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1. This pretend sequel might have come out 5 years after the original was released (which means it might have been seen in 1984). The story remains in the balmy South, but many other things have changed. That factory from the original film has mostly dried up, but the little town struggles along, mostly due to a major highway that now runs nearby. It has become a rather commercial place compared to what it was. Our heroine, Mrs. Webster, remains there but her life has changed just a little. She is now the manager of the new "Perky's Burgers" and has a new little one at home, which makes a total of four, and her husband Sonny remains loyal. He is a drunk now, though, but he does his best as his wife does just a little better than he can. Then, on a warm Spring day, that fellow named Reuben Warshawky waltzes into Perky's in search of his old friend and finds her. He is still a rabblerouser and Mrs. Webster still has him in her head. He is divorced now and lonely in New York City. Sparks fly! Will he remove her greasy apron and whisk her away? Is he up to the job of 4 kids in the big city? Can she leave poor Sonny like this? Is this love or just sharing a passionate memory? Since we're just making all this up as we go along, use your imagination. The working title on this blissfully never conceived of movie is "So It Goes Like It Went". What film could it be a sequel to?
2. This make believe sequel could have come out just two years after its parent film, so you'd have been buying the popcorn in 1995. Annie Reed, smitten beyond logical comprehension, has packed her bags and moved across the country to Washington State. It is quite an adjustment! Once there she is all baffled as to whether she really loves this somber Sam fellow, or if maybe she might just love the romance it all potentially has. She and Sam kiss a lot, then they bicker a lot, then they storm in and out of the house a lot. Young Jonah watches all this, thinking that maybe he made a big mistake. He retains hope, however. There are some good things. Annie finds many beautiful things on the west coast to photograph, so that part of her career thrives, and Sam is loosening up due to having companionship again. All this fighting, though - and guess what? As always happens in movies like this, they decide to get married. They battle all the way to their wedding day. Do they go through with it? Does Sam change his mind at the last minute? Does Annie grab Jonah and dash back to New York? Or maybe they just end up happy in the end again. I'll wager that that's our best bet. They might have considered naming this one "With A Wink And A Headache". Which real movie is in question here?
3. This sequel coud have feasibly come out 7 years after the real movie did. So it's 1989. Young Stanford student Elliott is resting under a tree reading the latest issue of "Cosmos" magazine. He is a gifted young man, interested in all that interplanetary and stellar stuff, and his college grades are exceptional. Let's face it! He is basically a genius! This early evening, as he reads under a tree munching on Reese's Pieces and somewhat dreading his goofy sister Gertie's visit tomorrow, something very strange appears. He thought it was a shooting star in the dusk at first but it wasn't quite that. It began to spin. It grew closer. Omigosh! It was a spaceship! Frozen but intrigued he watched as it landed just feet away from him. It opened and a familiar, albeit peculiar, face appeared, accompanied by others like it. It was an old friend, one he thought had been just a boy's fantasy. But not so, as he was soon on the craft and off into space with these friendly aliens. What a fascinating thing to happen to this dreamer again! But this time it isn't so good. Predatory other aliens are rallying up to eliminate Elliott's old friend's race. They must fight! They need a human to help them. Many laser beams, zaps, aerial wizardry, and kinship between the diverse lot on board the space ship ensue. Does Elliott save the day? Do the friends (alien and man) make it clear that that they will meet again? Do fingers light up at the end of this imagined movie? C'mon now. What do you think? We'll call the title of this fake one "Phone's Still Working".
4. This movie, in one's wildest dreams, might have found us in 1992, two years after the real movie came out. Our biggest star is once again a woman named Vivian. In spirit she hasn't changed a bit but visibly she is a whole new person. She was always a smart one and is now absorbing everything. She has the social graces down pat, she can charm the pants off even the stuffiest businessman if it helps her lover, she can smile on cue when a photographer shows up. She was good to begin with but now she's even better, But now, out of the blue, Edward wants to marry her. In her mind, he's still learning how to kiss! How can he be a husband? To be honest, how can she be a wife? She's just about to start her own clothing line (a tasteful collection of leather and leopard skin). He's about to make a deal that would net them over 1 million dollars with only one handshake. And then there's that pesky billionaire who knows about her past and would like a little afternoon fun lest he expose her secret. What does she do? Satisfy the lecherous and despicable billionaire? Marry Edward, her beloved, go on QVC, after leaving it all, and peddle her street clothes? Vivian goes and sits on that fire escape again. I'll bet the end result is the same as that first time. By the way, the running title on this one might have been "Ugly Men". Which movie are we on here?
