# They made a sequel to that!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015 "2006-04-17T16:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 18, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/41 "2006-04-18T13:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Apparently there’s a Species 2 Heck, there’s a **species III**. No accounting for taste. There are five “sequels” to **The Howling**! Actually, only the first one is a sequel – the others don’t have any plausible connection to the first two, except in having werewolves. Even the movie **Xtro** has two sequels. **Zapped** had a sequel!! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/42 "2006-04-18T13:52:34Z")
> [@bubastis](#): > > there are more Wishmaster sequels than Nightmare on Elm street movies… American Psycho 2. There are more then a couple of Wishmaster movies? Sweet, those are some great movies, just great dumb halloween movies. I’ve seen much worse. American Psycho 2 actually wasn’t too bad either. It had Jackie from That 70s Show in it and was a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/43 "2006-04-18T14:42:04Z")
Bambi 2. Why? For that matter, what’s the Disney obsession with one-parent homes? Maniac Cop also had sequals. I liked them, though. Especially since Bruce Campbell showed up in them. They also have Robert Z’Dar, who’s a commendable fellow for his work ethic, if not his choice of roles. Deathstalker…bleah! Except for the 2nd. Also, why were there sequals to Beastmaster? The first one already took over TBS! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/44 "2006-04-18T14:49:56Z")
The Skulls produced two sequels. A Christmas story also was a sequel and had sequels. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/45 "2006-04-18T15:01:30Z")
And who can forget _Gandhi II?_ [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/gandhiii.html](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/gandhiii.html)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/46 "2006-04-18T15:23:42Z")
I’m not entirely sure why [Gor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095241/) was made. Sure, the books were successful dreck in the 1970’s but this film is late 1980’s vintage. But why they even bothered with [Outlaw of Gor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098048/) will never be explained. Simple tax dodges alone won’t suffice. I suppose we should be grateful that they didn’t film the 23 books that followed. And yet _Snow Crash_ still hasn’t been made. Maybe once Tiger Woods retires… ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/47 "2006-04-18T15:37:08Z")
> [@Team of Scientists](#): > > [Cruel Intentions 2](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196267/) > > It’s called Cruel Intentions 2, yet it’s somehow the prequel to Cruel Intentions. 😕 Contains none of the actors from the original. I think this is where the series turned into softcore porn. > > [Cruel Intentions 3](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196267/) > > I don’t think this one even tried to recycle any of the characters, let alone the actors. Probably more softcore porn. Cruel Intentions 2 is actually a failed TV pilot for a FOX series based on the original movie. It never aired and was sent to the “direct to video” market. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/48 "2006-04-18T16:03:21Z")
[slight hijack] Google for “horrible movie sequels” and basic instinct 2 is the first to pop up[/hijack] the DragonCon TV folks are having a field day with Snakes on an Airplane and considering possible sequels. Things like SOAA meets Star Trek, Tribbles on an Airplane! Etc etc… ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/49 "2006-04-18T16:39:58Z")
> [@snorlax](#): > > There was no compelling artistic reason to continue the story in place of “happily ever after”, but I have seen it done successfully in films like _Shrek II_. This, however, was nothing more than a cash-in. The sad thing is that my kids seemed to enjoy it on a par with the original and clearly the money men understand that kids aren’t discerning enough to spot the drop in quality. Actually, Shrek 2 was quite good in it’s own right, or at least I thought so. I mean, it hardly seems fair to pick on Shrek for not ending with “Happily ever after”, since there were so many fairy tales left to make fun of. Besides, you know it was worth it to see Antonio Banderas spoofing basically every other movie he had ever been in. 😃 > [@Martini Enfield](#): > > I too was amazed to see posters for _Scary Movie 4_ (Especially since the tagline for the first one was “No Mercy, No Shame, No Sequel”). I recall there was a _Scary Movie 2_ with Tim Curry in it, but a third one? A fourth? Smegging hell. > > Apparently there’s a _Species 2_, an _American Psycho 2_, and several _Wild Things_ sequels (all of which can safely be considered softcore porn, I’m reliably informed), too… :eek: Scary Movie 3 was pretty good, if for no other reason than Simon at the rapping contest and Leslie Nielson’s “Airplane” quote near the end. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/50 "2006-04-18T16:49:48Z")
