# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/121 "2006-05-11T15:23:08Z")
**20 Leagues Under the Sea** **The Guyot** **Das Schlauchboot** **Cabin Boys of the Sargasso** **Peachfuzz the Poopswabber** **Worthless Island** ---
**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, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/122 "2006-05-11T16:34:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by cactus waltz > Day after tomorrow? > > Sigh. > > I’m not very good at this. It was The Thing. I think you fellas are barking up the wrong tree here. It’s easy to do obscure – you want to come up with a title that can be grasped immediately, or with only a little thought. That’s why went with **Underworld: Parthenogenesis** instead of simply **Parthenogenesis** – the “Underworld” immediately suggests “Underworld: Evolution” (the recent flick), so you can see that “Parthenogenesis” is the obvious precursor to “Evolution”. But if I’d just gone with “Parthenogenesis” I’d have a lot of people simply scratching their heads. The trick is to try and come up with something easily deduced, original (there’s a _lot_ of repetrition of ideas, and of some titles in the above thread), and involving the idea of “prequel” (too many of the above seem to be based on the idea of a “Lite” version of the film evoked, rather than a prequel to it). Go on! You can do it! (By the way - anyone get “Star with Mass \> 15 Solar Masses” yet?) ---
**Author:** ![cold\_cold\_night](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@cold\_cold\_night](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cold_cold_night)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/123 "2006-05-11T17:42:28Z")
**The V Files** : College student and conspiracy enthusiast Fox Mulder works as a crew member on the Drama department’s production of _The Vagina Monologues_. ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/124 "2006-05-11T17:52:50Z")
Was there a **Supernova** movie? Oh wait, I bet it’s Disney’s **The Black Hole**. **Love Rhombus** , I got the **The Thing** (From Another World), but I think more people are familiar with the ‘Antarctic station’ version. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > True Case of this – the movie **Howard’s End** is based on E.M. Forster’s book "Return to Howard’s End!!! Sorry, that’s not the case. I was wondering where you got this and found it at the IMDB. I have a feeling the title was translated (to make it clearer that it’s an English house, not some guy dying), and the person who posted it didn’t know that. Further nitpick - Howards End. You’re still winning the thread, though. A few more : **Still Making Sense** **Moderate Speed, Meeting Budget, and Well-Controlled** **Thursday** (You’ve got a job … you’ve got stuff to do.) **Beastjourneyman** **Baby Jane** ---
**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, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/125 "2006-05-11T18:04:59Z")
**A Man Not Called Horse** , was kinda boring. But not nearly so much as that cult-dud, **How Brad Met Janet In Science Class**. ---
**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, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/126 "2006-05-11T18:19:45Z")
Sapling Gump The Building of the Bridges of Madison County The Building of a Bridge Over the River Kwai Before M_A_S\*H ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/127 "2006-05-11T18:23:35Z")
I have a bootleg copy of George Lucas’ **Star Sanctions** , meh. ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/128 "2006-05-11T21:07:46Z")
**King Kong Seems to be Dead** **Flash Gordon, All-American** **Pre-Industrial Times** **Phil Connors, Weatherman** **Lawrence of Oxford** **Will Be-Hur** **Near the Waterfront** **Heights? No Problem!** **The Lady Drops In** **Jane Hudson, Child Star** **Dr. Jekyll** **Guess Who Wants To Do Lunch** **To Not Have and then Have** **In to the Present** (not a Back to the Future prequel) **Considerable Action on the Western Front** **The Farmer Josey Wales** ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/129 "2006-05-11T21:23:55Z")
Dude, There’s My Car ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/130 "2006-05-11T21:32:16Z")
**Ordinary Thursday** **When Harry Was Single…** **I Am A Member of a Chain Gang** **The Conception of the Christ** (immaculate, no doubt…and yes, I’m aware that the phrase “Immaculate Conception” refers to the birth of Mary, not Jesus) **What Do You Say To A Lady With Clothes On?** ---
**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, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/131 "2006-05-11T21:35:10Z")
**The Day The Earth Rotated Normally** ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/132 "2006-05-11T21:55:29Z")
_James and the ordinary-sized peach_ ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/133 "2006-05-11T21:56:30Z")
_O Brother, there you are!_ ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/134 "2006-05-11T21:58:08Z")
**WHOM? Charlie and the Starving Household James and his Bitchy Aunts Lilo and Pudge (“He controls the weather!”) The Emperor’s Well-Worn Groove Going There The Land that Time Can Barely Remember** ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/135 "2006-05-11T22:43:49Z")
**No Trouble in Little China** **Chicken Walk** **From Dawn till Dusk** **The Puppy of the Baskervilles** **It Stayed Outer Space** ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/136 "2006-05-11T22:46:11Z")
Sigh… must preview. That last one should be **It Stayed in Outer Space** ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/137 "2006-05-11T23:17:54Z")
\*\* Dragonbreeder The Hull for Red October To Live and Drive in L.A. Year of the Rabbit \*\* ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/138 "2006-05-12T00:00:40Z")
My son suggests **Some Thing** (prequel to The Thing) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/139 "2006-05-12T00:51:09Z")
**The President’s Plane is Right Over There, On the Runway** **Pride of the Columbus Clippers** **The Overcast** ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/140 "2006-05-12T02:02:19Z")
\*\*Tora! Fiddler on the Front Porch All About Adam Mid-Afternoon Boulevard The Poor-Postured Guy of Notre Dame Random Notes of Anne Franck One of the Better Stories Ever Told North Pacific\*\* And the Marx Brothers double feature **A Short Trip to the Races** and **A Matinee at the Opera** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=8)