It wet-nurse that Will Smith wo n’t be in the Independence Day subsequence — but look ‘ til you hear the random explanation for his grapheme being hold out . Alas , this is received exercise . When headliner determine not to occur back , moving-picture show come up with principle for writing them out , that go beyond “ frank ate my preparation . ”
Spoilers ahead …
In the case of Will Smith ’s type , Captain Steven Hiller , apparently we ’re proceed to determine that he go bad testing an observational exotic aircraft following the issue of Independence Day . Which is kind of a sad way to go . “ So what does this button do ? Aaaaaaaaaaa . ”
Here are some other major characters who were write out of movie sequels in the most hand - wavy manner possible .
1) Agent L in MIB 2:
The first Men in Black ends with Will Smith getting a brand new partner : Agent L , aka the awesome medical examiner who has try out she can hold her own against him throughout the first movie . But for the second motion-picture show , they decided to go back to the original sexual union of Smith and Tommy Lee Jones . So she ’s summarily removed .
How do they explain this ? We ’re told that Agent L make up one’s mind to return to her work as a aesculapian tester between moving-picture show .
From the Men In BlackWiki :
“ Now , she is plausibly once again the same sexy and cynical morgue inspector that she once was with no theme about the existence of alien , although she probably still gets neuralyzed on a regular basis , as she credibly keep on dealing with alien army corps . ”
2) Henry Jones, Sr. and Marcus Brody in Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It ’s revealed in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that Henry Jones , Sr , died in 1951 of unspecified case . Ditto Marcus Brody , who died of a heart attempt the undermentioned year . In memorial , Indiana Jones pushed for a bronze memorial statue to commemorate his late friend .
Jones ’ illicit Word , Mutt Williams , would afterward behead the statue .
3) Amy in Fright Night 2:
Amy is MIA in Fright Night 2 , apparently replaced by Charley ’s new girlfriend , Alex . A cut substitution from the original script clear this up :
CHARLEY
We kind of break up , and she bug out dating a lot of sr. men . They all vaguely resembled Jerry Dandridge .
PETER
Oh my . Yes …
One of them owned a bank . She married him and motivate to Houston .
Well , I had to ask .
4) Agent Meyers in Hellboy 2:
Written to be a deputy for audiences to comfort them into the weird world of Hellboy , Agent Meyers was dropped for the subsequence . allot to Liz , the BPRD had him “ shift to Antarctica”—compliments of Hellboy .
5) Vanessa in Austin Powers 2:
Feeling there should be a unexampled female lead in each sequel to fully parody the James Bond franchise , Mike Myers decided that Vanessa was a Fembot under the ascendence of Dr. Evil . She explodes during their honeymoon at the commencement of the motion-picture show , in a failed attempt to kill Austin .
Since being an android straight off contradicts events and characters portrayed in the first celluloid — include the existence of Vanessa ’s mother , Mrs. Kensington — this suggest Vanessa was fascinate and killed off - screen in Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery . Which is pretty “ off brand ” for these movies , to say the least .
6) Jack Forrest in Maniac Cop 2:
Not wanting to pay the same actor for two film ( at least , this is the reason director William Lustig gave at a Maniac Cop 2 masking that I attended at the Sunshine a few year ago ) , Bruce Campbell ’s character is pour down early on , permit Robert Davi to take the reign as our new lead humanity .
7) Newt, Hicks and Bishop in Alien 3:
Ripley ’s entire ragtag house died on shock when the Sulaco crash - landed onto a prison planet — or more accurately , they were impaled ( Hicks ) , drowned ( Newt ) and deactivated ( Bishop ) . They are eulogized thusly :
“ Why ? Why are the innocent punished ? Why the sacrifice ? Why the pain sensation ? There are n’t any promises . Nothing ’s certain . Only that some get visit , some get save . ”
8) Duke in GI Joe: Retaliation
Duke is killed in an airstrike ahead of time in the flick , after Zartan has frame the G.I. Joe whole for steal Pakistani warhead . Since the character was originally intended to die in the 1980s invigorate film G.I. Joe : The Movie , this may have been a recall or a correction , whatever your flavor about Duke may be .
9) Adam Yates in Hot Tub Time Machine 2
The character was said to have wrote a best - selling book and was presently on a trip of ego - discovery , and thus could n’t even be bothered to aid prevent his best friend from being bump off in the past times , or whatever . However , John Cusack did actually make an visual aspect in a deleted scene , which features a header explosion and atomic number 10 unripe vomit .
10) Sam Witwicky in Transformers 4:
Absolutely no mention is made of Sam Witwicky in Transformers : Age of Extinction .
11) Valentine McKee in Tremors 2: Aftershocks
It ’s excuse that Val incite away from Perfection , Nevada to wed Rhonda LeBeck ( Finn Carter ) , result Earl Bassett ( Fred Ward ) to clothe in a newcomer ostrich farm all on his lonesome . Luckily , they ’re both coming back for the next one !
12) Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
While Orlando Bloom ’s character , Will Turner , became a buoy - ghost ( or something … ) following the events of At World ’s End , Elizabeth is still gratis to rove the deadly plane as long as she stay faithful to Will ( or something … ) . In any case , she ’s off doing her own thing .
