# What are some of the worst/wierdest lesser-known "Official" sequels to popular works? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 8, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029 "2020-11-08T03:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/21 "2020-11-09T02:31:34Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > There are two different sequels to _Gone with the Wind_ in novel form Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier also has a sequel in 2001. It is approved by the original author’s estate as well. [Rebecca’s Tale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%27s_Tale) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/22 "2020-11-09T03:53:56Z")
OK bear with me for a moment The 1992 Jean Claude van Damme film _Universal Soldier_ has numerous follow-up sequels; however there three different timelines they follow: 1. _Universal Soldier_ (1992) —Made for TV movie _Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms_ (1998) and Made for TV movie _Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business_ (1998) 2. _Universal Soldier_ (1992) and theatrical fim _Universal Soldier: The Return_ (1999) 3. _Universal Soldier_ (1992) and direct to video film _Universal Soldier: Regeneration_ (2010) and direct to video film _Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning_ (2012) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/23 "2020-11-09T03:56:37Z")
And for the record The Terminator franchise as at least four different timelines: 1. _The Terminator_ —- _Terminator 2_ —- _Terminator 3_ —- _Terminator Salvation_ 2. _The Terminator_ —- _Terminator Genisys_ 3. _The Terminator_ —- _Terminator 2_ —- _Terminator: Dark Fate_ 4. _The Terminator_ —- _Terminator 2_— _Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles_ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/24 "2020-11-09T04:05:52Z")
Although it’s well-known to serious fans of Star Trek, casual fans may not realize that the first official sequel to the original TV series was not 1979’s _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_, but rather _Star Trek: The Animated Series_, which was developed by Filmation, in collaboration with Gene Roddenberry, and which originally ran on NBC from 1973-74. Trek writers Dorothy Fontana and David Gerrold have indicated that they consider the animated series to depict “year 4” of the Enterprise’s five-year mission. However, the animated series was effectively “de-canonized” by Roddenberry’s office in the late 1980s. That said, in the years since, a number of events and characters mentioned in the animated series have wound up in other Trek shows and books, and information from the series is now incorporated in Paramount’s official Star Trek reference site, so maybe it is canon once again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/25 "2020-11-09T05:11:20Z")
I’d bet that most fans of _A Christmas Story_ haven’t seen (or perhaps heard of) Ralphie’s “summer vacation” movie, _Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss_! ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/26 "2020-11-09T05:30:55Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Not weird or really bad (though nowhere near as good as the original) was _ **More American Graffiti** _ . The focus was on members of the ensemble other than Curt, Laurie, and Steve (Richard Dreyfus, Cindy Williams, and Ron Howard), none of whom were in the movie. For example, we saw what happened to Terry and Joe (Charles Martin Smith and Bo Hopkins) in Vietnam, and how John (Paul Le Mat) met his end on New Year’s Eve. Howard and Williams were in the sequel. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/27 "2020-11-09T06:49:45Z")
What, in archive footage? ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/28 "2020-11-09T07:08:54Z")
Grease 2 was awful. Even Michelle Pfeiffer couldn’t save it. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/29 "2020-11-09T10:43:35Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Grease 2 was awful. There were a couple of good songs. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/30 "2020-11-09T11:20:24Z")
_The Exorcist III_ isn’t all that bad as far as horror movies with psychological thriller elements go. I’ve even read a few retrospective reviews claiming that it’s one of the very best horror movies of all time, though I wouldn’t go that far myself. It certainly had some excellent source material (Blatty’s novel _Legion_ which, like his original _Exorcist_ novel, is not overtly supernatural but rather presents the reader with plausible naturalistic explanations for everything). ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/31 "2020-11-09T11:21:59Z")
_The Star Wars Holiday Special_ has to rank among the worst official sequels of all time. Surprised no one has mentioned it so far. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/32 "2020-11-09T12:21:36Z")
There’s a 2008 direct-to-video sequel to 1983’s WarsGames [WarGames: The Dead Code - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames:_The_Dead_Code) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/33 "2020-11-09T13:30:37Z")
The 1998 film _Soldier_ starring Kurt Russell is set in the same universe as the 1982 film _Blade Runner_ --it is **not** a sequel though it is more of a spin-off. I don’t think most people know both films have that relation. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/34 "2020-11-09T13:39:58Z")
As I understand it, _Soldier_’s screen writer, David Peoples, who was also the co-writer of _Blade Runner_, has said that he intended it to be in the same universe, but there’s no actual official connection. ---
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**Return of the Vampire** is a Columbia film from 1943 that seems pretty clearly intended to be perceived as a sequel to Universal’s 1931 film **Dracula**. Both films star Bela Lugosi as the vampire, although, since they didn’t have the rights to the “Dracula” name he’s named Armand Tesla. Killed in London by having a stake driven into his heart, Dracula comes back from the Undead. The film uses a couple of tropes that would be used by Universal itself when it brought back Dracula the next year in **House of Frankenstein** – Dracula being revived by having the stake pulled out of his heart, and his being destroyed by sunlight. (Universal had already re-introduced the sunlight trope in **Son of Dracula** ). It’s also the first film, AFAIK, the uses the trope of the vampire having a werewolf as an assistant. ---
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The pointlessly awful movie _Troll,_ perhaps qualifying with the minimum value of ‘popular’, was followed by _Troll 2_, and even worse movie. _Troll_ was a star-studded affair, based on the minimum value of ‘star’, while _Troll 2_ was cast with people who showed up to be extras. The movie had nothing to do with the original movie, and did not even have any trolls in it. _Troll 2_ may have passes it’s precursor in popularity in the category of movies so bad they are good, while many people say it is simply bad. ---
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Lee Falk did the comic strip _The Phantom_ published by King Features Syndicate. In 1943, Columbia Pictures filmed it as a matinee serial. In 1955, Columbia started filming a sequel. However, they discovered that the film rights had expired. After some hasty negotiations, it became apparent that King Features wanted more money than Columbia was willing to pay. So they did a quick re-write, and a hasty costume change, and it became _The Adventures of Captain Africa._ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029/38 "2020-11-09T14:40:55Z")
There were two unofficial sequels to Heidi - the copies my sister had were credited to “Spyri’s translator”. ---
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> [@davey77](#): > > I’d bet that most fans of _A Christmas Story_ haven’t seen (or perhaps heard of) Ralphie’s “summer vacation” movie, _Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss_ ! That ain’t all! There are two more sequels: **My Summer Story** with Mary Steenburgen, and, of course, **A Christmas Story 2** with Daniel Stern. Saints preserve us! ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > Not weird or really bad (though nowhere near as good as the original) was _ **More American Graffiti** _ > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The movie **Beyond the Poseidon Adventure** is dreck. Not even good baloney. Oh My God these are BAD movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-worst-wierdest-lesser-known-official-sequels-to-popular-works/925029.md?page=3)