I’m glad they only made two Road Warrior and Lethal Weapon movies.
Good thing Eddie Murphy stopped after the first Beverly Hills Cop flick.
What is this “Godfather 3” you speak of?
I heard rumors of a extended treatment of an idea they had for a Star Trek movie to bridge the gap between TOS and The Wrath of Khan. Supposedly, it had a weak plot and really poor production values, so they scrapped it. They didn’t even bother giving it a name; they just called it Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
The Earthsea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin was great. Twenty years later, she added a fourth book (who’s title is not to spoken) to the series. It completely ruined the series for me. I have now deleted those memories and can happily re-read and enjoy the original trilogy.
I am in the process of dis-remembering the Matrix sequels. The first movie stands on its own much better.
And I second Kallessa’s sigh of relief that no one has continued the Amber series.
I’m seconding the 3rd and 4th Alien sequels. I’ve always had my fingers in my ears about the third one particularly. The idea that, after all we went through with the characters in Aliens, we are slapped with the death of Newt and Hicks in the first few minutes of 3 had my eyes closed and fingers in my ears. Bastards!
Friday the 13th (parts 5-10) never happened.
There were some rumors that JMS was putting together a show in the Babylon 5 universe centered around a Ranger crew, but I guess he was just too busy with other projects to get it done.
I’m still waiting to see what happens after Gandalf’s charge in Lord of the Rings. Why does Bashki keep us waiting?
I wonder if they’ll ever make a second Conan movie?
I wonder why the Star Trek franchise started at II and skipped V?
Seems odd to me.
I concur. Her first name is Lynda, by the way.
On the commentary track for the Wonder Woman pilot, Lynda said she preferred the 1970s episodes. Sad.
Thank God they left well enough alone with The Blair Witch Project and never attempted to cash in with a commercialised, mainstream and derivative sequel.
I heard rumors that there was going to be a sequel to Urban Legend with a sad cameo by Rebecca Gayheart. Thank the Gods that never came to pass…
I am also glad that producers had the sense not to make sequels to the Omen. It’s the brilliance of realizing that sequels water down a horror movie which is why it is so excellent that the Exorcist and Friday the 13th never had sequels. To turn them into franchises would have ruined them.
Now the right job was done with Halloween.
There was Halloween, Halloween II, and Halloween H20.
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.
In a segment of an episode of Family Guy, Brian takes a blind man to see the Blair With Project and is describing it to him finishing with: "Everyone’s leaving. They look pissed.’
I was one of the people who got sick watching the movie because of the crap camera work. It took over an hour after I left to stop feeling like I was going to vomit.
I’m aware the *Blair Witch Project * has its detractors. It’s certainly not the best movie ever but was certainly original and different.
A bit like Look Who’s Talking. Good thing they didn’t beat the mildly amusing premise to death in a series of sequels.
Damn straight - those 5 books were perfect. There’s no reason anyone should write another Amber novel.
I wonder what Lecter is doing now. I wonder if he ever caught Chilton. 
I’m glad there were no longer any Batman movies made after 1992. Especially by really crappy popcorn movie directors like, and I’m just pulling a name from my head here, Joel Schumacher.
***Jaws ** * was such a perfect movie that everyone stepped back, genuflected, and swore never to try to cash in on a sequel (even with Randy Quaid shirtless or in 3-D).
Dennis Quaid - not Randy
Excuse me, I have to go scrub my brain now (Randy Quaid… Shirtless… <<shudder>>)
I heard a rumor that Larry Niven was considering writing a third Ringworld novel.
It’s probably a good thing he never got around to it. He’d probably have just run our of ideas and had to pad it with bad sex scenes.
Well, since I inspired the thread, I guess I’ll throw in a few more.
None of the sequels to Arthur C. Clarke’s **Rendezvous With Rama ** exist, despite what this Gentry Lee person claims.
I second the vote for Hannibal – the book and the movie. Clearly some mentally disturbed Thomas Harris fan killed the poor man, took his place, and tried to pass off a terribly-written, over-the-top piece of fan fiction as the sequel to one of the best thrillers ever. Thank goodness the sham was so obvious that no one took it seriously!
There was only one Tremors movie, and it starred Kevin Bacon. I have also heard rumors of a TV series, but that is of course preposterous. How could you make a TV series out of that?
Sam Raimi’s Darkman was a cool movie that showed how well he could tackle the superhero genre. I would have liked to see Raimi direct a sequel, but it was not to be. Well, at least they didn’t try to make a few bucks with a series of cheap, lame direct-to-video sequels!
Escape From L.A. was an idea never realized. Actually, after recently watching Escape From New York again, I’m starting to wonder if it existed either.
And finally, going way, way back . . . there were never any more issues of Marvel Comics’ Thor published after Walt Simonson left. Why should there be?
:dubious: Too bad Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict was cancelled after it’s initial season. I understand the creative team decided to scuttle the entire show rather than make all the changes the network requested. :rolleyes: