The SEQUELS That Time Forgot

[modage]

i always worry when there seems to be an unneccesary sequel being made to a movie that really does not need a sequel.  (hmm, Easy Rider AD seems like a pretty recent example of this).  but the funny thing is that, time just washes most of these right out of memory.  lets see how many we can dredge up.

THE TWO JAKES -- 16 years after CHINATOWN
TEXASVILLE -- 19 years after THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI -- 6 years after AMERICAN GRAFFITI
THE EVENING STAR -- 10 years after TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
THE ODD COUPLE II -- 30 years after THE ODD COUPLE
ESCAPE FROM LA -- 15 years after ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
BLUES BROTHERS 2000 -- 18 years after THE BLUES BROTHERS
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS -- 16 years after ...IN LONDON
THE RAGE: CARRIE II -- 23 years after CARRIE
SHOCK TREATMENT -- 6 years after THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
PSYCHO II, III, IV -- 23 years and more after PSYCHO
RETURN TO OZ -- 46 years after THE WIZARD OF OZ

why do some of these remind me of the opening of The Player when Buck Henry is pitching "THE GRADUATE II"?

[Duck Sauce]

Great topic, whatabout Staying Alive

[modage]

ohh, thanks.  great one.

STAYING ALIVE -- 6 years after SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
2010 -- 16 years after 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

[Pubrick]

THE STING II - 10 years after the sting.

[soixante]

How about Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, 7 years later.

Or Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, 10 years after the first.

[soixante]

An important rule for sequels -- don't try to replace known actors.  The Sting II had everything the original did, save for the charismatic leads (Redford and Newman "replaced" by Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis) and the clever plot.  Never, ever try to replace two guys like Redford and Newman.  The prequel, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, made do with Tom Berenger and William Katt.

Another example is Grease 2 -- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, gone.  Would it have made money with them?  Who knows.

The exception seems to be movies like Batman, in which the lead actor is less important than the title character.

[Ghostboy]

Is 'Return To Oz' as freaky as I remember it being?

[MacGuffin]

Thirty-one years after:

[Marty McSuperfly]

What about Another 48hrs - eight years after the original.

I suspect we'll soon be able to add Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights to the list....

[chainsmoking insomniac]

What about Another 48hrs - eight years after the original.

I suspect we'll soon be able to add Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights to the list....

I heard this was quite true (minus Jennifer Gray....)
I also heard Swayze's stocking up on Ben-Gay.......

[chainsmoking insomniac]

I actually thought the Two Jakes was a great film, despite the stigma of it being a sequal to one of the best movies ever made.......

[Alethia]

another stakeout - 6 years after the first


and how about godfather 3?  something like 17 years after part 2, and we really didnt need a third, did we?

[Alethia]

...actually its not that bad.....but sofia coppola should stick to directing

[Duck Sauce]

...actually its not that bad.....but sofia coppola should stick to directing

I agree, with just a few tweaks to it, and never letting Sofia get on screen the movie could have been pretty good/

[MacGuffin]

Thirteen years between Exorcist II and III. And another thirteen years between Exorcist III and: