Plots for near impossible sequels?
12-14-02, 11:09 PM
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Plots for near impossible sequels?
I was wondering, if you could write the plot/storyline for movies that seem to have impossible sequels, how would you do it.
For Example, how could you plot:
Fight Club 2
Unbreakable II
Donnie Darkest
(or any movie that you have in mind which would be interesting)
For Example, how could you plot:
Fight Club 2
Unbreakable II
Donnie Darkest
(or any movie that you have in mind which would be interesting)
12-14-02, 11:20 PM
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Romeo + Juliet 2: The Revenge
directed by Baz Lurman; staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
It's one year latter and one by one the Montagues and the Capulets start dying off in mysterious ways. Could ghosts be to blame? Features remakes of the songs 'Toy Solders', 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and 'November Rain'
directed by Baz Lurman; staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
It's one year latter and one by one the Montagues and the Capulets start dying off in mysterious ways. Could ghosts be to blame? Features remakes of the songs 'Toy Solders', 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and 'November Rain'
12-14-02, 11:46 PM
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Last Night.
Pretty tough to make a sequel when the world ended in the final scene.
Unless the sequel starts off with:
"And God created man... again".
Pretty tough to make a sequel when the world ended in the final scene.
Unless the sequel starts off with:
"And God created man... again".
12-15-02, 08:34 AM
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Originally posted by Heat
How about a sequal for "Ghost"?
How about a sequal for "Ghost"?
12-15-02, 09:45 AM
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Weren't they going to make a sequel to "Easy Rider" called "Biker Heaven," about the ghosts of the characters who died?
12-15-02, 10:27 AM
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Lawrence of Arabia II: So Long, Saddam
Lt. T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, reprising his role) returns from the dead at midnight on Halloween night as a zombie. A brief journey lands him at the White House, where he ends up advising President Bush (Fred Savage) about the situation in the Middle East. The movie climaxes with a large-scale ground invasion of Iraq. There's some good humor thrown in as Lt. Lawrence keeps trying to slyly eat Bush's brains, but is always caught. A must-see!
Lt. T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole, reprising his role) returns from the dead at midnight on Halloween night as a zombie. A brief journey lands him at the White House, where he ends up advising President Bush (Fred Savage) about the situation in the Middle East. The movie climaxes with a large-scale ground invasion of Iraq. There's some good humor thrown in as Lt. Lawrence keeps trying to slyly eat Bush's brains, but is always caught. A must-see!
12-15-02, 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by Groucho
Unbreakable is tailor-made for a sequel. I wouldn't call it near-impossible.
Unbreakable is tailor-made for a sequel. I wouldn't call it near-impossible.
Here's my sequel for Miracle Mile:
Denise Crosby is in Antarctica and gets a report of two tar infested zombies (CGI, but voice acted by Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham) who have become diamonds making their way (as they're making out) across the ocean floor, seeking revenge for that damn pigeon who tried to make a nest with a lit cigarette. The pigeon’s descendants have been imbued with super powers due to an electrical charge that coursed through the shells of their eggs while they were still gestating. Hilarity ensues as the film makers try to recapture the themes of the original film while at the same time trying to up the ante for the sociological lowest common denominator.
12-16-02, 12:34 AM
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True Romance and Shawshank Redemption.
The Mexican Mafia is pressuring people to sell their beachfront homes so they can build a hotel and golf course. An unlikely alliance is formed between an elderly prison escapee and a one-eyed psychotic to fight the mob.
The Mexican Mafia is pressuring people to sell their beachfront homes so they can build a hotel and golf course. An unlikely alliance is formed between an elderly prison escapee and a one-eyed psychotic to fight the mob.
12-16-02, 02:56 AM
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"Ordinary People 2: Buck's Back"
Twenty years later, the original cast re-unites, when Con Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) returns to the lake where his brother Buck drowned years before.
But all is not as it appears, for beneath the placid waters lurks an evil beyond all reckoning, for the dead do not rest in peace.
When brutal murders begin to shock the sleepy lake town and the body count multiplies, Con's family (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore) call in Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch) from retirement fearing the worst.
But the reality of the situation is something they cannot even begin to fathom, for twenty years later, the other brother has returned from his watery grave, and he will see that those whom he believes responsible for his death pay the ultimate price!
Also starring Michelle Williams (TV's Dawson's Creek) and Jackie, Con's troubled girlfriend, Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek) as her brother Lance, and Katie Holmes (TV's Dawson's Creek) as the first skinny-dipping victim.
Twenty years later, the original cast re-unites, when Con Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) returns to the lake where his brother Buck drowned years before.
But all is not as it appears, for beneath the placid waters lurks an evil beyond all reckoning, for the dead do not rest in peace.
When brutal murders begin to shock the sleepy lake town and the body count multiplies, Con's family (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore) call in Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch) from retirement fearing the worst.
