Sequels aren't necessarily a bad thing, but in my experience whenever a sequel takes place in Europe, bad things are about to befall the viewing public. Take for example another movie series which began life as your basic road comedy about a group of people who drive across country looking for adventure and find a series of misfortunes along the way. You may know it better as the movie National Lampoon's Vacation, which was gold. Then the producers decided to make a second movie, European Vacation, which was an epic failure comedically, one which Eric Idle couldn't even salvage. And the less said about Deuce Bigalow's ill-advised trip to Europe, the better.
So I thought it would be fun to look at the 4 main actors in this movie and think up better sequel opportunities for them as individuals, and ways this sequel news could actually be worse.
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Martin Lawrence
Sequel I'd Rather See: Blue Streak 2. I've always liked Blue Streak, and the prospect of seeing Martin Lawrence playing the two kinds of roles that defined him as an actor (cops and criminals) in a single movie is an intriguing prospect. Of course, the main cast from the first movie wouldn't likely appear (though I could see Luke Wilson popping up again for a cameo).
How It Could Be Worse: Big Momma's House 3: Senior Citizens on Patrol
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Tim Allen
Sequels I'd Rather See: Big Trouble or Galaxy Quest. Big Trouble was a movie based on a novel by Dave Barry that was very much in keeping with the Elmore Leonard tradition of comical crime picture, and I wouldn't mind seeing those characters together again, and Galaxy Quest is just pure awesome... and while I wouldn't want to see it sullied by a bad sequel. I get that, but again, there is always room for more story (though I think the fact that the actor who plays Tommy Webber, Daryl Mitchell, is now in a wheelchair might put a slight damper on things).
How it Could Be Worse: Too many to name, but I will mention three titles: Jungle 2 Jungle 2: Too Jungle, Too Furious, Zoom 2: The New Nightmare and Christmas with the Kranks 2: High Dosage
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William H. Macy
Sequel I'd Rather See: Um, although he has been in a lot of movies, looking down his filmography reveals one movie that I could possibly see potential in sequel for, and that would be Mystery Men. I mean, I like Mystery Men, but when it is that hard to find something that might work as a sequel, it tells you that someone either picked very wisely or unwisely as an actor. I'll let you be the judge of which side he was on.
How it Could be Worse: Boogie Nights 2: Electric Little Bill
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John Travolta
Sequel I would Rather See: None. Not even in a prequel to Pulp Fiction. And I stand by that.
How it Could Be Worse: Battlefield Earth II: Xenu Strikes Back or Look Who's Talking Four Me: The Power of Attorney Years
And can someone write a sequel to My Cousin Vinny or something so Marisa Tomei doesn't have to be in this movie either. Please... anyone?
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