# Sequels Thread II - Well, it should be a sequel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-thread-ii-well-it-should-be-a-sequel/162952 "2003-03-21T01:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-thread-ii-well-it-should-be-a-sequel/162952/1 "2003-03-21T01:08:31Z")
Movie studios - don’t they just love it when you pony up eight bucks to see a flick that turns out to be rather reminiscent of something else, only not as good? With that in mind, let’s restore some honesty to the film industry by renaming and retaglining these misleading movies to the way they _should_ be. A few to get you started: Maid in Manhattan is… Pretty Woman II - This time, she’s not a whore. The Recruit is… 24 Academy: Their First Assignment Daredevil is… Batman 5 - This Spring, red is the new black. Equilibrium is… The Matrix Rebranded ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-thread-ii-well-it-should-be-a-sequel/162952/2 "2003-03-21T01:24:57Z")
_Under Siege: Die Hard on a Boat_ _Under Siege 2: Die Hard on a Train_ _Passenger 57: Die Hard on a Plane_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-thread-ii-well-it-should-be-a-sequel/162952/3 "2003-03-21T01:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > _Under Siege: Die Hard on a Boat_ God, ain’t it the truth. I happened to be watching _Under Siege_ the other day, and I had forgotten how many of the plot points were stolen verbatim from _Die Hard_. “How do we kill the first victim?” “Let’s have the head bad guy shoot him right through the forehead!” “I wonder how we can get the hero to escape this exploding helicopter?” “Have him jump off the edge holding onto some kind of rope or something!” “How can we get the hero out of trouble when a bad guy’s drawing a bead on him?” “Have the one person who has expressed a complete unwillingness to fire a gun shoot the bad guy!”