# Hollywood has stolen my million dollar movie idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053 "2004-01-06T18:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/21 "2004-01-08T03:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*You’re right. I’m sorry. That was totally uncalled for. \*\* Water under the steel cable supported suspension bridge I designed, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/22 "2004-01-08T16:11:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*Oh, well if you’re on chatty terms with Brendan Fraser, tell him to e-mail me. \*\* Have you got a story for him as well? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/23 "2004-01-08T17:17:30Z")
Well, no matter how people misquote Al Gore, I actually invented the internet… But I had absolutely nothing at all to do with that Sandra Bullock Movie “The Net”… ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/24 "2004-01-08T17:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by noname \* > \*\*Have you got a story for him as well? :dubious: \*\* Well _I_ certainly have a story idea for him. It involves lots of lube, velvet handcuffs and whips. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/25 "2004-01-08T20:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*Well _I_ certainly have a story idea for him. It involves lots of lube, velvet handcuffs and whips. \*\* You want to _tell_ him a story involving lube, velvet handcuffs and whips?? :smack: You need a life. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/26 "2004-01-08T21:03:59Z")
I prefer that we can act it out. together. naked. ---
**Author:** ![dabronx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dabronx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dabronx)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/27 "2004-01-09T15:08:44Z")
I once (many, many years ago) said: “Imagine if you could take your phone outside?” Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/28 "2004-01-09T15:24:44Z")
I didn’t invent brake lights, but I did invent the Mandisteer Turn Signal. It’s a government-mandated improvement to all new cars, and has two functions. First, if you want to make a turn or switch lanes, you must use your turn signal for at least 2 seconds before doing so. If you’ve not done so, your steering wheel locks up and prevents you from making the turn/lane change. Secondly, if you use a turn signal, you must either switch the signal off or make the turn within ten seconds. After ten seconds, your steering wheel **automatically** makes the turn for you, in many cases steering you of the road where you won’t be an annoyance to other drivers (by “other drivers” I mean “me.”) When Congress votes it into law, remember: you heard it here first! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/29 "2004-01-09T15:45:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Left Hand of Dorkness \* > \*\*Secondly, if you use a turn signal, you must either switch the signal off or make the turn within ten seconds. After ten seconds, your steering wheel **automatically** makes the turn for you, in many cases steering you of the road where you won’t be an annoyance to other drivers (by “other drivers” I mean “me.”) > > When Congress votes it into law, remember: you heard it here first! > > Daniel \*\* Is the 10 second default reduced to zero if they are driving over a bridge? ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/30 "2004-01-09T15:48:51Z")
you know that wearing jeans with a sports jacket? I invented that. credit where credits due people. I also came up with this story about a theme park with dinosaurs that they cloned from a mosquito in amber. My version was called “Billy and the Dinosaur”. If I ever encounter Michael Crichton I will knack him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/31 "2004-01-09T16:59:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*I prefer that we can act it out. > together. > naked. \*\* Call his agent. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/32 "2004-01-09T17:05:45Z")
In 1979 I came up with the idea of Surround Sound, only back then I called it, “3-D Headphones”. The idea was that you would have a special set of headphones with little speakers that were placed above, below, in front, and behind your ear. Wouldn’t you know that Dolby came out with Surround Sound and implemented it on a large scale and now it’s the standard in movie theaters and home theater systems world wide. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/33 "2004-01-09T17:15:20Z")
I just had a brinwave. It seems a lot of us have had similar epxeriences. So heres my idea: How about a place on the internet, where we can place our opinions/thoughts/stories in sequential threads? A person whould start the thread about some topic, and other people with anything to say on that would simply click on a button named ‘Post’, and express their opinions? I just hope that this newest of my ideas is not stolen by someone else. Also, if you come across any such site that has this feature, remember, you heard it first here. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053/34 "2004-01-09T18:50:20Z")
Since most people own a TV, and a lot of people own a TiVo, i’m going to invent and patent the TiVay, TiVie, TiVu. Don’t know what there going to do yet, but they’re mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-has-stolen-my-million-dollar-movie-idea/223053.md?page=1)