# Sequels you have decided don't exist. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111 "2004-07-27T15:58:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/41 "2004-07-27T21:00:51Z")
**Anaconda** was such a stupid, terrible movie that I’m sure they will never, EVER, waste the time, effort, and money to make a [sequel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366174/) to that piece of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/42 "2004-07-27T21:21:09Z")
Good thing Asimov never re-opened the Foundation series, and left it with Preem Palver contentedly looking at the stars. Anything after that could only be done by completely perverting the themes of the trilogy and, knowing the Good Doctor’s later output, would have been bloated, meandering and purely self-indulgent. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/43 "2004-07-27T21:22:45Z")
Hey, remember when George Bush’s son was running for president? And he almost got in, too! I wonder what the world would have been like if President Gore hadn’t won. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/44 "2004-07-27T21:23:09Z")
\The Blues Brothers\ was a fantastic movie. I wonder if Jake and Elwood will ever get out of prison. I suppose with John Belushi dead it’s not even worth considering. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/45 "2004-07-27T21:29:07Z")
What about prequels: The casino scenes in the first James Bond movie _Dr. No_ are short to the point. Who would be so insane to make a James Bond movie set entirely in a casino? ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/46 "2004-07-27T21:38:16Z")
Also, I like the way the Highlander TV series ended, with McLeod walking away from it all after getting involved in a brutal mission against a master illusionist, who tricked McLeod into accidentally killing Ritchie. No need to follow that thief Raven. Touching end to _Xena_, saving her daughter Eve from the Amazons. I heard that later on she quit fighting, and while in Japan she taught Mushashi the Five Rings. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/47 "2004-07-27T21:40:19Z")
And fortunately William Shakespeare had the balls to ignore Queen Elizabeth’s request that he write a play about Falstaff, showing “the fat knight in love.” He would have had to disassociate Ol’Jack entirely from the context of the Henry plays; probably would have had to crank it out in just a couple of weeks. He certainly wouldn’t have had the time to do any decent poetry - would have had to rely on pretty pedestrian prose to meet the deadline. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/48 "2004-07-27T22:06:58Z")
A great TV sitcom is great because it has the right characters, chemistry and is right for the time. Can you imagine how bad sitcoms would be if they spun off pale copies from shows like I Love Lucy All in the Family Mary Tyler Moore M_A_s\*H Cheers Friends It’s not even worth thinking about – like a movie version of Charlie’s angels. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/49 "2004-07-27T22:21:49Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > **Anaconda** was such a stupid, terrible movie that I’m sure they will never, EVER, waste the time, effort, and money to make a [sequel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366174/) to that piece of crap. Not only are they making a sequal, but the plot sounds exactly the same! Oh, and **Airplane!** was such an awesome movie. I guess that’s why the funniest parts of the sequal were the flashbacks. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/50 "2004-07-27T22:55:43Z")
Sure, it seems a little dated now, but **Planet of the Apes** was such a great movie, and I gotta admit, I didn’t see that ending coming. What a great flick. You’d think with the innovations made by the special effects people to achieve the cool Ape-mask effects they would have considered making more. But that would be silly, as the first one was so perfect - so perfect, in fact, that there was really no reason for a remake. Thankfully cooler heads prevailed and none of those things **EVER HAPPENED**. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/51 "2004-07-27T23:05:57Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > A great TV sitcom is great because it has the right characters, chemistry and is right for the time. > > Can you imagine how bad sitcoms would be if they spun off pale copies from shows like > > I Love Lucy > All in the Family > Mary Tyler Moore > M_A_s\*H > Cheers > Friends Replace “Friends” with “Seinfeld”. “Friends” was a pale copy of “Seinfeld”. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/52 "2004-07-28T00:06:45Z")
Douglas Adams had a great idea when he wrote the world’s four-book Trilogy. I just know that a fifth would suck. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/53 "2004-07-28T03:28:25Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Douglas Adams had a great idea when he wrote the world’s four-book Trilogy. I just know that a fifth would suck. Nah, it’d probably be mostly harmless. I’m glad they never tried to make a sequel to _Slap Shot_, especially 25 years after the original. I’m also glad they let Brandon Lee’s legacy as _The Crow_ stand alone. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/54 "2004-07-28T03:46:19Z")
I’ve often wondered what happened to Louis, Gilbert, Booger, Poindexter, Wormser, Lamar and Takashi Tohiro after their triumph at the big pep rally over the hated Alpha Betas. You know, I bet a pretty good **Revenge of the Nerds 2** could have been made back when all the actors were a lot younger. Too late now, of course. **Mortal Kombat** is another nice, fun, light little movie that could do with a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/55 "2004-07-28T04:26:50Z")
ever hear about a dopey idea to have the Deity of the Hebrew Scriptures born as a human who reflects aspects of various heroes & prophets like Moses & David & Elijah, and then kill him off as fulfillment of the Temple Sacrifice system? Oh- and then he comes back to life & flies off promising to return someday! Who’d believe that?!?! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/56 "2004-07-28T04:28:22Z")
You know, I heard some crazy people were going to try to make an Americanized version of “Coupling.” Pure insanity. I’m glad that didn’t come to pass. That’s nuttier than an American version of “The Office.” Nutty. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/57 "2004-07-28T06:57:03Z")
I’m surprised nobody ever cashed in by making sequels to Smokey And The Bandit, Meatballs, and Cannonball Run. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/58 "2004-07-28T08:03:36Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > … **Planet of the Apes** was such a great movie… > > You’d think with the innovations made by the special effects people to achieve the cool Ape-mask effects they would have considered making more. Long ago I read a to-the-point review in the New York Times TV Listings for a late night showing of one of the sequels: 11PM **Beneath the Planet of the Apes:** And how. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/59 "2004-07-28T12:49:17Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > That 20 year wait built up anticipation and really made the suspense palpable. And that Jamie Lee Curtis never did any other horror movies really added cache to her return. I’m feeling an overpowering urge to bitchslap you with _The Fog_ right now. Perhaps I should take deep breaths until it passes. Thank God they didn’t try franchising Men In Black, though. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111/60 "2004-07-28T13:14:59Z")
Preach it, **capacitor**! And I’m so glad they never decided to let Hercules writers create sequels to _The Debt_. Especially when Xena was nine months pregnant. Especially including Joxer. I’m glad they decided to let episodes like _The Debt_ and _Crusader_ stand on their own, despite the insidious yammering of fans. **Rabid Child** , you can have **Shadow Puppets** when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. 😃 I’m so glad Vin Diesel was too busy with other projects to do a sequel to **Pitch Black**. With Radha Mitchell’s character killed off, it wouldn’t have worked, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-you-have-decided-dont-exist/257111.md?page=4)