# Favorite movie that never existed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567 "2003-01-23T23:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/21 "2003-01-24T16:46:16Z")
The 427 films of [Morty Fineman](http://www.finemanfilms.com/index.html), including “The Whole Story Of America,” “Adolescent Sexopolis,” “The Man With Two Things,” “Big Burning Boat,” “Assassin in a See-Through Blouse,” “Nuclear Nun,” “UFO Babes,” “Don’t Pick at It,” and “That’s President Draft Dodger to You!” **Chubby Rain,** from “Bowfinger.” **Purple Rose of Cairo** in “Purple Rose of Cairo.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/22 "2003-01-24T16:48:37Z")
**The Arch-enemy of Evil** , sequel to the classic 1970s move **Doc Savage** , mentioned as the closing credits are about to roll.☹ And I believe that 1982’s **The Sword and the Sorceror** mentioned a planned sequel as the end (IIRC). If so, that much-anticipated sequel never materialized, either.☹ On **The A-Team** TV show, Col. Hannibal (George Peppard) Smith’s real “day job” was as a movie monster. He was constantly referring to the great performance he had done as **“The Aquamania”** in the title role. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/23 "2003-01-24T16:54:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*This keeps coming up in different threads… Ridley Scott and Dan O’Bannon went nearly broke trying to film **Dune**. They only got it half finished, went back to London and filmed **Alien** as their next project. I’d like to see **Dune** done by the same people that brought us **Alien.** \*\* That’s cool, but I’d rather see Alexandro Jodorowski’s version. And epic space opera from the guy who made **El Topo** with a soundtrack by Pink Floyd would have been the single coolest movie ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/24 "2003-01-24T17:01:37Z")
“O Brother Where Art Thou?” Not the Coen Brothers movie, but the movie Joel McCrea wanted to make in Sullivan’s Travels. Oh, and you can put “Ants in Your Pants of 1938” on that list, too. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/25 "2003-01-24T17:25:40Z")
My new fav is “The 3” from “Adaptation”. There’s even a quote from it near the end of the credits. (The “Gone with the Wind” musical was called “Atlanta” btw.) ---
**Author:** ![Adam\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Adam\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adam_P)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/26 "2003-01-24T17:34:24Z")
David Lynch’s RONNIE ROCKET David Lynch’s version of RETURN OF THE JEDI (he was asked by Lucas to direct. He turned him down.) Stanley Kubrick’s NAPOLEON ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/27 "2003-01-24T18:07:19Z")
Growing up In Southwest Philly (my goofy existence). ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/28 "2003-01-24T18:30:50Z")
How about Stanley Kubrick’s **A.I.**? Sure, there were some neat Kubrick references in the Spielberg film, but I would have liked to see what Kubrick would have done with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/29 "2003-01-24T18:51:17Z")
**Coming Home in a Bodybag** and **Bodybags 2** from _True Romance_. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/30 "2003-01-24T20:03:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > \*\*Blimp: The Hindenburg Story, as referred to in Seinfeld. \*\* [George] That’s gotta HURT ! [/George] ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/31 "2003-01-24T20:45:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*The epic theatrical film of Frank Herbert’s _Dune_ mentioned in John Varley’s _Titan_ books (written before 1984). \*\* Have you seen the made-for-TV miniseries version of **Dune** they did for the Sci Fi Channel a couple of years ago? It wasn’t a mega-budget blockbuster or anything, but (A) it was 6 hours long and a hell of a lot more enjoyable than the De Laurentis version, and (B) you got to see Chani’s tits. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/32 "2003-01-24T20:48:16Z")
Oh – and my favorite move that’s never been made is **the remake of [Logan’s Run](http://www.stellar-database.com/non-ISDB/LogansRun.html)** that keeps being bandied about every year or two. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/33 "2003-01-24T20:49:33Z")
Oh, jeez. Other great **Troy McClure** movies: _The Revenge of Abraham Lincoln_ _Preacher with a Shovel_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/34 "2003-01-24T20:56:27Z")
Personally, i’m upset that they’ve never made a “Wonder Woman” movie. They’ve made movies of Superman, Batman, Supergirl, Spider-Man, the Hulk (forthcoming), the Spawn…for god sake, they’ve even made a Daredevil movie! I mean, Daredevil gets the feature film treatment before Wonder Woman?? Unbelievable! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/35 "2003-01-24T21:28:15Z")
The Catcher In The Rye…there was talk quite a few years back, but I believe J.D. didn’t go for it. Biggest disappointment was: The Front Runner A classic gay book that has come thisclose to being filmed twice. Most recently with Paul Newman playing the part of the coach. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/36 "2003-01-24T21:33:40Z")
Another one from _Sienfeld_: **Rochelle, Rochelle: A Young Woman’s Erotic Journey From Milan to Minsk**. Which came first, the movie or the musical? ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/37 "2003-01-24T21:52:46Z")
When I saw Blue Oyster Cult in 1991, before playing “Black Blade” the singer announced, “Any Elric fans out there? In 1992 or 1993 there will be, I can guarentee, an Elric movie”. Referring to the _Elric of Melibone_ series of fantasy novels by Michael Moorcock. Needless to say it never materialized. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/38 "2003-01-24T21:57:44Z")
Also, around the time _The Empire Strikes Back_ came out, George Lucas announced that there would be 3 prequels and 3 sequels after the original _Star Wars_ trilogy. But in recent interviews he has been saying there won’t be any more movies after Episode 3, so no Episodes 7, 8 and 9 after all.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/39 "2003-01-24T21:57:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChuckForbin \* > \*\*[George] > That’s gotta HURT ! > [/George] \*\* Would you shut up? I’m trying to watch the laser pointer! ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567/40 "2003-01-24T22:02:50Z")
Screw _Rochelle, Rochelle_, I wanna see _Sack Lunch_! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movie-that-never-existed/150567.md?page=3)