# Create a different movie with the same title! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172 "2015-09-06T13:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/1 "2015-09-06T13:12:17Z")
I’m sure this type of thread has been done before, but I didn’t see one up currently, and I thought it would be fun. The idea is simple: take the title of a film and make a totally different movie. I’ll start. _Friends With Benefits_: A germaphobe is picky about his social circle, insisting that all of his close companions have health insurance. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/2 "2015-09-06T13:15:04Z")
_No Way Out:_ They thought they were going to have some fun at the corn maze. They were wrong… ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/3 "2015-09-06T14:52:59Z")
_The Last Airbender_. “In a world in which balloon animals have been outlawed…” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/4 "2015-09-06T14:55:12Z")
_Cinderella Man_: high-school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive Cinderella… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/5 "2015-09-06T15:00:58Z")
Millers Crossing: they thought he could take a practical joke, they were wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/6 "2015-09-06T15:33:35Z")
Iron Man: a widower with four young kids overcomes the odds and keeps his family finances afloat by working all hours to start up a laundry service. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/7 "2015-09-06T15:34:07Z")
_The Thing_ Michael Chiklis gets a solo spin-off! Who funded this? Marvel kills Ben Grimm in a fit of pique over 20th Century still releasing FF material! ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/8 "2015-09-06T15:42:02Z")
_ **The Manchurian Candidate** _: after an amendment to the US Constitution, a Chinese-American becomes the first immigrant to run for President. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/9 "2015-09-06T18:10:36Z")
**Alien vs Predator** - illegal immigrant engages in game of cat-and-mouse against border patrol agent. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/10 "2015-09-06T18:11:46Z")
**Gone With the Wind** - She had the winning lottery ticket in her hand. Then… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/11 "2015-09-06T18:24:35Z")
Star Wars - Celebs with guns. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/12 "2015-09-06T18:30:08Z")
_Lord of the Rings_: John Lord becomes ringmaster for the Barnum & Bailey Circus. _No Country for Old Men_: a remake of _Logan’s Run._ _X-Men: Days of Future Past_, a documentary about a transgender Moody Blues tribute band. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/13 "2015-09-06T18:31:40Z")
**Titanic** - The Dirk Diggler Story. **Space Jam** - The Smuckers family on Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/14 "2015-09-06T19:44:42Z")
_ **The Last Starfighter** _: the story of the last F-104 in active service. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/15 "2015-09-06T19:51:36Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > _Cinderella Man_: high-school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive Cinderella… I’m picturing Peter Parker losing shoes which villains trip over. In play: **Best in Show** : Pete Best is the fourth Beatle. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/16 "2015-09-06T20:00:53Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Iron Man: a widower with four young kids overcomes the odds and keeps his family finances afloat by working all hours to start up a laundry service. Is it bad that I would watch this movie? _Primer:_ An introduction to macroeconomic principles, using lots of housepainting metaphors. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/17 "2015-09-06T20:03:41Z")
Two actresses, both finding their careers slipping away desperately need a part in the new Hot director’s Magnum Opus to put things back on track. They will use every Hollywood contact, PR Flunky, Gossip web site and rumor mongering to bring the other down and take that Part for themselves. It’s STAR WARS. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/18 "2015-09-06T20:04:59Z")
Casablanca - Un documental sobre la mansión presidencial de los Estados Unidos. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/19 "2015-09-06T20:15:12Z")
_The Day the Earth Stood Still_: A swords-and-sandals desert epic about the Israelites’ battle against the Amorites, under Joshua’s leadership. _Guardians of the Galaxy_: A crack industrial counter-espionage team fights to keep Nestle agents from stealing the secret recipe for Milky Way from M&M/Mars. _The Natural_: A documentary about the health benefits of organic, non-GMO food. _Moneyball_: Scrooge McDuck’s fortune grows so vast that three cubic acres isn’t enough any more, and Duckville doesn’t have room for expansion, so he builds a huge spherical space station to swim around in it in zero G. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172/20 "2015-09-06T20:30:07Z")
In case anyone thinks it’s fun, I’ll do the trailer tripe without naming the movie: "From Wholecloth Pictures– "An abandoned hotel on a lonely mountain– "A scuffed shoe– "A psychic valet– “Are you ready for—?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-different-movie-with-the-same-title/730172.md?page=2)