# How easily a movie could differ - a new game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838 "2000-07-17T13:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pLt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@pLt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pLt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/1 "2000-07-17T13:55:45Z")
Okay … this game has but one thought … What if someone else starred as Luke Skywalker? What if it was someone else who said ‘I’ll be back’ … The game is … who? How would a movie be different if someone other than the star had gotten the part? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/2 "2000-07-17T14:06:28Z")
If Richard Simmons had played Darth Vader, what would the Death March have been called? Sweatin’ with the Baddies? If Goldie Hawn portrayed the Pretty Woman, who would have been her john? Michael Keaton? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/3 "2000-07-17T14:48:22Z")
Ronald Reagan as Rick in “Casablanca”. The mind boggles. The scary thing is that apparently this WAS one of the possibilities they had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/4 "2000-07-17T14:55:25Z")
I would say John Wayne as Gengis Kahn, but that happened. 🙂 Oh… Just to be mean, Woody “I _love_ my daughter” Allen as Harry Callahan. Wouldn’t have survived the first movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/5 "2000-07-17T15:10:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > \*\*Oh… Just to be mean, Woody “I _love_ my daughter” Allen as Harry Callahan. Wouldn’t have survived the first movie. 🙂 \*\* Woody wrestles to free his weapon from his holster as the bad guy flees. “You… uh… shoot… you just n-n-need to ask… hang on a second… You just need to a-a-ask yourself, uh… one question…” The criminal has turned and run down the street, out of sight, leaving poor Woody Callahan babbling in the middle of the road. “D-do you feel like a punk? I mean… punk? Are you a lucky punk? Are all you punks lucky? I mean, what kind of mockery of a sham of a mockery type of holster is this? Can’t get my damn gun… Lucky punk… I think I’m catching a cold…” ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/6 "2000-07-17T16:10:04Z")
_Pulp Fiction_ – Gilbert Gottfried as Vincent Vega – He would have started screaming in the apartment after the guy shoots at them. “Holy Cow!” Jules would just look at him and shoot him. Then Jules would have ended up going on the date with Mia, etc. _Schindler’s List_ – Arnold Schwarzenegger as Oskar Schindler – He would have ridden down into the Krakow ghetto and killed all the Nazis, then said “I’ll be back.” Then when Ben Kingsley gives him the list, he would crumble it up and say “Dat’s not good enough. We are going to save _all_ of them.” Then he would single-handedly bring down the Third Reich. _Willy Wonka_ – Christopher Walken as Willy Wonka – “I told you not to take that gum, didn’t I? Didn’t I? Stupid bitch!” The kids are then sent down to the factory where they are made slaves by the Oompa-loompas. The parents are shot and dumped in the chocolate river. A variation on the game: Same actor as in the original, but playing a role from one of his other movies. _The Matrix_ – Keanu Reeves as Ted, from _Bill and Ted_ – Waking up from his pod: “Bogus!” After dodging bullets: “Excellent!” (followed by some air guitar) _Planet of the Apes_ – Charleton Heston as Moses – “Woe unto thee, Dr. Zaius, for unless you let the people go, the first born ape of each household shall die!” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/7 "2000-07-17T16:46:12Z")
Dianne Keaton in Mommie Dearest. “Well, la-di-dah, lookie there! Wooden hangers.” ---
**Author:** ![jcatcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jcatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/8 "2000-07-17T17:21:52Z")
Not intended as a hijack, but I think much the same way about movies. What if it was cool 10 years ago for good actors and directors to work on independant movies? There was an absolutely great movie called Insignifigance (plot summary) - [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089343#comment](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089343#comment) in the mid 80’s that no one saw because the actors were not compelling names. What if they remade this with better actors? Other movies in the same category - Bonfire of the Vanities, ummmm, can’t think of others right now. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/9 "2000-07-17T17:38:37Z")
