# The Incredibles 2 officially announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027 "2014-03-18T21:46:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/62 "2014-03-27T05:25:07Z")
Was Edna Mode patterned after Coco Chanel, as my wife claims, or after the headmistress in “Kindergarten Cop”? That scene of Edna walking alongside Mr. Incredible automatically reminded me of that headminstress walking alongside Ahnold. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/63 "2014-03-27T12:49:45Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Was Edna Mode patterned after Coco Chanel, as my wife claims, or after the headmistress in “Kindergarten Cop”? That scene of Edna walking alongside Mr. Incredible automatically reminded me of that headminstress walking alongside Ahnold. Neither - Hollywood costume designer [Edith Head](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head). ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/64 "2014-03-27T14:43:04Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Was Edna Mode patterned after Coco Chanel, as my wife claims, or after the headmistress in “Kindergarten Cop”? That scene of Edna walking alongside Mr. Incredible automatically reminded me of that headminstress walking alongside Ahnold. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Neither - Hollywood costume designer [Edith Head](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head). Edna Mode _does_ bear more than a passing resemblance to Linda Hunt (the actress who played the principal in _Kindergarten Cop_), even if Hunt wasn’t the inspiration. I’ve noticed the similarity, too. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/65 "2017-11-18T21:14:06Z")
_bump_ Pixar released a [teaser trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDMWVZta3M) today. Nothing of much substance, other than it appears Jack-Jack will have a starring role. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/66 "2017-11-18T21:52:28Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > _bump_ > > Pixar released a [teaser trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDMWVZta3M) today. Nothing of much substance, other than it appears Jack-Jack will have a starring role. Cool, thanks for posting this. Fun spoiler free trailer. I like that type. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/67 "2017-11-19T11:36:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > _bump_ > > Pixar released a [teaser trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDMWVZta3M) today. Nothing of much substance, other than it appears Jack-Jack will have a starring role. The rumor I heard - and I like the idea - is that Elastii-Girl rejoins the workforce and Mr. Incredible becomes a stay-at-home dad, with the hope that maybe she won’t get fired as often for breaking cover. That will entail lots of scenes of him dealing with Jack-Jack and his burgeoning powers. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/69 "2017-11-20T19:52:29Z")
Oh, god, I hope they don’t overdo the Jack-Jack stuff. A little goes a long way. Like, that teaser would be enough Jack-Jack for an entire movie. _The Incredibles_ is my favorite animated movie. If _The Incredibles 2_ is 90 minutes of ‘cute’ baby sounds and random energy bursts as Jack-Jack gets in and out of trouble while Bob chases after him, I will be severely disappointed. For now, I have faith in Brad Bird that won’t be the case. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/70 "2017-11-20T20:06:04Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > The rumor I heard - and I like the idea - is that Elasti-Girl rejoins the workforce and Mr. Incredible becomes a stay-at-home dad, with the hope that maybe she won’t get fired as often for breaking cover. That will entail lots of scenes of him dealing with Jack-Jack and his burgeoning powers. I have heard the same - and I like the new trailer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/71 "2017-11-20T21:03:47Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Oh, god, I hope they don’t overdo the Jack-Jack stuff. A little goes a long way. Like, that teaser would be enough Jack-Jack for an entire movie. > > _The Incredibles_ is my favorite animated movie. If _The Incredibles 2_ is 90 minutes of ‘cute’ baby sounds and random energy bursts as Jack-Jack gets in and out of trouble while Bob chases after him, I will be severely disappointed. For now, I have faith in Brad Bird that won’t be the case. I agree. Too much Jack Jack would be bad. I really wanna see a Incredibles prequel, however. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/72 "2017-11-21T00:27:40Z")
I had a weird dream that would work for a sequel. All known powers have stopped working so all Supers need to find other powers and develop those to find who or what is responsible for their primary powers to have ceased. Meanwhile, vigilante groups have sprung up and some of them have taken to hunting the relatively powerless Supers. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/73 "2017-11-21T13:03:28Z")
My dream plot Incredibles 2 that clearly isn’t happening followed a teenage Jack Jack that didn’t want to be a superhero, and his family needing to accept that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/74 "2017-11-21T13:08:28Z")
When I saw this thread resurrected I remembered reading somewhere a plot idea I really liked and tried to remember who had written it. Turns out it was me, in this thread: > [@Gyrate](#): > > Presumably the Parrs (and Frozone) wouldn’t remain the only supers on the street for long. Syndrome killed a lot of them - maybe all of them barring the above - and there could be a new generation of supers growing up with no role models except Mr Incredible, Frozone and Elastigirl. Imagine a lot of inexperienced people with superpowers trying to help and making things worse, and the elders out of their depth trying to control the next generation. There’s a story there too. So way to go, me-three-years-ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/75 "2017-11-21T16:19:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I agree. Too much Jack Jack would be bad. > > I really wanna see a Incredibles prequel, however. Can I ask why, I’m genuinely interested. I can’t think of a single prequel that was worthwhile, they just get you back to a point where you know what happens. Godfather 2 maybe although it wasn’t the main narrative of that story. If you’re going to go to the effort and expense of making a motion picture wouldn’t you want to tell an exciting new story not just some boring stuff where you already know what happens in the third act? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/76 "2017-11-21T16:34:21Z")
I don’t know if _The Incredibles_ is a good candidate for a prequel (although I suspect there’s a good story there), but prequels in general can be great. _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom_, although not as good as the first, was a fun movie that was in no way diminished by knowing Indy survived at the end. It took the approach of a stand-alone movie with no relation to the first except for the characters; the plot would have made just as much sense as a sequel to _Raiders_. _X-Men: First Class_ and _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ were strong origin stories. Whether you enjoyed them or not, they were not made boring by knowing what the characters become later. There are plenty of examples of good prequels that tell an original story of how the characters got to the point where you first saw them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/77 "2017-11-21T20:08:56Z")
I think an _Incredibles_ prequel could work, but we already saw quite a bit of their backstory in the opening scenes of the first movie. Maybe an origins movie, with all the characters at the very outset of their careers? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/78 "2017-11-21T20:45:49Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think an _Incredibles_ prequel could work, but we already saw quite a bit of their backstory in the opening scenes of the first movie. Maybe an origins movie, with all the characters at the very outset of their careers? Yes, that would work. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/79 "2018-02-17T23:54:10Z")
Another trailer is out - and it looks _awesome_: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredibles\_2 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/80 "2018-02-18T00:04:02Z")
OK, so they’re playing up the working-mom-stay-at-home-dad angle. That actually worries me a little, just because it’s such a trope. But hopefully they’ll do it well. And I’d forgotten how hot Helen is. Well, OK, I hadn’t forgotten, but I still like the reminders. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/81 "2018-02-18T00:32:17Z")
The first movie was essentially the trope of the husband in a mid-life crisis, and it played out very well, with Bob realizing that he needs his family (and Frozone) to take on Syndrome and the Omnidroid. And realize that many of the scenes in the teaser may not actually appear in the film, and are just setting the context for the story, which they also did for the first film. The original was a great movie (as some would say, the best _Fantastic Four_ movie anyone has made) and I’m happy to see the sequel finally come out; I just with it hadn’t taken fifteen years. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027/82 "2018-02-18T00:38:51Z")
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