# 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:** 8
**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, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/141 "2006-05-12T02:15:31Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > And the Marx Brothers double feature **A Short Trip to the Races** and **A Matinee at the Opera** Those are both better than **Cold Duckling Broth**. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/142 "2006-05-12T03:06:18Z")
**The Private** **Baby Frankenstein** **The Discovery of a Piece of Gold** **It’s a Wonderful Birth** **A Hard Day’s Day** And of course, who could forget that prequel to a hit Oscar-winning short film, **The Right Trousers**? Apparently, a lot of people. ---
**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 12, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/143 "2006-05-12T07:19:44Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > James Bond: 008, But He’s Working His Way Up. You know, I hate to nitpick (Ok, I rather enjoy it, but even so…), but the “00” numbers don’t indicate any kind of seniority- for example, 002 is not 005’s superior. It’s also implied in the novels that most of the 00 operatives are actually dead, and that the numbers aren’t recycled- so if 003 gets killed by SMERSH, 004 doesn’t get “promoted” to 003… he keeps his number, the next agent recruited becomes 009 or 0010, etc. Someone who’s got more time to get into the intricacies of the James Bond Universe might be able to explain it better than I, however… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/144 "2006-05-12T12:50:57Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > You know, I hate to nitpick (Ok, I rather enjoy it, but even so…), but the “00” numbers don’t indicate any kind of seniority- for example, 002 is not 005’s superior. > > It’s also implied in the novels that most of the 00 operatives are actually dead, and that the numbers aren’t recycled- so if 003 gets killed by SMERSH, 004 doesn’t get “promoted” to 003… he keeps his number, the next agent recruited becomes 009 or 0010, etc. > > Someone who’s got more time to get into the intricacies of the James Bond Universe might be able to explain it better than I, however… Umm… **Martini** …? :smack: It’s called a “joke”, which is a technical term describing a witticism intennded to engender yuks, as **Cecil** might put it. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/145 "2006-05-12T13:35:27Z")
Lesser known Jackie Chan movies: **Leisurely Hour** **Calmness in the Bronx** **NormalCop** **Sober Master** **I Know Exactly Who I Am** **Planning Operation Condor** **The Measurement and Fitting** **Zeroth Strike** **Average Looking** **The Planned Native** **Becoming Dragons** ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/146 "2006-05-12T13:39:48Z")
> [@c\_goat](#): > > **The Planned Native** Oops, screwed that one up with a real movie… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/147 "2006-05-12T14:36:21Z")
> [@Love Rhombus](#): > > Sigh. ☹ > > I’m not very good at this. It was \*\*The Thing. \*\* Well if it makes you feel better I knew what you were talking about 😃 ps that bit wheret he dot tries to give teh guy CPR and the thing bites his hands off was AWESOME. oH sorry, off topic umm… **Tempers Flare in Upper Manhattan** \*\* The Man who knew the right amount\*\* \*\* Todlers of the recently seeded fields \*\* [ ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/148 "2006-05-12T14:59:50Z")
- Plans 1 through 8 from Outer Space \* would certainly not fare well at the box office. Likewise, \* Sternly Worded Diplomatic Notes of the Worlds \* starring Tom Cruise and directed by Stephen Spielberg would be an even bigger turkey than the film they actually did make. - Making Bill Feel Awfully Uncomfortable \* wouldn’t have done much for the careers of Umma Thurman or Quentin Tarantino. - Prince Kong \* would likely only feature a chimp on top of your local IHOP with a kewpie doll in its hand, so I don’t think we’re getting any financial backing for that one. Even Mel Brooks wouldn’t touch \* Kindergarten Frankenstein. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/149 "2006-05-12T15:05:45Z")
I think these are more fun when you add comments about the movie, myself. Anyway, here’s some more: **Robin of Lochsley Farms While King Richard Prepares To Go On The Crusades**. Watch Sir Lochsley’s servants till fields! Watch Robin visit the King and say nice things about him! **Doing Just OK, Thanks** was made before the Beatles hit the big time. Watch the silly antics as they have trouble booking hotels. “You’re who, again?” **It’s A Slightly Eccentric, Slightly Eccentric, Slightly Eccentric, Slightly Eccentric World** starred Jimmy Durante as Smiler Grogan serving fifteen years in the pen. **American Crayon Drawing** featuring ill-behaved pre-teens riding their bikes around town on a spring afternoon. **The Bandit and His Trucker Buddy Make Some Safe Runs Without Running Into Any Smokies At All** really didn’t do Burt’s career any favors. Pink Floyd’s **Picket Fence** just didn’t have the edge of the later movie. **Some Slaves Escape** as a prequel to **Glory**. No, wait. That could actually be really good. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/150 "2006-05-12T15:50:57Z")
