It’s all wishful thinking, so go crazy.

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    581·
    11 days ago

    The correct answer is District 9.

    However, I find I’m often disappointed by sequels to great movies. I feel like there are far more mediocre movies that failed to fully explore the depths of a good concept, where a sequel (perhaps in a different genre) would retroactivel make the first movie better.

    For that, I also choose Johnny Mnemonic.

    Also, In Time, Elysium, or Chappie.

    I also think now would be a great time for a Galaxy Quest sequel. There’s a lot of fertile sci-fi tropes that could make for another hilarious movie. Like, after the end of the revival of the original show, there’s a Next Generation spin-off that overshadows the original, plus a bunch of expanded universe content. The Thermians and other aliens keep replicating the nonsense as real technology. What remains of the OG crew has to convince the new cast and writers/showrunners to stop being so lazy in their hand-wavy rushed bullshit, because there are very real consequences to poorly executed cash grabs full of plot holes and dangling threads. Maybe there’s a prequel series that creates a schism in the Thermian society, with the older generation following the Never Give Up, Never Surrender idealism, and the younger generation believing in a grittier, cynical imperialistic ideology.

  • ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    11 days ago

    Constantine.

    I know it may not have checked all the boxes for comic fans but it was a great movie with great characters and atmosphere.

    I’ve thought about this several times since its release. Apparently I’m not the only one. Keanu was asked a similar question last year but about his own catalogue and he said the same thing, he wishes there had been a sequel.

    A few months after that, I think I read a sequel might be coming.

  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
    371·
    11 days ago

    The Fifth Element. So much untapped potential in that dystopia. It could be a direct sequel following up on Korben and Leeloo, or a spin-off following Ruby Rod, or a prequel around the previous time the Evil threatened the world, or a thousand other possibilities.

    • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 days ago

      There was originally plans for a sequel but I think there where some issues with casting it under performing in the box office. Also, it would need to be with someone else leading as Bruce Willis is too sick to act any more.

      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        10 days ago

        Yeah, I know it couldn’t happen now, not with the original actors reprising the same roles at least. Still would have loved to see more of that universe though.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
    251·
    10 days ago

    Dredd. The movie was only so-so but it was a really good setup for a sequel. Karl Urban also knocked it out of the park. The Stallone version was good for what it was but it didn’t really feel like Judge Dredd.

  • Mr Fish@lemmy.world
    151·
    11 days ago

    A. The Princess Bride. More likely a spinoff with Inigo becoming the dead pirate Roberts

    B. Pacific rim. Because we all agree that there is no sequel

    • simsalabim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      B. Pacific rim. Because we all agree that there is no sequel

      There’s always Iron Widow and Heavenly Tyrant.

      • tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        9 days ago

        I should really get around to those books. Though, I think the author has said that their main (partially spite-fuelled) mecha inspiration is Darling in the FranXX?

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 days ago

      A. The Princess Bride. More likely a spinoff with Inigo becoming the dead pirate Roberts

      Counterpoint:

  • Kcap@lemmy.world
    13·
    9 days ago

    I can’t believe they didn’t make a second Superbad. The plot line wrote itself. Seth goes to visit Evan and Fogel one weekend at Dartmouth. The cops have been fired and are now working as lowly campus security officers. Hi-jinks ensue. Call it Superbadder. Boom done.

  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
    9·
    10 days ago

    Children of Men is the best movie ever for the plot and atmosphere more than the one shot extravaganzas. In terms of what the sequel plot should be, I think further advance in the collapse and despair of the world even if a new pregnancy in the world occurs. Perhaps from the perspective of the rulership leveraging despair for corruption gains.

    • simsalabim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 days ago

      I dunno, I love that the ending is so ambiguous. My headcannon is that there have always been new children, but they are all saved and hidden by the resistance movement, on an island to protect them from the world.

      Making an actual sequel would require them to make so many decision about their world, and similarly to the Mass Effect sequel I think it can only disappoint.

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
        1·
        9 days ago

        For sequel, Clive could have survived. The Human Project should have had other success in protecting children from establishment, There could have been a lot of children on that Island if fertile mothers were also taken there. Teenagers from that island could be a studio-friendly plot line. There is massive plot possibilities, but the uniqueness of the original was global despair from a lack of human sustainability. In an older more decayed world, the low hanging fruit for plot is a corrupt dead end establishment clinging to power instead of enabling the human project.

        Don’t look up had very poor plot around theme, except for “I am for the jobs the comet will provide” line. It was still a worthwhile movie. If the bar is better than original or disappointment, then ok, but it’s easy to be much better than don’t look up, IMO.

        • simsalabim@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          For sequel, Clive could have survived.

          Ugh, that would make the original movie actively worse. Don’t do that.