# Out There Sequels you think Could Work **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 2, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251 "2021-05-02T23:28:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/1 "2021-05-02T23:28:43Z")
Lifeforce…get a solid horror director. Lean more into the Quatermass and sci-fi govt. branch aspects of the film. Have Steve Railsback cameo in the beginning. Love to have Mathilda May back but not sure how it would work. The Fog? Have a more Lovecraftian bent. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone? Buckaroo Bonzai? Dunno if enough people saw those to make it work. Lost Boys would work. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/2 "2021-05-02T23:33:51Z")
Corey Feldman did several of lost boys “sequels” that were pretty much straight to video/syfy channel quality ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/3 "2021-05-02T23:35:46Z")
Oh…I missed those. Edit: Speaking of Syfy (Which in my experience has done two good shows, BSG and The Lost Room)…how about The Lost Room? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/4 "2021-05-02T23:41:25Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Buckaroo Bonzai? I’d love to see a Buckaroo Banzai sequel, if it were well done. The concept of Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers could have lead to all sorts of strange/silly adventures. The original film did contain a teaser comment at the end, about a sequel called “Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime League,” which was never made. There’ve been several development projects for a Buckaroo Banzai TV series over the past few decades, including one a few years ago which was being led by Kevin Smith, but none came to fruition. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/5 "2021-05-02T23:44:56Z")
they might have to remake the first tho . ironically i’ve never seen the first one … one day when i’m alone i’ll have to watch it … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/6 "2021-05-02T23:59:04Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > they might have to remake the first tho . ironically i’ve never seen the first one … one day when i’m alone i’ll have to watch it … So, yes on one, and no on two. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/7 "2021-05-03T00:01:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > So, yes on one, and no on two. “What are we making?” “A Buckaroo Banzai sequel!” “When?” “Real soon!!” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/8 "2021-05-03T00:30:45Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > Corey Feldman did several of lost boys “sequels” that were pretty much straight to video/syfy channel quality Forget sequels to **The Lost Boys;** there should be a prequel instead. Have it set in Germany during the last days of WWII when an American army platoon, while in the process of putting down Nazi resistance, encounters an SS unit whose members prove to be impossible-to-kill with normal military weapons because they’re Nazi vampire supersoldiers. One of the American platoon members is the younger version of the character played by Bernard Hughes in the 1987 film and at the end, he and other survivors, vow to track down and destroy the vampires who escaped (e.g., Edward Herrmann’s character.) And yes, this is basically **Inglourious Basterd** s with Nazi vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/9 "2021-05-03T01:04:14Z")
I love it, but didnt they just do a nazi zombie film? > **[Overlord (2018 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlord_(2018_film))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Overlord is a 2018 American alternate history action horror film directed by Julius Avery and written by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith. It stars Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, John Magaro, Gianny Taufer, Pilou Asbæk, Bokeem Woodbine and Iain De Caestecker. The film was produced by J. J. Abrams, through his Bad Robot Productions banner, and Lindsey Weber. The plot follows several American soldiers who are dropped behind enemy lines ... I mean if you want to do a sequel to Overlord that is a prequel to Lost Boys and have Abrams step up to direct it??..I mean yeah, I like the pitch! Or have Robert Rodriquez or Sam Raimi. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/10 "2021-05-03T18:29:43Z")
My biggest problem with The Lost Room is there was no satisfactory way to end the show. I’m interested in seeing if they have a satisfactory end for Manifest. I’d like to see a spinoff of Legend of Zelda with Zelda as the main character. Yes I know there’s a emulation out there. I’ve seen several spinoffs of Final Fantasy 7 , what about a spinoff of Final Fantasy 6. Heck I wouldn’t mind a completely remade Final Fantasy 6. ---
**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 3, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/11 "2021-05-03T18:45:06Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Buckaroo Bonzai? [Cash in on the urban legend and put Jack Burton in the sequel.](http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/sequel2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/12 "2021-05-03T22:15:28Z")
How about a sequel to _Beneath the Planet of the Apes_. Naw, just kidding. That would be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/13 "2021-05-03T22:21:54Z")
I thought that after many years of fans demanding BB Vs The World Crime League, it was finally put out as a comic mini series. Back To The OP Dark City- Jack Murdoch has defeated the Strangers years ago. He has used his ability to tune to create a whole world around the city. But, now he is dying and looking for a successor to take his place as god. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/14 "2021-05-04T09:15:00Z")
How about the [Nick Cave-written sequel to Gladiator](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad), which starts out with Maximus in the afterlife being tasked by several Roman deities to track down Hephaestus, who’s gone rogue, only to then have him fighting through the millennia for… reasons not entirely clear? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/15 "2021-05-04T10:56:16Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Cash in on the urban legend and put Jack Burton in the sequel. Or indeed Jack Burton Jr, especially now that Wyatt Russell’s career is taking off. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/16 "2021-05-04T13:47:16Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I’ve seen several spinoffs of Final Fantasy 7… Final Fantasy 8? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/17 "2021-05-04T17:22:40Z")
**The Day the Earth Stood Still II** – sequel to the original Robert Wise film, not the awful remake. Klaatu returns from the stars years later and offers the human race a selection of robot policemen, with the warning that they’ve done modelling on our civilization, and don’t see it lasting out the century without their help. **Forbidden Planet II** – Altair IV may be gone, but there’s enough new technology to be gained from retro-engineering Robby that it transforms life in Human Space. **Metropolis II** – Joh Fredersen has been somewhat reformed by his experience, his son Freder is now a Mediator, and presumably Unions have gained new power. But the Heart machine is broken, the Worker’s City is flooded, and Metropolis has to be rebuilt. Rotwang is dead, but they have his technology and his notes. Now what the hell happens? The original film left an awful mess. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/18 "2021-05-04T23:00:33Z")
**The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly** Blondie (Liam Hemsworth) and Tuco (Javier Bardem) join up with a ruthless French cavalier (Vincent Cassel) to heist a gold shipment in Maximillian Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/19 "2021-05-05T01:28:14Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Dark City- Jack Murdoch has defeated the Strangers years ago. He has used his ability to tune to create a whole world around the city. But, now he is dying and looking for a successor to take his place as god. BUT… there’s an underground movement rebelling against Murdoch, presaged by mysterious killings/sabotage of the city. I love _Dark City_ (and the DVD commentary by Roger Ebert, which is an excellent primer on Film Noir). But we’d need Rufus Sewell and Kiefer Sutherland. Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt are cordially invited back as well… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251/20 "2021-05-05T04:16:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Metropolis II** – Joh Fredersen has been somewhat reformed by his experience, his son Freder is now a Mediator, and presumably Unions have gained new power. But the Heart machine is broken, the Worker’s City is flooded, and Metropolis has to be rebuilt. Rotwang is dead, but they have his technology and his notes. Now what the hell happens? The original film left an awful mess. I never thought of a sequel to _Metropolis_, and it seems unlikely. And there’s a 98% chance that it would be awful. But I can’t help but think there’s a tiny chance it could be awesome. Imagine it directed by Terry Gilliam, for example. (Or perhaps he should just do the art direction.) > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > **The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly** Blondie (Liam Hemsworth) and Tuco (Javier Bardem) join up with a ruthless French cavalier (Vincent Cassel) to heist a gold shipment in Maximillian Mexico. _The Better, the Worse, and the Uglier_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251.md?page=2)