5. At the end of the real movie these two were together but it was obvious to the discerning eye that there wasn't much hope for them. Just too fiery hot, too passionate, but they burned out in less than 6 months. Loretta and Ronny were just not meant to be. Let's fast forward from the original film 5 years, so this faux sequel might have come out in 1992. Loretta Castorini is now Mrs. Gino DeVincio, mother of two small children. It was a marriage not based on love (Loretta had learned her lesson about that!). Gino is rich; never mind that he's a gangster and your basic thug. Loretta needed security and children though, and he needed a wife. He cheats on her boldly but she really doesn't mind. She remembers hearing once that men cheat because they're afraid of death. In Gino's line of work giving up the ghost was a daily concern. Loretta cheated, too, but only out of boredom. She saw Ronny often. He had mostly went down to his bread ovens after their split and rarely came up for air. But Loretta would see him now and then, hiding in the shadows watching her. Loretta spent a lot of time looking at the tragedy and comedy of her life: the parade of lusty men, her husband cleaning his pistol nightly, the wide-eyed innocence of her babies. As this imagined sequel ends, she looks out the window and sees Ronny looking in under the moonlight. An opera is blaring on the radio and a single tear rolls down her cheek. They may have called this film "When The Moon Hits Your Eye". What could it have been a sequel to?
6. This make believe sequel came out 10 years after the real movie did so we might have seen it in 1988. Michael Vronsky is now a man only going through the motions. There doesn't seem to be anything much to look forward to for him. He's not happy and he's not sad about life with his girfriend of some years Linda. He's just used to it. They live together but don't really plan to marry or ever have children. The ghost of Nick haunts them and they seem helpless but to defer to his memory. Michael returned to the factory shortly after the funeral and even went to a psychiatrist in Philadelphia for a while to help him deal with all of his war and post-war memories. Linda said it helped, but he wasn't so sure. Even the hunting trips held no spark for him these days. Everything was the same here for most of the others as it was 10 years ago - but it could never be the same for him. His friend Steven seemed to understand but his life was in pieces still. Steven was still unable to take care of himself and his wife Angela had to be removed to the State Hospital because she couldn't handle her life. In truth, Michael was a man in serious trouble. At night, as he stared at the ceiling, all he wanted was out. An old war chum in Palm Springs was opening a bar and wanted him to come and help him run it. The temptation was great to go. He'd been thinking about it every waking moment. Linda refused to move so far away. Steven needed him a lot and always would. Will Michael hang up his rifle for good? Will he pick up and go, leaving Linda behind? Or will he resign himself to things and stay in this drudgery? Michael is a man of great honor and duty. The conflict is enormous (they might have called this fake sequel "One Shot"). Since this is not a real movie I guess we'll never know, but what was the real film it might have been based on?
7. Boy, is the honeymoon over in this pretend sequel! This one might have come out in 1999, two years after the real film. Carol Udall sat alone in her apartment, spinning her wedding ring on her finger and looking at it blankly. It almost nauseated her now to notice it and what it stood for. How she had changed in the past two years. She had always been a sturdy woman, usually kind as well. But now she wasn't. She was cold, almost dead inside. She spent the first year of her marriage confused since she coudn't determine if tying the knot with Melvin was the biggest mistake she had ever made or the smartest thing she could possibly have done. She knew now the former was the case. Yes, her son was getting the best health care available (and it showed) and, yes, Carol had finally reached a place where she didn't have to worry about money, but when Melvin touched her she was repulsed. His quirks had really gotten worse, if anything. She was sick of making sure that all items in the refrigerator were stored labels facing up or out, that all clothing in the closets had to hang there alphabetically by color - and all those locks! Getting out the door still confused her. Her best friend Simon tells her to hang in there, that she is the best thing that ever happened to Melvin. But Melvin surely wasn't the best thing that ever happened to her. That badge went to the new manager of the restaurant, a shockingly normal fellow with whom Carol had heated up the walk-in cooler with almost daily lately. After time with him she had had a taste of the good life and knew what she wanted. Carol opened her purse and removed a piece of paper with a phone number on it. She stared at it with severity. Just $50,000 to this guy and it would all be over and done with for Melvin and so many people disliked him they would never suspect her. It was an option she never thought she'd ever even consider. Will Carol hire the hit man and call it curtains for Melvin? Or will she just leave him and go to the restaurant manager? Or will she stay, iron socks and make sure there is alway an even number of toothpicks in the cupboard? Got me! No matter what happens it doesn't look too happy for Melvin but he's not exactly used to being happy anyway. What film might this plot be based on?