**Pre-med Student WHO** ---
**Author:** ![CrisLander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@CrisLander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrisLander)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/151 "2006-05-12T15:52:02Z")
Let’s see… **Cars Driving around** which is a prequel to Crash **Star Misunderstandings** **The Clean Dozen** **Gone from the Future** **The Still Dressed Gun** **English colony Beauty** **The penultimate action hero** **The Beginator** **Argument Club** **Mr. Smith stays in his house** Can’t think of any more… ---
**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 13, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/152 "2006-05-13T01:56:30Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Umm… **Martini** …? :smack: > > It’s called a “joke”, which is a technical term describing a witticism intennded to engender yuks, as **Cecil** might put it. I _know_ it’s a joke… just one that doesn’t make any sense if you’re a James Bond Fan. 😉 Of course, to your average film-goer, it is indeed most amusing. I’m just being pedantic. 😃 ---
**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 13, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/153 "2006-05-13T03:10:12Z")
\*\*Pre-School Cop Single Indemnity Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch? To Sir, With Respect and Affection Put Momma on the Train Around the World with No Fixed Deadline Scouting Mission of the Body Snatchers My Quick Snack with Andre Journey Pretty Far Down Into the Earth It’s an Ordinary Life The Grapes of Displeasure\*\* ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/154 "2006-05-13T11:20:49Z")
**The Sound Of Tuning Up** was poorly received, spurring Rodgers and Hammerstein into devising something more ambitious. **Charlie Kane Happily Playing With His Sledge** , despite its warm’n’fuzzy ‘feelgood’ factor, sank at the box office. Nonetheless, the producers felt they had the germ of a good story. **John The Baptist, Really Good Prophet** was a flop for Rice / Lloyd-Webber, but it contained some good tunes. Rather than abandon the project altogether, they embarked on a major re-write. Despite the vast special FX budget, **The U Men** was not well-received. The even more ambitious follow-up, **The V Men** suffered a similar fate. The producers, still believing they could make the franchise work, decided on one last try… The orignial **Rochelle** wasn’t enjoyed much by Jerry Seinfeld and his friends, but the sequal proved much more popular. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/155 "2006-05-13T12:33:42Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > 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_. That prequel would be called \* Shop Rats Sleeping Instead of Building Cars \* ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/156 "2006-05-13T14:29:39Z")
How about **C-Day** The exciting logistics scenes will have you riveted! **1940** The one made without cocaine! **See** A real teeter-totter of a movie! **Shallow Throat** **The Usual Persons of Interest** **Is Paris Heating Up?** **Myron Breckenridge** ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/157 "2006-05-13T20:32:19Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > I _know_ it’s a joke… just one that doesn’t make any sense if you’re a James Bond Fan. 😉 > > Of course, to your average film-goer, it is indeed most amusing. I’m just being pedantic. 😃 So. :dubious: I’m an _average_ film goer. Smile when you sat that, pardner. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/158 "2006-05-14T05:33:48Z")
\*\*The Life of Count Dracula Frankenstein: Life Before the Creature Faithful So Far Harold and Maude: Before They Met The Day Before the Texas Chainsaw Massacre \*\*any prequel to **Misery** (“I’m his number one fan, but haven’t met him yet”) \*\*Terminator 4: Before the Rise of the Machines Almost As Good As it Gets \*\*any perquel to \*\*Pet Sematary Before A Stranger Calls Partial Recall Casper: The Friendly Child She’s Almost All That National Lampoon’s Vacation Plans Partial Metal Jacket: Life Before Bootcamp Harold and Kumar Think About Going to White Castle Minor League Beverly Hills Police Training Henry VII To Aim a Gun at a Mockingbird\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/159 "2006-05-14T08:06:56Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Despite the vast special FX budget, **The U Men** was not well-received. The even more ambitious follow-up, **The V Men** suffered a similar fate. The producers, still believing they could make the franchise work, decided on one last try… The W-men? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186/160 "2006-05-14T08:38:11Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > The W-men? :dubious: Yep, and that didn’t work out either, so they had _another_ go… My mistake. Well spotted! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-nobody-wants-to-see/356186.md?page=9)