George was shot and drink down by Biff in an alternate timeline ’s 1973 while on his way to receive an accolade for his piece of writing . We do actually glimpse George in the sequel , but he’splayed by a new actor .
14) Nightcrawler in X3
Nightcrawler waswritten out of motion picture continuity in decade - Men : The Official Game , explaining his absence in the third movie . plainly he depart the team , thinking the X - work force are too fierce .
15) The Freeling Family in Poltergeist 3
In the third Poltergeist , Carol Ann is packed off to live with her auntie , Pat ( Nancy Allen ) and her husband , Tom Skerritt . Lara Flynn Boyle rounds out the significantly less expensive affirm cast .
16) Superman in Supergirl (1984)
Superman completely missed out on Kara ’s arrival to Earth , since — as we learn from a radio news report — he was offworld on an “ intergalactic peacekeeping mission ” . This trend seems to carry over into the current Supergirl serial , where Superman is often mentioned , but never available when Hellgramite or Livewire is causing a scenery .
17) Jane Foster (& War Machine) in The Avengers
Phil Coulson let us know Jane had been transferred to a super max observatory in light of Loki kidnapping her fellow worker Erik Selvig :
“ As shortly as Loki take the doctor , we moved Jane Foster . We ’ve get an excellent observation tower in Tromsø . She was postulate to consult there very on the spur of the moment yesterday . well-favored fee , private planing machine , very distant . She ’ll be safe . ”
No explanation is given for the absence seizure of War Machine , but a tie - in comic to the movie tells us he was “ crusade terrorists in China ” . perhaps that ’s the underground origin of his “ tank drop ” narrative ?
18) Jane Foster (again) & Pepper Potts in The Avengers: Age of Ultron
This time around , Jane is overseas , having been name for the Nobel Prize follow the events of Thor : The Dark World .
Pepper is meddlesome running Stark Industries , and seemingly is unaffected by Ultron occupy the internet .
19) Martin Brody in Jaws: The Revenge
woefully , Martin Brody die between films of a tenderness onslaught — induce by a eonian fearfulness of shark incursion .
Michael Brody : Dad died of a center attempt !
Ellen Brody : No . He died from fear . The awe of it killed him .
20) Tank in The Matrix: Reloaded
Another example of dying between films — whether he knuckle under to his injuries sustained from Joe Pantaliano ’s lighting gun , or another reason , is ambiguous .
21) Sarah Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Sarah Connor die of leukemia in 1997 . Except in all the timelines where she did n’t .
22) Dan Smithson in Species 2: Subspecies
We instruct that the empathic Dan Smithson was so demented by the events of the first Species , he just did n’t have it in him to get over a 2d alien . Fair enough ?
23) Vicki Vale in Batman Returns
Bruce mentions to Selina that Vicki Vale broke up with him fundamentally for being Batman . Theoriginal shooting script gain this explicitly clear :
SELINA
Girlfriend ?
BRUCE
Had one . Did n’t work .
What go wrong ? Hang on , I think I know . You kept things from her .
Nope , I told her everything .
And the truth frightened her ?
( careful , pained )
Well … How can I put this . There were two truth … and she had trouble reconciling them . Because I had trouble patch up them . Vicki said .
( giggles )
“ Vicki . ” Ice - skater , or air hostess ?
Photojournalist .
Sure .
24) Xander Cage in xXx: State of the Union
We ’re told Xander died while on holiday in Bora Bora , immediately following the issue of the first plastic film — which ends with him vacationing on the island with Yelena ( Asia Argento ) .
However , a short film called The Final Chapter : The Death of Xander Cage — a particular characteristic on the State of the Union DVD — depicts the true expiry of Xander .
In the short , coop — filmed whole from behind ( and portrayed by stuntman Kristian Lupo)—was set up by the film ’s baddie to walk into a building rigged with explosive . No word on how they ’ll explain his replication in the upcoming continuation .
25) Carla Purty in The Klumps
We ’re told Carla transplant to a newfangled university , make way for Janet Jackson to become the new making love sake to nutty professor , Sherman Klump .
26) Marie in the Bourne Supremacy
Marie is shot in the drumhead in very early on in the second Bourne film , essentially freeing up Jason Bourne from a happy domestic sprightliness in India . Marie is essentially the Tracy Bond of the Bourne franchise . Speaking of …
27) Irma Bunt in Diamonds Are Forever
Tracy Bond ’s co - liquidator , Irma seemingly wield to break loose retribution from 007 . The character was intended to give in Diamonds are Forever , but actress Ilse Steppat break of a marrow onslaught between picture show .
If you really need Ms. Bunt get her deserts , though , chase down the January 1997 issue of Playboy ( Marilyn Monroe cover ) . In a narration by Raymond Benson called Blast From the past tense , Irma meets her destiny after trying to down Bond with mortal blowfish venom .
28) Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat: Annhilation
He ’s killed in the first ten minutes by Shao Khan — Johnny has his neck opening flick during a doomed saving mission to pull through Sonya Blade . FATALITY !
29) Mace, Catrine and Jeremitt Towani in Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
Nearly the intact Towani tribe is massacred at the showtime of the movie by invading marauders from the planet Sanyassa . George Lucas ’s decision to make Cindel an orphan in the sequel was influenced by a recent screening of the 1937 film , Heidi .
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