# Prequels nobody wants to see. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186 "2006-05-10T03:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/1 "2006-05-10T03:54:38Z")
What prequels should be avoided at all costs? Personally, I don’t want to see _Patrolman Columbo_ . Can you imagine what a pain it would be to share a squad car with that guy? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/2 "2006-05-10T03:59:12Z")
Star Wars Episodes I, II and III. Oh, wait…you’re talking about _possible_ prequels, not ones that already suck… ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/3 "2006-05-10T04:02:38Z")
Toy Story Zero - because kids don’t like industrial manufacturing films. The Great Capture - Steve McQueen and James Garner are caught by the Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/4 "2006-05-10T04:03:20Z")
I would not care to see Jet Li in **The None.** **Malcolm W** also does not appeal to me. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/5 "2006-05-10T04:04:36Z")
Keanu Reeves in a clunky, bug-filled version of **The Arpanet** wouldn’t be very exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/6 "2006-05-10T04:04:43Z")
I forgot about Daniel Day-Lewis in **The Penultimate Mohican.** ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/7 "2006-05-10T04:10:53Z")
I wouldn’t want to see **Triassic Park.** ---
**Author:** ![Farmwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@Farmwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/8 "2006-05-10T04:25:52Z")
I wouldn’t want to see **Look Who’s Talking 1st Trimester** , but then again, I didn’t want to hear that Lil Markie song either. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/9 "2006-05-10T08:13:49Z")
**Fahrenheit 9/10** would be really pointless. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/10 "2006-05-10T08:58:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Fahrenheit 9/10** would be really pointless. But then it wouldn’t be any worse than the original. Anyway, see you F9/11, and raise you the terrifying prospect of a prequel to _Roger and Me_. _Me_. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/11 "2006-05-10T09:03:20Z")
**Harry Potter and the Muggle Kindergarten** **Teenage Dirty Harry** (actually this would be pretty cool) **The Fifth Sense** ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/12 "2006-05-10T09:07:50Z")
I would pass on **A Larva’s Life** , and also the prequel to **Antz** – **Larvaz**. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/13 "2006-05-10T09:21:21Z")
[ul] [li]None of [Leonard Parts 1 through 5](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/) should ever see the light of day.[/li] [li]The final bombing run up the fjord by the [Mosquitos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeHavilland_Mosquito) in [633 Squadron](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057811/) was one of George Lucas’ major influences for the climactic “Death Star Trench” scene in [Star Wars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/): by comparison, [632 Squadron](http://maeci.gc.ca/sustain/EnvironMan/contest/2004/C-en.asp) could only be a disappointment.[/li] [li]I think that _ **The King and 0** _ might have a certain poignancy, although it would lack the cross-cultural tension of [The King and I](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074006/) that we know and love.[/li] On the other hand – assuming that we’re allowed to count TV mini-series – I for one would be happy to see [0, Clavdivs](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074006/).[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/14 "2006-05-10T11:17:31Z")
Well, there’s always DOROTHY OF KANSAS, telling the story of how her parents died so that she came to live with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. ---
**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 10, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/15 "2006-05-10T12:10:49Z")
**Monty Python and Uther Pendragon** had no audience interest at all Even the presence of Will Smith couldn’t save **I, Raw Materials**. Only the rabid fans watched **Star Trek: The Preliminary Sketches** ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/16 "2006-05-10T12:34:44Z")
Sideways was better than the original concept, **Upright.** And I’m glad we never got to see the prequel to Boiling point,\*\* Lukewarm point\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/17 "2006-05-10T12:54:50Z")
_Hamlet: The College Years._ Even his wacky pals Rosencrantz and Guildenstern couldn’t bring joy to Hamlet as a miserable, self-involved freshman. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/18 "2006-05-10T13:57:48Z")
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Toddler ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/19 "2006-05-10T14:08:16Z")
**Prince Kong** , would be kinda dull, but it would still have dinosaurs! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/20 "2006-05-10T14:08:26Z")
The completely planet-bound plot of **Starfence** was a definite non-starter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=2)