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Should there be a sequel to Manos: The Hands of Fate?

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Yes, I know the movie was Godawful, but it's developed such a cult following (thanks in no small part to MST3K) that even a musical stage show has been produced. It's been 42 years since it premiered, and since really belated sequels have been a theme as of late (Predator [in the AvP movies], Rocky, Rambo, Bambi, Cinderella, TMNT, etc.), I could almost see it succeeding in a limited theatrical release or a DTV with some smart marketing. They could even make the DVD a special edition with the first film (both original and MSTed version), the second film (with an optional RiffTrax commentary), and the soundtrack to the musical (a la NotLD 30th Anniversary).

Of course, it would have to be ultra-low budget (thus preserving the feel of the original and increasing studio appeal). I would suggest no higher than $300,000. Get a bunch of nobody actors who'll work for peanuts. Call in some favors (Hell, call in some fans). The surviving cast can even make cameos (it's not like they're busy with other projects). It would take, what, six months from pre- to post-production once the light is green? They even have justification (a rarity): the Master wasn't defeated, Mike now serves as the new Torgo (who may not even be dead), and "The End" was displayed with a frickin' question mark. I just think the time is right for some good, obscure cheese to make a comeback.
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If they did, they should get Joel Schumacher to direct it. He's the only director out there who could make a movie shitty enough and cheesy enough to be worthy of the "Manos" title.

http://i.imgur.com/7N84TM8.jpg

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Johnboy3434 said:

and since really belated sequels have been a theme as of late (Predator [in the AvP movies], Rocky, Rambo, Bambi, Cinderella, TMNT, etc.)


You want to encourage this trend?

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I have a bad feeling about this...
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It's happening whether I'm encouraging it or not. The least we could do is get something memorable out of it. Besides, I rather liked seeing John McClane in action again, and TMNT was a trip back to my childhood (if only it had Shredder and Crang).

Oh, and Joel Schumacher would demand too high a budget. We're going for so bad it's good, not so bad it's worse.
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Haha! Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Except that I was thinking it to be an actually GOOD sequel. Just to make the whole thing even more bizarre!

Oh! by the way, I made this some time ago... just for laughs...

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/557/criterionmanosiy7.jpg

and I have no idea how to make this image seeable.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Lord_Phillock/starwarssig.png

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Trust me, it's on Criterion's List. Right after "She Was a Hippy Vampire."

But seriously, is there any hope of there ever being a sequel (outside of fan productions)?
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Wow, that cover is so smooth I feel like throwing together a preservation DVD with dual audio tracks including both the original and the MST3K audio.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Stranger things have happened. There is a sequel to Turkish Star Wars that was made in 2006. (Featuring the same lead Actor!)
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Nanner Split said:

If they did, they should get Joel Schumacher to direct it. He's the only director out there who could make a movie shitty enough and cheesy enough to be worthy of the "Manos" title.

Nonono. It should be directed by Brett Ratner ... the king of stepping into an established franchise and riding its coattails into the dirt.
I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.
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man, I dislike Brett Ratner. I had the "fortune" of meeting him. Not a very nice guy either. Kept interrupting me for no good reason!

To me, mundane directors are worse than the very bad ones because they're sitting on both side of the issue. Neither really bad nor really good. Buaaagh... and the saddest thing about this is that THEY STILL GET TO MAKE MOVIES!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Lord_Phillock/starwarssig.png

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C3PX said:

Wow, that cover is so smooth I feel like throwing together a preservation DVD with dual audio tracks including both the original and the MST3K audio.


I've wanted to do the same thing with Radar Men from the Moon, a serial that had the first 5 or 6 chapters on MST3K. Maybe someday, I'll give it a shot.