Bah, hit send too soon. Cruel Intentions 2 is somewhat redeemed for having twins in a shower. _cough_ Not that I’ve seen that movie or anything. Also in the “I can’t believe they made a sequel to that!” category is [Shock Treament](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083067/), the follow-up to [The Rocky Horror Picture Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/). The sequel (which I think is a better movie than the first one, while the first is a better social experience) involves the entire town of Denton being a TV station, and Brad getting casted in a show about an insane asylum so the owner of the TV network can put the moves on Janet. Different actors playing Brad and Janet and Betty Hapschat, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell (Riff Raff, Magenta, and Columbia from the first movie) now play the doctors and nurse at the insane asylum, Ralph Hapschat and No-Neck (now named Judge Oliver Wright) are played by the same actors as in the original movie. IMO, it’s worth paying the $6-10 the VHS goes for online, but then, I’ve been told I have questionable taste in movies. 😃 And onto other sequels that didn’t need to be: Bring it On Again. Somehow I don’t think they took this one in the same logical direction that Cruel Intentions did (ie: Bring it On Again does not seem to be a porn flick, unfortunately). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/51 "2006-04-18T18:11:39Z")
Although The Titanic sequal is a joke, I should point out that one of the Titanic’s sister ships, the Brittannic, also sank (even though improvements were made after the Titanic sinking). there was a NOVA about this [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/52 "2006-04-18T19:05:50Z")
so, it’s page 2: is no one going to mention [Garfield: a tail of two kitties?](http://movies.aol.com/movie_exclusive_garfield_2_trailer) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/53 "2006-04-18T19:27:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I actually kinda liked **Return of the Livinf Dead** , but didn’t think it great. It spawned a sequel with the dumbest name since “The Neverending Story II”, **Return of the Living Dead, Part Two**. There was a Part 3, too. There’s a [part 4[/ur] and [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411806/]part 5](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411805/) too. Parts 2 and 3 both sucked (3 much more than 2), but I Netflixed 4 anyway. I’m a sucker for a cheesy zombie movie. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/54 "2006-04-18T19:36:41Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > so, it’s page 2: is no one going to mention [Garfield: a tail of two kitties?](http://movies.aol.com/movie_exclusive_garfield_2_trailer) Are they going to make Odie look like the comic this time? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/55 "2006-04-18T19:47:00Z")
Cinderella II is awful, bad, horrific–and so is Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. If you have a little girl and don’t wish to subject yourself to this dreck, don’t ever mention it in her presence! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/56 "2006-04-18T20:50:08Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Bah, hit send too soon. Cruel Intentions 2 is somewhat redeemed for having twins in a shower. _cough_ Not that I’ve seen that movie or anything. > > And onto other sequels that didn’t need to be: Bring it On Again. Somehow I don’t think they took this one in the same logical direction that Cruel Intentions did (ie: Bring it On Again does not seem to be a porn flick, unfortunately). :rolleyes: Hey, I’ll admit to seeing parts of it, and those twins were cute. But does this mean that you won’t be watching BIO 3: [the sequel’s sequel?](http://imdb.com/title/tt0490822/) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/57 "2006-04-18T22:04:18Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > There’s a [part 4](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411805/) and [part 5](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411806/) too. Sigh. Must learn to preview. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/58 "2006-04-18T23:10:54Z")
Wow, my thread made 2 pages! Yay me! A lot of the movies mentioned totally fit. But the kids movies could possibly be explained as “it did well, all the kids will have to have it” Anything from Disney probably gets bought automatically by Mouse-loving parents. or maybe it’s more like “this time we’ll get it right”. I mean, how do you pitch Garfield 2? It was a total flop, right? Unless it did well in DVD sales. Do we start blaming Blockbusters for buying so many to fill a false need? “Yes the first one did horribly, but we believe the problem was the script. This time? This time we send our lovable feline to England! It’ll be hilarious!” _blam_ ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/59 "2006-04-19T01:08:43Z")
Wow, nobody’s mentioned all the Free Willy sequels. And what about the Highlander? The can be only one. And then another, and another, and… ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015/60 "2006-04-19T01:49:48Z")
I can’t have been the ONLY person to see Weekend at Bernie’s 2. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-made-a-sequel-to-that/353015.md?page=4)