But the reality of the situation is something they cannot even begin to fathom, for twenty years later, the other brother has returned from his watery grave, and he will see that those whom he believes responsible for his death pay the ultimate price!
Also starring Michelle Williams (TV's Dawson's Creek) and Jackie, Con's troubled girlfriend, Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek) as her brother Lance, and Katie Holmes (TV's Dawson's Creek) as the first skinny-dipping victim.
12-16-02, 06:05 AM
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It's Still A Wonderful Life - next Christmas and George Bailey get's suicidal again. Instead of Clarence to show him the way, it's the three ghosts of Xmas played by John Belushi, Sam Kinison, and Chris Farley.
Weird Science 2 - a more politically correct remake. Instead of using a Barbie, using a GI Joe. Homosexual military jokes abound.
Sleeping Beauty 2: Asleep at the wheel - saw that on another board and laughed myass off.
Full Metal Jacket 2 - Anything to get R Lee Ermey back yelling at privates.
The Manchurian Candidate 2: The Clinton Presidency - bad joke, had to go for it.
Rocky 6 - whoops, nevermind.
The Big Chill 2 - another death, another Motown sing-along
Toy Story 3 - to prevent their inevitible fate of becoming another layer at the landfill, Woody, Buzz and the whole gang decide to ensure that Andy never ages. Product placement by Tupperware.
Star Wars: Episode 4 A New Hope The Next Generation - never being happy with Star Wars, Lucas refilms the entire original trilogy with an all new cast. Britney Spears is Princess Leia, the kid from the Dell commercials is Luke (Dude, you're getting the Force!), and Han Solo is 100% CGI (and Greedo still shoots first)
Top Gun 2 - Maverick get's clearance for a tower flyby... the World Trade Center Twin Towers, that is.
Weird Science 2 - a more politically correct remake. Instead of using a Barbie, using a GI Joe. Homosexual military jokes abound.
Sleeping Beauty 2: Asleep at the wheel - saw that on another board and laughed myass off.
Full Metal Jacket 2 - Anything to get R Lee Ermey back yelling at privates.
The Manchurian Candidate 2: The Clinton Presidency - bad joke, had to go for it.
Rocky 6 - whoops, nevermind.
The Big Chill 2 - another death, another Motown sing-along
Toy Story 3 - to prevent their inevitible fate of becoming another layer at the landfill, Woody, Buzz and the whole gang decide to ensure that Andy never ages. Product placement by Tupperware.
Star Wars: Episode 4 A New Hope The Next Generation - never being happy with Star Wars, Lucas refilms the entire original trilogy with an all new cast. Britney Spears is Princess Leia, the kid from the Dell commercials is Luke (Dude, you're getting the Force!), and Han Solo is 100% CGI (and Greedo still shoots first)
Top Gun 2 - Maverick get's clearance for a tower flyby... the World Trade Center Twin Towers, that is.
12-16-02, 02:13 PM
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Originally posted by Josh-da-man
"Ordinary People 2: Buck's Back"
Twenty years later, the original cast re-unites, when Con Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) returns to the lake where his brother Buck drowned years before.
But all is not as it appears, for beneath the placid waters lurks an evil beyond all reckoning, for the dead do not rest in peace.
When brutal murders begin to shock the sleepy lake town and the body count multiplies, Con's family (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore) call in Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch) from retirement fearing the worst.
But the reality of the situation is something they cannot even begin to fathom, for twenty years later, the other brother has returned from his watery grave, and he will see that those whom he believes responsible for his death pay the ultimate price!
Also starring Michelle Williams (TV's Dawson's Creek) and Jackie, Con's troubled girlfriend, Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek) as her brother Lance, and Katie Holmes (TV's Dawson's Creek) as the first skinny-dipping victim.
"Ordinary People 2: Buck's Back"
Twenty years later, the original cast re-unites, when Con Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) returns to the lake where his brother Buck drowned years before.
But all is not as it appears, for beneath the placid waters lurks an evil beyond all reckoning, for the dead do not rest in peace.
When brutal murders begin to shock the sleepy lake town and the body count multiplies, Con's family (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore) call in Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch) from retirement fearing the worst.
But the reality of the situation is something they cannot even begin to fathom, for twenty years later, the other brother has returned from his watery grave, and he will see that those whom he believes responsible for his death pay the ultimate price!
Also starring Michelle Williams (TV's Dawson's Creek) and Jackie, Con's troubled girlfriend, Joshua Jackson (TV's Dawson's Creek) as her brother Lance, and Katie Holmes (TV's Dawson's Creek) as the first skinny-dipping victim.
Tasteless. Purely tasteless.
12-17-02, 01:13 AM
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Bad Sequel ideas....
