# Mismatched Double Features **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322 "2004-11-30T13:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/1 "2004-11-30T13:37:11Z")
So, I received three movies from Netflix yesterday, and, having little to do, decided to spend my evening watching two of them. Each of the three clocked in at a little over 2 hours, so I’d only have time for two. My options were Sling Blade, Twelve Monkeys, and Remains of the Day. So, I decided to go in chronological order. Which meant I watched the Merchant-Ivory Remains of the Day, a well-acted period piece with a very British (sense and) sensibility, and followed it up with Terry Gilliam’s dystopic Twelve Monkeys. I don’t think I’ve ever watched two such dissimilar films back to back before… have any of you? ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/2 "2004-11-30T14:03:50Z")
Once in college (natch) a bunch of us watched \*\*The Rocky Horror Picture Show \*\* and \*\*Bambi \*\* back to back. You have no idea how dirty that little deer is until you’ve been corrupted by Dr. Furter! And oddly enough, no alcohol was involved. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/3 "2004-11-30T14:27:38Z")
In college, during a big sleep-over, freshman year we watched “The Little Mermaid” and “Basic Instinct”. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/4 "2004-11-30T20:31:00Z")
You might have a hard time selling tickets to see **28 Days** (the weepy romantic comedy with Sandra Bullock) back to back with **28 Days Later** (the modern, ultra-bloody zombie movie). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/5 "2004-11-30T20:32:16Z")
What about “Dark City” and “City of Angels?” ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/6 "2004-11-30T21:22:19Z")
How about a [triple feature?](http://www.funnypictureswebsite.com/funny-pics/erin-brockovich.php) 😃 Once I saw _Ernest Goes To Jail_ followed by _Glory_. I tell ya, _Glory_ was the best film I’ve ever seen. More recently, I saw _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring_ followed by _Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_. Probably should have reversed the order… ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/7 "2004-11-30T21:33:11Z")
I do it all the time. I watched _Jacob’s Ladder_ followed by _Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo_. Another time I watched _The Ring_ and then _Porky’s_. The reason I do that is: Real scary movies work on me. I find that a total screwball comedy right after a horror movie helps cleanse the mental palate and allow me to get a decent night’s sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/8 "2004-11-30T22:28:15Z")
Most of my neftlix queue is set up so that I get weird triple features as I don’t want three comedies in a row or three movies starring Morgan Freeman. I want a comedy, a drama, and a black comedy. Or a documentary, a satire, and a romantic comedy. It makes it all so much more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/9 "2004-11-30T22:30:05Z")
I once saw Scooby Doo followed by Insomnia. The funny thing was… this was how the drive-in did it. The kids wanted to see Scooby Doo, so I made them go to sleep and watched Insomnia. Also at the drive in, I saw The Perfect Storm along with Gone in 60 Seconds. While this wasn’t too different, I followed it by watching Rockey and Bullwinkle which was playing on another screen. (The sound comes through the radio, so you just have to change stations to hear the other movie) ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/10 "2004-12-01T11:08:09Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > The reason I do that is: Real scary movies work on me. I find that a total screwball comedy right after a horror movie helps cleanse the mental palate and allow me to get a decent night’s sleep. That’s true. In fact, whenever we’ve rented a dark movie, we always make sure to have a good comedy on hand to shake things up and keep the images from settling. Which is how we ended up this year with **The Ring** / **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** **Schindler’s List** / **The Philadelphia Story** and of course, **The Exorcist** / **Zoolander**. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/11 "2004-12-01T11:19:04Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > Whenever we’ve rented a dark movie, we always make sure to have a good comedy on hand to shake things up and keep the images from settling. > > Which is how we ended up this year with > > … > > **The Exorcist** / **Zoolander**. Which was which? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/12 "2004-12-01T11:21:47Z")
I’ve watched some Disney films followed by a gay porno film. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/13 "2004-12-01T13:28:03Z")
Hm. Last night I saw the Incredibles again, and then came home and watched most (I’m finishing it this evening) of Sling Blade. Mmmhmm. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mismatched-double-features/277322/14 "2004-12-02T04:45:48Z")
I’ve got a VHS copy of _Searching for Bobby Fisher_ which I taped off HBO several years ago. After taping a show, I’ll often switch around random channels to fill up the 5-10 minutes of extra space. Apparently, this time I landed smack in the middle of _Escape from Sobibor_ – a Holocaust drama. So you go from this sweet, low-key, inoffensive movie about a chess prodigy, right to naked Jews being herded into the incinerators. The effect is…bizarre, to say the least.