"Dodgeball," released in 2004, is a fine movie. It has achieved the status of a comedy classic since it came out nearly 20 years ago, and frankly it's a bit oversold in that context; it's not a great film. But it's a solid movie with a strong cast, good jokes, a clever plot. It's an enjoyable hour and a half. That's it.

Most importantly, it doesn't need a sequel. It simply does not need that. They said everything they needed to in the first movie; they told all the jokes they had to tell; it doesn't need to be made again. As we've said here before, we need to start creating original, exciting stories again. Enough with the remakes!

So I think we should all be working to prevent this as vociferously as we can:

According to [Justin] Long, a "Dodgeball" sequel idea has been been ironed out by Vaughn and is just waiting on Stiller's approval.

"Of course I would love to do it and I hope that it ends up happening, but I think Ben [Stiller] is a little… what he told me on that podcast was that he's a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to something so beloved, something that people enjoy so much," Long told ComicBook.com. ... It's very risky. You don't wanna [expletive] on the original, you want something just as good. So I think he's a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific to that time, but I hope he comes around on it."

All together now:

Seriously. It's just kind of pathetic at this point. Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller are really funny, really creative guys. There's no way they need to add yet another sequel to the already-saturated sequel market. It would add nothing to the cinema landscape; it would only detract from it.

Thankfully, Stiller himself appears more than reluctant to commit to it. He has good reason to be unwilling:

Stiller might be apprehensive about taking on "Dodgeball 2" after he struck out hard with "Zoolander 2." The "Zoolander" sequel was released in theaters 15 years after the beloved original and bombed at the box office with $56 million worldwide, barely making back its budget of over $50 million. The movie was also eviscerated by critics. Stiller admitted to Esquire earlier this year that watching the film bomb around the world was "not a great experience."

Mr. Stiller and Mr. Vaughn, if you're reading this right now:

Moviegoers don't want a sequel to Dodgeball. It would almost certainly bomb at the box office just like 2Lander did. People loved the first Dodgeball and they still love it; they have no interest in shelling out a lot of money to see a rehash of it. It would be a huge investment of time and money that would very likely fail to recoup its budget.

Don't be tempted by the remake machine. Make something new and exciting instead of something old and already-done. Resist! You'll be happier if you do!