Dr .Strangerlove....... Geoffrey Rush plays the 4 lead characters.
JFK II :RFK........"Willem Dafoe is Bobby Kennedy and Buddy Hackett is
Sirhan Sirhan in a new motion picture from Walter Hill".
All the Dead Have Been Brought Out..... more paramedics on the edge.
To Live and Die in Belair......".plastic surgery mystery murders are the focus in this incendiary sequel"
Rain Woman....starring Julia Roberts as Raymond's older dyslexic sister
Apocalyspe Now & Again.....Kurtz is back from the dead....and he's pissed.
Bus Driver............"Travis Bickle is having a bad day".
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This....... "More Nicholson! More Hunt!
It don't get mo' better than this" !
Dr .Strangerlove....... Geoffrey Rush plays the 4 lead characters.
JFK II :RFK........"Willem Dafoe is Bobby Kennedy and Buddy Hackett is
Sirhan Sirhan in a new motion picture from Walter Hill".
All the Dead Have Been Brought Out..... more paramedics on the edge.
To Live and Die in Belair......".plastic surgery mystery murders are the focus in this incendiary sequel"
Rain Woman....starring Julia Roberts as Raymond's older dyslexic sister
Apocalyspe Now & Again.....Kurtz is back from the dead....and he's pissed.
Bus Driver............"Travis Bickle is having a bad day".
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This....... "More Nicholson! More Hunt!
It don't get mo' better than this" !
12-17-02, 05:47 AM
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oh come on now, your throw $$$$ around you can make a 2nd pic for almost anything... errrrrrr up to the level of the first one? Oh heck no but you can still do it Ya know to cash in on the name.. Let me take a crack at a few and lets say it's a given that they are filmed in same vibe as the first film (but not going to be ANYWHERE near as good heh)
Fight Club II : The Breakdown
Tagline: "Sometimes you have to go back"
Poster: Soap on some sort of rattan tropical table on the beach
Edward Norton returns of course. Role is one of going to fightclubs in other areas of the world now. Errr lets say he could stumble into to one while on vacation. While under the stress of this new setting and so on we find him running into Tyler Durden again and having to deal with all of that.
Titanic 2
Tagline: Everyone has a story to tell.
Poster: To young people holding hands with the Titanic in front or them.
Cast even younger and upcoming stars in this version of the film that is 100% set at the same time and same setting etc but just a dif story line that ran at the same time as the first one.. To tie them in, show some cheese cross path stuff.. ya know, like show that big thing of them on the front of the ship BUT shoot it from really far way so you do NOT need the big stars for from the first one [save $$$]. Maybe bring back Billy Zane in a bit role just to work the cross story line [like he is doing anything else]
Have the film end before the ship sinks as the twist so that it not the same o same o.. Maybe have the bad guy think he has won only to hear the alarms go off.. then fade in at the end to show the heroes of the film were saved or whatever.
Redemption of the Soul (Shawshank's Redemption Part II)
See not all good, errr some of them are just BAD idea there but I can do this for almost any film. heh
Ya know to cash in on the name.. Let me take a crack at a few and lets say it's a given that they are filmed in same vibe as the first film (but not going to be ANYWHERE near as good heh) Fight Club II : The Breakdown
Tagline: "Sometimes you have to go back"
Poster: Soap on some sort of rattan tropical table on the beach
Edward Norton returns of course. Role is one of going to fightclubs in other areas of the world now. Errr lets say he could stumble into to one while on vacation. While under the stress of this new setting and so on we find him running into Tyler Durden again and having to deal with all of that.
Titanic 2
Tagline: Everyone has a story to tell.
Poster: To young people holding hands with the Titanic in front or them.
Cast even younger and upcoming stars in this version of the film that is 100% set at the same time and same setting etc but just a dif story line that ran at the same time as the first one.. To tie them in, show some cheese cross path stuff.. ya know, like show that big thing of them on the front of the ship BUT shoot it from really far way so you do NOT need the big stars for from the first one [save $$$]. Maybe bring back Billy Zane in a bit role just to work the cross story line [like he is doing anything else]
Have the film end before the ship sinks as the twist so that it not the same o same o.. Maybe have the bad guy think he has won only to hear the alarms go off.. then fade in at the end to show the heroes of the film were saved or whatever.
Redemption of the Soul (Shawshank's Redemption Part II)
Spoiler:
See not all good, errr some of them are just BAD idea there but I can do this for almost any film. heh
12-17-02, 11:27 AM
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Shadow of the Vampire 2:
Nosferatu lives and the movie follows the 1979 remake.
Dracula Returns!:
Bela Lugosi is back via CGI, in a sequal that should have been made in the first place!
Nosferatu lives and the movie follows the 1979 remake.
Dracula Returns!:
Bela Lugosi is back via CGI, in a sequal that should have been made in the first place!