# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/101 "2006-05-11T02:53:28Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **James Bond: 008, But He’s Working His Way Up.** But if Mr. Bond is working his way up from Agent 008, that’s make him Agent 009, won’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/102 "2006-05-11T03:59:52Z")
**Forward to the Future** **Ferris Bueller Spends a Few Days More in School, Just So It Appears That Nothing’s Going On** **The Princess Fiancee** **How The West Got Lost In The First Place** ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/103 "2006-05-11T06:16:06Z")
**Ford at the River Kwai**. ---
**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 11, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/104 "2006-05-11T07:25:57Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > **Ford at the River Kwai**. Nice one. Continuing the Alec Guiness theme: **Seminarian Brown** and **The Boy in the White School Uniform** ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/105 "2006-05-11T08:28:26Z")
**VHF** **Surf Nazis Are Becoming a Nuisance** **The Long Date at Night** **A Late Evening Clear** **Currently Exhibiting Violence** (some might want to see that, I suppose) **Hitler’s Brain is Still in His Head** **Jefferson Airplane Troopers** **Abbot and Costello Meet an Egyptian Noble** **A Goodly Portion of the Day** **Booking a Room in Italy** **Fools Rushing In** I have to say I think CalMeacham’s got the best ones in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/106 "2006-05-11T08:31:30Z")
The Quiet Mumbling of the Sheep Fetuses ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/107 "2006-05-11T09:04:56Z")
Obscure one: _Anfa_ And a timely one: _Guest Worker Caine_ ---
**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 11, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/108 "2006-05-11T11:50:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I have to say I think CalMeacham’s got the best ones in this thread. Sniff – thank you (bows) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/109 "2006-05-11T12:35:26Z")
\*\*The Beginning of the Never Ending Story Mission Possible Ugly Teenager who Becomes a Whore \*\*(starring Julian Roberts) \*\*Nerdy Teenager who Becomes a Successful Businessman with a Prostitute Fetish \*\*(starring Richard Gere) On the musical theatre side, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber could write a nativity musical: **A Superstar is Born** ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/110 "2006-05-11T12:53:47Z")
Malcolm MacDowell has wisely left **A Sundial Orange** off his resume. Clint Eastwood doesn’t speak of **The Well-Intentioned, The Naughty, and the Not Especially Atrractive** , and with good reason Then there’s Ed Wood’s afternoon project **Plan Eight From The Troposphere** … And don’t forget: **Donnie Insufficient Lighto** **Neargo** **Unproofed Lock, Stock, And Two Unfired Barrels** **The Featherweight Ponymen** **The Heated Discussion Of The Worlds** **British North American Unbaked Pastry & Fruit** **From Novgorod With Fond Regards** **The Still-Alive Egyptian Guy** **Partial Aluminium Coat** **Argument Group** **Hurt Bill** **An Improved Later Today** ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/111 "2006-05-11T13:10:45Z")
**Fetuses of a Lesser God A Big Hug from the Spider Girl Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Boxer Shorts The 1st of What Will Hopefully Be An Annual Event: The Putnam County Spelling Bee Living With My Parents Cause I Can’t Afford An Apartment** ---
**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 11, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/112 "2006-05-11T13:33:19Z")
\*\*99 43/100% Dead ¢ U, V, and Double You 1775 9 Finnegan Begin Betsy’s Engagement A Quarter of the Way to Heaven Foundation on Haunted Hill Mid-Term Destination Gondwanaland – the Earlier Lost Continent Raging Calf Sometimes a Great Inkling The Kitten People The Lost Toddlers The Deterioration of the House of Usher Pre-Pubescent Mutant Ninja Turtles The Polliwog Prince Hell Comes to Tadpole Town The Caterpillar Effect Caterpillars are Free Jim Henson’s Muppet Ova Rock Around the Clepsydra The Difference Engine Wore Tennis Shoes U for Unruly \*\* Did **Egg Little** come first? True Case of this – the movie **Howard’s End** is based on E.M. Forster’s book "Return to Howard’s End!!! … ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/113 "2006-05-11T13:41:42Z")
Cornelius Ryan’s The Longer Day ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/114 "2006-05-11T13:46:02Z")
**The DaVinci Morse Code Michel De Notre Dame Goes to Med School The Color Lavendar The Wide Awake Chaperone** ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/115 "2006-05-11T13:52:49Z")
Last year’s blockbuster, **Superman Hasn’t Come Back Yet** was a big diisapointment. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/116 "2006-05-11T14:47:05Z")
> [@Scupper](#): > > ?? > Arachnophobia? \*\*Got The Munchies \*\* was **Ravenous** **Abnormally Large Spider Eggs** was **Eight Legged Freaks** Some more: **An American Tourist in Heathrow** \*\*A Bunch of Guys In An Arctic Station \*\* **Somewhat Uncertain Venture** ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/117 "2006-05-11T14:56:56Z")
_ **Buck Rogers in the 21st-24th Centuries** _ “Beep…beep…beep…Zzzzz…beep…beep…beep…Zzzzz…beep…beep…beep…” ---
**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 11, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/118 "2006-05-11T15:04:58Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > \*\*A Bunch of Guys In An Arctic Station > \*\* Day after tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/119 "2006-05-11T15:09:15Z")
**Sandleford** just featured a lot of munching grass and the occasional spot of burrowing. It wasn’t until Hazel, Fiver and company upped sticks to Watership Down that things got interesting ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/120 "2006-05-11T15:21:21Z")
> [@cactus waltz](#): > > Day after tomorrow? Sigh. ☹ I’m not very good at this. It was \*\*The Thing. \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=7)