How about Jerry Lewis as Indiana Jones in _Raiders of the Lost Ark_? “Oh, with the big scary snakes in the pit! Layven! Oh please do not with the biting, Mr. Snakes!” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/10 "2000-07-17T18:33:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Ronald Reagan as Rick in “Casablanca”. The mind boggles. > > ``` > The scary thing is that apparently this WAS one of the possibilities they had in mind. > > ``` Sorry Cal, that’s an old UL [http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/actors.htm#reagan](http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/actors.htm#reagan) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisP_One_Kenobe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/11 "2000-07-17T18:45:08Z")
David Spade is _dramatic music_ Rocky in Rocky 511. heehee ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/12 "2000-07-18T01:55:09Z")
How about Leonardo DiCaprio as Lt John McLane in \*\* DieHard.\*\* Apart from the ludicrous vision of the babyface trying to utter the yippee ki-yay line, the movie would’ve been significantly different. After all, we all would have been cheering for the bad guys. Or if we’d had Brad Pitt playing Wesley in \*\* the Princess Bride.\*\* He and buttercup would never have fallen in love cos Brad’s already in love with himself. And he never could have learned any disciplines such as fencing because he would’ve been too busy staring into the distance soulfully. ---
**Author:** ![Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oncle_Biere_1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/13 "2000-07-18T02:01:28Z")
If **Jimmy Stewart had the part of Rick in Casablanca** , he’d end up telling a big invisible rabbit “this is the start of a beautiful friendship” ---
**Author:** ![Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oncle\_Biere\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oncle_Biere_1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/14 "2000-07-18T02:03:46Z")
If \*\*John Wayne had Reagan’s part in Bedtime for Bonzo", he would have been president and nuked Castro. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/15 "2000-07-18T02:53:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Ronald Reagan as Rick in “Casablanca”. The mind boggles. > > > > ``` > > The scary thing is that apparently this WAS one of the possibilities they had in mind. > > > > ``` > > Sorry Cal, that’s an old UL > [http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/actors.htm#reagan](http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/actors.htm#reagan) \*\* Speaking of ULs, what if Charles Manson actually became one of the Monkees? ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/16 "2000-07-18T06:18:23Z")
Rick Moranis as Lamont Cranston (The Shadow) – Suddenly Seymour is standing beside you . . . you just can’t see him . . . who knows what evil luuurks in the hearts of plants? 😛 James Woods as HAL – “what the FUCK do you think you’re doing, Dave?” Ben Stein as The Hulk – "Bueller . . . Bueller . . . Bueller . . . Bueller . . . Bueller, please raise your hand or I’ll get angry . . . you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry . . . Bueller . . . " Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor – yeah, I know, but I still don’t understand it. (anyone else in this thread have a strong urge to start watching The Critic? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/17 "2000-07-18T06:45:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BratMan007 \* > \*\*How about Jerry Lewis as Indiana Jones in _Raiders of the Lost Ark_? > > “Oh, with the big scary snakes in the pit! Layven! Oh please do not with the biting, Mr. Snakes!” \*\* I’m not sure how I’m going to explain to my co-workers why I have Dr. Pepper all over the front of my shirt but I think it was worth it! That is the funniest thing I’ve read all night! ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/18 "2000-07-18T08:23:12Z")
John Travolta circa **Welcome Back Kotter** as Travis (Rob DeNiro’s character) from **Taxi Driver**. Travolta: Are you talkin to me? Ooookay, fine! I’m SO confused! Is it you that’s talkin to me? What? Where? When? Off my case, potato face! Well, there’s only you here…Up your nose with a rubber hose. Speaking of Kotter, why not Horshack as Sport the Pimp (formerly Harvey Keitel) from **Taxi Driver**? Ron Palillo (Horshack): Hellooooo. How’re ya? I’m Sport the Pimp. Let’s see your cashola. Very impressive, MIssster Psycho. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/19 "2000-07-18T10:18:35Z")
Errol Flynn as Marty McFly… I’ll give you hello McFly!!! Or how about Sarah Michelle Gellar turning up in Interview With A Vampire? oh god I’m so tired… ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838/20 "2000-07-18T10:44:22Z")
How about Mandy Potenkin (Inigio Montoyez from Princess Bride) playing Luke in Return of The Jedi. Can you see him talking to the Emporer after he’s disposed of Anakin? “Allo. My name is Luke Skywalker. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-a-movie-could-differ-a-new-game/25838.md?page=2)