# What movies/books/computer games should have a sequel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434 "2006-06-05T02:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/1 "2006-06-05T02:11:10Z")
There’ve been many threads about films and so on where sequels were definetly a very bad idea, but how about examples of something where a sequel would have been (IYHO) good? Obviously we can’t predict how a sequel would have turned out, and generally sequels are inferior, but what would you have liked to have seen an attempt at? ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/2 "2006-06-05T04:23:00Z")
Stephen King’s _Firestarter_. Yes, they made that crappy, alternate universe-y TV miniseries on Sci-Fi, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I want another _book_, man. For those who haven’t read it, the story’s about a pyrokinetic girl named Charlie and her telepathic father. They are on the run from an organization (the Shop) who wants to use Charlie as a weapon. The Shop captures both of them eventually, but near the end, Charlie escapes by blowing half of their HQ to hell. Her father dies in the process. The last page shows her walking into some magazine’s office, ready to tell her story to the world. And that’s it. But the Shop’s not completely gone after all that, just under new management. If they were, I wouldn’t think about having a sequel, but the way it ends, eh…you’d think they’d try again, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/3 "2006-06-05T05:16:59Z")
I’m really, really hoping they could come up with a good _Phantom Tollbooth_ sequel… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/4 "2006-06-05T12:11:00Z")
One book/movie that begs for a sequal is “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/5 "2006-06-05T12:15:36Z")
Planescape: Torment Might as well end the thread now…that’s the final word. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/6 "2006-06-05T16:01:34Z")
Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part One. Comon, I wanna see Hitler on Ice and Jews In Space, gorramit! ;j ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/7 "2006-06-05T16:06:27Z")
Oh, and it would be nice to have a sequel (or sequels, to go for that traditional trilogy thing) for Serenity, though I personally don’t think it NEEDS a sequel, per se. ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/8 "2006-06-05T16:07:08Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Planescape: Torment > > Might as well end the thread now…that’s the final word. Exactly what I came in here to mention. I’d also like to see a Star Control III, since **they never made one.** Nope. Never. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/9 "2006-06-05T16:31:19Z")
I _used_ to think that **Major League** was just begging for a sequel. And then they made one and I realized I was mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/10 "2006-06-05T16:38:42Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Planescape: Torment > > Might as well end the thread now…that’s the final word. Damn you, that’s what I came in here to mention. I mean, we left him in the Blood Wars, which was his just reward, but eventually even he has to work off his debt. And maybe we could play a game of his working off the debt. As it is, I can’t play the game again because the ending was so final and complete, I feel like there’s nothing else to play. Plus the graphics are really old now. I’ll second Firestarter and History of the World as well, and point out I liked the sequel to Major League way better than the first. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/11 "2006-06-05T16:55:53Z")
Since we already have Planescape : Torment, I’ll throw Master of Magic into the ring. And on the (comic) book front, Tales from the Bully Pulpit. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/12 "2006-06-05T17:39:57Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > I _used_ to think that **Major League** was just begging for a sequel. And then they made one and I realized I was mistaken. Or let alone a third in the series (ML3: Back to the Minors)… I paid to see it in a theater… Not good. The Professional I think warranted a sequel with a grown up Matilda. I’d love a sequel to Shocker called Shocker 2: Electric Boogaloo Man ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/13 "2006-06-05T17:56:41Z")
**The Incredibles** must have a sequel. \_ **This I command!** _\ Oh, a live-action **GI Joe** would be nice, too. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/14 "2006-06-05T18:38:09Z")
_The Professional_ needs Leon, so I’ll have to repectfully disagree. _La Femme Nikita II_, however, has possibilities as a feature film, as long as it’s based on the movie, not the USA TV series. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/15 "2006-06-05T19:39:10Z")
In the genre of not-real-good-but-I-kinda-liked-it-anyway movies: Super Troopers 2. Or maybe there already is one and I never noticed… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/16 "2006-06-05T22:51:54Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Comon, I wanna see Hitler on Ice and Jews In Space, gorramit! ;j Wasn’t Spaceballs basically just Jews in Space? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/17 "2006-06-05T23:06:23Z")
I want another Wing Commander game, dammit! But less video. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/18 "2006-06-05T23:21:07Z")
[I’d still like to see AutoDuel, the old Origin game, given the Sid Meier’s Pirates treatment](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2014996&highlight=autoduel#post2014996). ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/19 "2006-06-06T00:09:13Z")
**Buckaroo Banzai**. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434/20 "2006-06-06T01:21:11Z")
Damn McSpon, beat me to it. **Buckaroo Bonzai** , definitely. I always wanted to see a sequel (hell, a whole series) bouncing off **[Zero Effect](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120906/)**. I loved Bill Pullman as the eccentric private eye Daryl Zero, and I thought Ben Stiller was great as his frustrated, long-suffering assistant. Unfortunately the original movie died at the box office (too quirky for people, I guess) so we’ll never see another adventure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-books-computer-games-should-have-a-sequel/359434.md?page=2)