# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/81 "2012-12-03T10:47:27Z")
Master and Commander. Also from 50 years earlier they could have done more Horatio Hornblower movies with Gregory Peck. The 1972 biopic of Winston Churchill’s early life “Young Winston” should have been followed with several more, perhaps one a decade with the same actor (Simon Ward) since Churchill was such a larger-than-life figure who lived an extraordinary life. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/82 "2012-12-03T13:28:08Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 😕 > > There [was](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118747/). > > It sucked BIG time. For some reason, any time I’m channel surfing and land on that, it is ALWAYS the “puffball virus” scene. Which always prompts me to keep surfing. Seriously, I’ve seen the scene four times and no other part of the movie. I could do with “The Incredibles 2” as well, although at least the sequels (or prequels) to Monsters Inc and Despicable Me will be out in the next year or so. Could reeeeeeally do without the latest Die Hard installment though. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/83 "2012-12-04T17:43:09Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Léon: The Professional. “Colombiana” started life as a sequel starring Mathilda. ---
**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 4, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/84 "2012-12-04T18:14:11Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > Buckaroo Bonzai will return in Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League The problem there is that Jack Burton already did. ---
**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 4, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/85 "2012-12-04T18:20:53Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Big Trouble in Little China - I have no idea what a sequel would have entailed, but Jack Burton was one of the most fun movie characters I’ve ever seen BTILC _was_ Buckaroo Banzai II after a million script rewrites, so a sequel would have to be… the real BB2. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/86 "2012-12-04T19:14:22Z")
Prairie Home Companion II would be so great! [sub]I’m not sure if I’m being ironic or not[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/87 "2012-12-04T19:16:08Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Precisely what I came in to post. I had heard that a sequel idea was being half-heartedly discussed, but that it had to do with Jack Aubrey’s trial for stock-fixing. Bah! That would be the last storyline I’d choose for a movie. Reluctantly agreed. _The Reverse of the Medal_ was fantastic and heartbreaking, but I don’t think the movie would work for the simple reason that the book builds and relies upon a lot of characterization from the novels that precede it. I’d love to see _The Mauritius Command_, though. That would be a hell of a movie. Ditto _The Ionian Mission_ or _The Fortune of War._ ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/88 "2012-12-04T19:25:39Z")
After the Facebook IPO, I think \*The Social Network \*is due for a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/89 "2012-12-04T20:02:38Z")
Sahara. Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt novels are fun to read; and Matthew McConaughey did a good job in playing the main character. Unfortunately the legal battle between Clive Cussler the author and Philip Anschutz, the producer have pretty much guaranteed there will never be a sequel. Then again, while I personally liked the movie, it didn’t get rated too high on Rotten Tomatoes. So I’m thinking a sequel would not have happened anyway. ---
**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 4, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/90 "2012-12-04T20:09:52Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Sahara. Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt novels are fun to read; and Matthew McConaughey did a good job in playing the main character. > > Unfortunately the legal battle between Clive Cussler the author and Philip Anschutz, the producer have pretty much guaranteed there will never be a sequel. > > Then again, while I personally liked the movie, it didn’t get rated too high on Rotten Tomatoes. So I’m thinking a sequel would not have happened anyway. **sahara** is one of my favorite Bad Movies. I’m still hoping to show it at an upcoming Bad Film Festival, maybe on a double bill with **10,000 B.C.** ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/91 "2012-12-04T20:12:46Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > A Knight’s Tale. I suppose it had the happy ever after ending, but there are SO many directions it could have gone in. Adimar told William that he had entered into negotiations with Jocelyn’s father for her… Just because William was made a knight, that does not mean those negotiations would have stopped. > > Would have loved to seen more of my beloved characters. Oooohhh Great Idea! First of all, that would finally give William Thatcher a chance to get with Kate, the “female blacksmith who bristles at being discriminated against.” (description from Wikipedia) Wow, I just discovered something cool. Laura Fraser (the female blacksmith) is also the character Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, the understandably nervous executive in the most recent season of Breaking Bad! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/92 "2012-12-04T21:00:32Z")
Remo Williams: The Adventure Resumes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/93 "2012-12-05T00:14:02Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I wish The Golden Compass had made enough to warrant sequels because I’d love to see a children’s movie with gay angels and an insane God. > > . Oh Odin, no. Golden Compass was a interesting book full of great images, such as armored polar bears and the kids id-critters. The next two books would depress a hyena and bore a sloth. Horrible horrible preachy books and almost certainly worse films. Incredibles- but a prequel. Yes, the prequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit would be nice. The rest of the A&E Hornblower series, please! Same with the rest of Deadwood & Rome. Not to mention more of the A&E Nero Wolfe films. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/94 "2012-12-05T00:15:49Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > A Knight’s Tale. I suppose it had the happy ever after ending, but there are SO many directions it could have gone in. Adimar told William that he had entered into negotiations with Jocelyn’s father for her… Just because William was made a knight, that does not mean those negotiations would have stopped. > > Would have loved to seen more of my beloved characters. Except that Jocelyn is _such_ a bitch and _so_ unworthy of William that I can at least pretend he ran off with the blacksmith babe instead. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/95 "2012-12-05T00:23:08Z")
> [@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. 🙂 Meh. Too many fridge moments, too preachy. ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/96 "2012-12-05T00:38:18Z")
_Condorman_ needs a sequel. It could be called: _Flight of the Condorman_. ---
**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 5, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/97 "2012-12-05T03:21:32Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > BTILC _was_ Buckaroo Banzai II after a million script rewrites, so a sequel would have to be… the real BB2. A Hollywood urban legend, denied by BB’s director in the last question here: [http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/08/15/buckaroo-banzai-anniversary-sequel-trivia-director-interview/](http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/08/15/buckaroo-banzai-anniversary-sequel-trivia-director-interview/) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/98 "2012-12-05T03:40:41Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 😕 > > There [was](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118747/). > It sucked BIG time. No, not really. Any movie with that much great music can’t really be said to have “sucked big time”. Let us just agree on “tragically flawed”?😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/99 "2012-12-05T03:43:47Z")
I am also going to go against the flow: if you watch ONLY the Directors cut of Highlander 2, and be forgiving on #3, they aren’t _tha_t bad. The original release of H2 did suck donkey balls, no doubt.:mad: And, Heavy Metal 2 isn’t _bad_. Just disappointing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554/100 "2012-12-05T03:47:57Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > The Fifth Element > The Big Lebowski > O Brother Where Art Thou I dunno. The Big Lebowski is so damn good that anything can only be disappointing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554.md?page=6)