THE END?? :Sequels That Never Happened

ChadH · September 09, 2009, 08:43:22 AM

Yesterday I was thinking about movies which shoulda, coulda had a sequel- but didn't. In some cases the endings even set up the sequel. I can think of three off the bat:

Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension.
The Iron Giant
Godzilla (1997)

What movie(s) have you always wanted a sequel too? A brief plot suggestion would be good too, if you wish.

My apologies if this has been posted before. :)

Bryancd · September 09, 2009, 09:48:54 AM

Quote from: ChadH on September 09, 2009, 08:43:22 AM
Yesterday I was thinking about movies which shoulda, coulda had a sequel- but didn't. In some cases the endings even set up the sequel. I can think of three off the bat:

Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension.
The Iron Giant
Godzilla (1997)

What movie(s) have you always wanted a sequel too? A brief plot suggestion would be good too, if you wish.

My apologies if this has been posted before. :)

x2 on Buckaroo! Great, underrated movie that had sequel written all over it.

Bromptonboy · September 09, 2009, 09:56:16 AM

I was always disappointed that Ralph Bakshi didn't make the follow-up to his animated Lord Of The Rings. It had problems, but I still like the movie very much.
Another follow-up I would have loved to see would be the continuation of the saga 'Logans Run'. That was a series of 3 books (at the time), and a followup movie would have been great.
The other side of the coin - Sequels that I wish they have NOT made:
Return To The Planet Of The Apes..... (although I loved the first 2).
Species 2 (even though I can't take my eyes off Natasha H.)

SPOCKFAN · September 09, 2009, 10:23:40 AM

Here are some sequals that I would have loved to have seen

Big Trouble in Little China- Give me more Jack Burton!
Unbreakable- Loved this movie and deserved a sequal
True Lies- all kind of sequal talk but never happened.

Bryancd · September 09, 2009, 10:24:37 AM

Quote from: bromptonboy on September 09, 2009, 09:56:16 AM
Another follow-up I would have loved to see would be the continuation of the saga 'Logans Run'. That was a series of 3 books (at the time), and a followup movie would have been great.

But the actual film was so different from the book, it was a standalone. Great movie though and in need of a remake!

ChadH · September 09, 2009, 11:20:06 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on September 09, 2009, 09:48:54 AM
Quote from: ChadH on September 09, 2009, 08:43:22 AM
Yesterday I was thinking about movies which shoulda, coulda had a sequel- but didn't. In some cases the endings even set up the sequel. I can think of three off the bat:

Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension.
The Iron Giant
Godzilla (1997)

What movie(s) have you always wanted a sequel too? A brief plot suggestion would be good too, if you wish.

My apologies if this has been posted before. :)

x2 on Buckaroo! Great, underrated movie that had sequel written all over it.

Too right! At the end of the first movie they even dropped the name of the sequel! (BB and the World Crime League) WTHeck?

KatzeKitty · September 09, 2009, 11:35:17 AM

This may be too new to say "never happened" because I still have hope, and I think they messed up the first one by trying to do it all in one, but the "hitchhikers guide" series deserves a good treatment.

~katze

Rico · September 09, 2009, 11:55:23 AM

A few: "Dune", "Buckaroo Banzai", "Daredevil" (I liked it), "Krull" (an old favorite of mine).

Bromptonboy · September 09, 2009, 01:42:34 PM

Quote from: SPOCKFAN on September 09, 2009, 10:23:40 AM
Here are some sequals that I would have loved to have seen

Big Trouble in Little China- Give me more Jack Burton!
Unbreakable- Loved this movie and deserved a sequal
True Lies- all kind of sequal talk but never happened.

Yes to Unbreakable! Loved that film, although I was disappointed in the abrupt ending.

Meds · September 09, 2009, 02:05:50 PM

Big yes to big trouble in little china, i always wanted a sequel to the italian job, galaxy quest and the long good Friday.

ChadH · September 09, 2009, 03:15:29 PM

Quote from: bromptonboy on September 09, 2009, 01:42:34 PM
Quote from: SPOCKFAN on September 09, 2009, 10:23:40 AM
Here are some sequals that I would have loved to have seen

Big Trouble in Little China- Give me more Jack Burton!
Unbreakable- Loved this movie and deserved a sequal
True Lies- all kind of sequal talk but never happened.
Yes to Unbreakable! Loved that film, although I was disappointed in the abrupt ending.

"Unbreakable", which was definitely underrated.

2 more would be John Carpenters' "The Thing" and "They Live". Either of these franchises could still do with a sequel.

Bromptonboy · September 09, 2009, 03:33:40 PM

They Live! What a great idea. Rowdy Roddy Piper was a riot. "I have come to chew bubble-gum and kick @ss....and I'm allllll out of bubble-gum......"

KatzeKitty · September 11, 2009, 10:40:56 AM

I guess there's always hope for a sequel, no matter how long:

Tron Legacy - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/

ChadH · September 11, 2009, 11:16:11 AM

Quote from: bromptonboy on September 09, 2009, 03:33:40 PM
They Live! What a great idea. Rowdy Roddy Piper was a riot. "I have come to chew bubble-gum and kick @ss....and I'm allllll out of bubble-gum......"

Props to Rowdy Roddy. Not academy award material, but i thought he did a great job anyway.