# Prequels you hope they never film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301 "2010-07-20T00:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/61 "2010-07-21T11:14:07Z")
Building the Bismark! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/62 "2010-07-21T11:25:47Z")
The hanging around barracks and going on excercises of the Light Brigade. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/63 "2010-07-21T11:49:49Z")
Just titles are a bit lame, so I’ll add descriptions. _Apollo XII_ - The harrowing tale of a mission to the moon where absolutely nothing unexpected happened, the mission wen’t largely according to plan and all the astronauts returned safely. _Blade Stroller_ - Having retired from the police force, Harrison Ford’s character aimlessly strolls the streets of a future Los Angeles, eating noodles in multiethnic noodle shacks, enjoying the rain and dreaming of unicorns. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/64 "2010-07-21T12:14:01Z")
> [@kombatminipig](#): > > _Apollo XII_ - The harrowing tale of a mission to the moon where absolutely nothing unexpected happened, the mission wen’t largely according to plan and all the astronauts returned safely. And as with the rest of the prequels, the film keeps cutting back to a parallel story on the ground: the ongoing saga of a black heavyweight champ effortlessly kayoing a succession of Italian-American boxers… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/65 "2010-07-21T13:03:47Z")
\*Enola Just One Time In College \*gets my vote for the most clever and hilarious. _A Bridge Nearby Around London in Eighty Hours Taxi to Tiffany’s Christopher Robin and the First Fevered Hallucination_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/66 "2010-07-21T13:39:13Z")
_Fetal Frankenstein._ ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/67 "2010-07-21T13:47:05Z")
Tree Gump One Glided Over the Cuckoo Mr & Mrs Lecter Have A Baby Son Mr & Mrs Starling Have a Baby Daughter ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/68 "2010-07-21T14:44:12Z")
_The lonely, geeky High School photographer incessantly masturbating over his hot neighbor._ > [@Superhal](#): > > Snow White and the 7 Horny Teenage Dwarves I am pretty sure I saw the stage version of this at a club in Tijuana. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/69 "2010-07-21T14:48:48Z")
Rosemary’s Childhood 28 Days Before The Bourne C.I.A. Training Night of the Living Friend of the State 2011 Training Private Ryan October 30 February 1 July 3 Mission: Relatively Difficult Zack and Miri Become Roomates ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/70 "2010-07-21T14:49:44Z")
_Leonard Part 5 Medium-Size Me_ Can I do plays, too? _The Cold Water Man Cometh Krapp’s Penultimate Tape The Single Glass Knick-Knack I Hope Godot Didn’t Get Here Before Us_ ---
**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:** [July 21, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/71 "2010-07-21T16:08:55Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Die, but not very hard > The Matrix unloaded I’m not feeling very good today so I think I’ll take it easy. The Matrix: Programed The Matrix: Obviously the idea of a government committee. [QUOTE=Johnny Q] The Thoroughly Unremarkable 4 [/QUOTE] Actually Marvel came out with a mini-series several years back featuring the adventures of The Fantastic Four before they gained superpowers. [QUOTE=Mrs. Cake] The Wacky Adventures of Young Jar-Jar Binks [/QUOTE] Shhh…George Lucas might hear you. [QUOTE=notfrommensa] From There to Infitnity [/Quote] From Here to The Heat Death Of The Universe [QUOTE=Duke] I Hope Godot Didn’t Get Here Before Us [/QUOTE] Heading For An Appointment With Godot ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/72 "2010-07-21T16:55:19Z")
Dial L for Libel Guess Who Came to Lunch? The Eggs North to British Columbia Frost/Agnew - actually that one might not be too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/73 "2010-07-21T20:38:00Z")
Growing Up Bennet: Pride and Prejudice Begins Things to Do in Denver While Still Alive Necking and the Suburbs ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/74 "2010-07-21T23:37:36Z")
Old Maiden Aunt of Frankenstein ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/75 "2010-07-22T16:34:21Z")
\*\*\*Noise of the Lambs Kinda Dumb and Dumber Pre-school Cop 2000: A Space Launch 1,000,001 B.C. The River Kwai A Star is Conceived * * * ---
**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:** [July 22, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/76 "2010-07-22T17:00:44Z")
I’ve given some of these in past threads: \*\*Monty Python and Uther Pendragon Quo Vadibus? A Boy for All Seasons High 11:59 LightningBall Prince Kong Phryxis and the Golden Ram Plastic Resin Story A Larva’s Life Penumbra – the Sunset Saga The World of Mount Roraima, before it got Lost The House Plans of Frankenstein Norm Abrams’ Plans for the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari It Happened at the World’s Fair Kickoff Meeting Thunderbirds are Preparing! The Partially Transparent Man The Food of the DemiGods Green Submarine The Cub, the Apprentice, and the Ikea Do-It-Yourself Cabinet The Maggot The Penultimate Star Fighter The Elephant Baby\*\* (Prequel to both _Elephant Boy_ and _The Elephant Man_) \*\*The Pretty Big Gila Monster The Interesting Taller-than-usual Man The Noticeable Shorter-than-average Man Attack of the Five Foot Woman Gepetto’s Block of Pine Tarzan of the Greystokes The Believable Four Before the Land Before Time SpaceBalls – The Prequel! The Dial Tone The Island that would a Good Place to Bury some Treasure The Land that Time Still Remembered 20 Matrix Programming for Dummies (A Guide for the Rest of Us) The Jedi are Still Here Forward to the Future \*\* ---
**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:** [July 22, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/77 "2010-07-22T17:25:45Z")
\*\*Atlantis, the Continent and Empire The Phantom of the High School Musical Land of the Temporarily Misplaced Land Captain and the World of Today Today Never Dies Day at the Museum Dracula has Hit the Snooze Button in his Grave The Last Coming Attractions Diamonds are for Now Planet of the ProtoSimians Theropodus An Advent Story Jeckyll the Intern \*\* ---
**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:** [July 22, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/78 "2010-07-22T18:30:50Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > The Eggs ? 😕 ? The Egg and I? Chicken Run? We’re Moving In Evil Resident Evil The Anteman The Postman ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/79 "2010-07-22T18:36:26Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > ? 😕 ? > The Egg and I? > Chicken Run? I was thinking “The Birds”. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301/80 "2010-07-22T18:57:16Z")
_The Sand Menagerie Breaking off Diplomatic Ties of the Worlds_ _Easy Tricycle Rider_ _Three Hours of Na’vi Dancing Around on a Giant Stupid-ass Tree_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prequels-you-hope-they-never-film/547301.md?page=5)