01T19:40:00Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > You sicko–that’s a kids movie! > > 😉 Heh! I actually just posted on Facebook that I was going to see _Les Miserables_ the weekend after Christmas with ticket and box of tissues in hand. Then clarified that they were for crying into, because my Facebook friends’ list is a vile bunch of perverts, and I’ve never been that into Valjean/Javert slash, even with Crowe and Jackman in the roles. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/80 "2012-12-03T10:27:30Z")
Another vote for “Ronin” and “The professional.” Also George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in “Out of Sight Part Two.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=5)