# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1999
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39964 "2015-12-01T17:17:18Z")
Movies you would like to see remade. 1. Krull 2. Memoirs of An Invisible Man 3. The Man Who Would Be King 4. The Postman 5. Gumball Rally 6. All About Eve 7. Jaws 8. Fuzz 9. Top Gun 10. The Thin Man 11. Sea of Love 12. M 13. Moby Dick Next: Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39965 "2015-12-01T17:27:33Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39966 "2015-12-01T18:15:22Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39967 "2015-12-01T18:31:29Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) And that says a lot because I am not a fan of musicals. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39968 "2015-12-01T18:56:41Z")
Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Great White North Posts: 3,484 Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39969 "2015-12-01T19:04:35Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39970 "2015-12-01T19:10:02Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (IMO they made a mess of it with the Johnny Depp version) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39971 "2015-12-01T19:45:38Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond Though they did a TV live production with Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews that didn’t work at all. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39972 "2015-12-01T20:11:49Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond 9. The Lion in Winter I like Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close but the Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn version is unbeatable. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39973 "2015-12-01T20:30:11Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond 9. The Lion in Winter 10. Spaced Invaders Because how do you beat perfection? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39974 "2015-12-01T22:03:18Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond 9. The Lion in Winter 10. Spaced Invaders 11. 1776 John Adams is William Daniels and vice versa, and any lack of resemblance between the two men is an oversight by God. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39975 "2015-12-01T23:54:22Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond 9. The Lion in Winter 10. Spaced Invaders 11. 1776 12. Lethal Weapon Although I could do without Riggs’ homophobic remarks. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39976 "2015-12-02T04:39:20Z")
Movies you would NOT like to see remade (because you value them, not because you loathe them) 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. Escape from New York 3. Casablanca 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 5. Umbrellas of Cherbourg 6. Fiddler on the Roof 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8. On Golden Pond 9. The Lion in Winter 10. Spaced Invaders 11. 1776 12. Lethal Weapon 13. Star Wars (the original / IV) Baseball teams in the movies 14. Bears (Bad News) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39977 "2015-12-02T04:43:30Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) They don’t need to be fictional, right? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39978 "2015-12-02T05:37:15Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39979 "2015-12-02T12:25:12Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) 4. Washington Senators (Damn Yankees) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39980 "2015-12-02T12:38:28Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) 4. Washington Senators (Damn Yankees) 5. New York Mammoths (Bang the Drum Slowly) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39981 "2015-12-02T12:44:17Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) 4. Washington Senators (Damn Yankees) 5. New York Mammoths (Bang the Drum Slowly) 6. Chicago White Sox (Eight Men Out / Field of Dreams) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39982 "2015-12-02T13:32:35Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) 4. Washington Senators (Damn Yankees) 5. New York Mammoths (Bang the Drum Slowly) 6. Chicago White Sox (Eight Men Out / Field of Dreams) 7. St. Louis (It Happens Every Spring) The movie never says whether it’s the Cardinals or the Browns. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39983 "2015-12-02T14:20:52Z")
Baseball teams in the movies 1. Bears (Bad News) 2. Durham Bulls (Bull Durham) 3. Cleveland Indians (Major League) 4. Washington Senators (Damn Yankees) 5. New York Mammoths (Bang the Drum Slowly) 6. Chicago White Sox (Eight Men Out / Field of Dreams) 7. St. Louis (It Happens Every Spring) 8. California Angels (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1998) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2000)