8. This sequel might have come out 20 years after the original, so we could have possibly seen it in 1982. I am so glad no one made a sequel here as the first movie was classic; there was no more to add to it. But let's pretend someone had the gall to try. Jean Louise Finch, now grown, lives in the same house in the same town as she did in the original. She is truly happy here and can't imagine living anywhere else. Things are a little faster now. There are more cars and a few more people and a few new businesses. Racial unrest remains but it has a different flavor to it these days. The coloreds are standing up for themselves and Jean Louise thinks that is a wonderful thing. But, in the midst of progress, some things don't change at all. When she wakes up in the morning Jean is still greeted by that sweet Southern smell that comes with the early breezes. It is still not unusual to bake an extra sweet potato pie on Sundays and give one to a neighbor. Sunday meeting's were not just a habit - they remained a weekly event. There was a clarity here that Jean Louise knew she'd never find elsewhere. She had gone off to college and missed her home daily and sped back upon completion of her studies. And here she was, a writer of some reknown with her ailing father upstairs where she could look after him like he deserved. Arthur Radley lived with her too now. He was a godsend as he helped so much with the chores. He had even come to trust people finally. Jean Louise was in love now, too. It was a wonderful feeling but her beau was a publisher in Chicago. He wanted to marry her so and she wanted that, too. This sequel might have been led by a narrative of the heartfelt letters she writes to him. Will he come to the South to be with her? Or will she, against all odds, move away to be with him? Or will they marry and live separately part of the time (which would be a daring thing to do in the 1950s). There's no way of knowing. Which 1962 film could this sequel be based on?
9. This "what if" sequel could have been released in 1980, three years after the original came out. In the true spirit of Neil Simon things are rocky, but seem to be going all right mostly. Elliot Garfield did come back to Paula. The real movie left us hanging as to whether or not he would. She seemed to know he'd return; she had slept with his guitar every night. When he did come back to New York the happiness and celebration couldn't be matched. Even though Elliot could now afford a 5-star night on the town where do you think they went first? Yes, up on the roof again. It didn't rain this time. In short order they were packed and off to California. Elliot was doing quite well there, although his TV career had gotten a little lower profile but highly respectable (think an Albert Brooks type). Paula finally settled in, learned how to drive and gave up dancing for good. She got interested in interior decoration and went to work promoting her new motif idea called "blank line continuum". No one really knew what that was, of course, but it sounded chic so the Californians ate it up. Paula had books & TV shows & product lines. [If there is a Part 3 to this story we may end up following her to jail because her stocks are doing quite well in Part 2. But it's a "good thing"]. But the revelation comes in young Lucy McFadden, Elliot's step-daughter. She was still no nonsense and took liitle crap from anyone. The Hollywood types loved her sass, gave her a small part in a film which became a bigger part in her next one and so forth. Now she is the highest paid teenaged actor in Tinseltown. Needless to say, things worked out well for the blended Garfield family. They might have called this movie "Hello, Baby!". What is the real film in question?
10. Just one year after the real movie, this imaginary sequel could have hit theaters in 1998. Will made it to California. He was a smart guy, no doubt about that, but not savvy enough to know that a funky car that gets around OK in Cambridge, Massachusetts doesn't cut it so well going through deserts and over mountains. But, many stops later, he made it. And he found Skylar, too, once he arrived. She was all different here. In Massachusetts she was down to earth, sweet and accessible. But here, with her friends, she wasn't the same. They liked talking about Literature and The Arts. Will was a numbers kind of guy. They saw each other for a while but it fizzled out. Will got a great job, coming with high recommendation, working for a laser engineering company. He was doing quite well. But, at night, he would still drink cheap beer out of the bottle. Order a greasy pizza instead of using room service. Walk around in his underwear and stare out the brightness busy window thinking about the old days where all there was was a floor to be swept. His friend Chuckie called now and then. He always said he was on his way out here, but Will knew and hoped he never came. This wasn't a place for their lives, not really. Then there came a Thursday morning. Will went to a small restaurant for breakfast. His waitress was a short and stout girl named Eileen. Her smile was real (he hadn't seen that for a while) and her conversation was genuine. Will put his briefcase aside for a moment and enjoyed the time she came to his table. This felt almost like home! What happens? Does Skylar turn his head back around? Does this Eileen, imperfect as she might be seen, bring it all back for Will? Does he just skip women and shoot for the Forbes 500? We can rest assured he's bought a new car by now. This pretend sequel might have been named "Bad Moon Rising". What movie is the real original?
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