# Movie Game IV (son of a son of a...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751 "2005-07-09T15:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 87
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1721 "2005-08-19T19:54:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Slap Shot** **Lindsay Crouse** ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1722 "2005-08-19T19:59:30Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > **Lindsay Crouse** **The Arrival** ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1723 "2005-08-19T20:16:35Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > **The Arrival** **Ron Silver** I was arguing from analogy with **Batman Returns**. If it’s one actor as Bond per answer than I think the same rule should apply for the various actors who’ve played the big bat. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1724 "2005-08-19T20:28:20Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Ron Silver** > > I was arguing from analogy with **Batman Returns**. If it’s one actor as Bond per answer than I think the same rule should apply for the various actors who’ve played the big bat. Maybe it’s time to rethink the rule on sequels. If we start carving them out one at a time, things will get complicated. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1725 "2005-08-19T20:37:54Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Ron Silver** > > I was arguing from analogy with **Batman Returns**. If it’s one actor as Bond per answer than I think the same rule should apply for the various actors who’ve played the big bat. > [@Gfactor](#): > > Maybe it’s time to rethink the rule on sequels. If we start carving them out one at a time, things will get complicated. Maybe. It’s an interesting point though. Not so much for that example, since, uh, Keaton was in both of them. 😉 And, **Timecop** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1726 "2005-08-19T20:41:57Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > Maybe it’s time to rethink the rule on sequels. If we start carving them out one at a time, things will get complicated. Maybe. I think the Bond franchise has just been around so long, with so many different characters, villians, whatever, that scarcely repeat, with the exception of Bond and his supporting cast. But it does make things more complicated. I never did look up what the original rule was, or whether I just inflicted it on you or there was any kind of vote or agreement. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1727 "2005-08-19T20:54:28Z")
[ :smack: oops… I thought that was the Clooney version. I’ll slink away quietly now. You guys who have a clue make the rules… Oh yeah, **Gloria Reuben** ---
**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:** [August 19, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1728 "2005-08-19T20:59:22Z")
And, for my 300th post to this thread, I give you: **Nick of Time** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1729 "2005-08-19T21:38:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And, for my 300th post to this thread, I give you: > > **Nick of Time** > 😃 Charles S. Dutton ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1730 "2005-08-19T21:48:13Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > Charles S. Dutton **Alien 3** ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1731 "2005-08-19T22:09:04Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > **Alien 3** Sigourney Weaver ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1732 "2005-08-19T22:18:09Z")
> [@Julius Henry](#): > > Sigourney Weaver **The Village** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1733 "2005-08-19T22:21:18Z")
> [@Julius Henry](#): > > Sigourney Weaver _1492: Conquest of Paradise_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1734 "2005-08-19T22:23:42Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **The Village** Guess I should have previewed. **Adrien Brody** ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1735 "2005-08-19T22:27:11Z")
Maybe have to back the truck up here.the sequel thing again. > [@want2know](#): > > **Alien 3** The original Alien was played back in July, post 296. I’m really not trying to be the wet blanket here, but it seems to keep happening. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1736 "2005-08-19T22:27:48Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Guess I should have previewed. > > **Adrien Brody** **The Jacket** ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1737 "2005-08-19T23:37:48Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > **The Jacket** **Kris Kristofferson** ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1738 "2005-08-20T03:13:44Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Maybe. I think the Bond franchise has just been around so long, with so many different characters, villians, whatever, that scarcely repeat, with the exception of Bond and his supporting cast. But it does make things more complicated. I never did look up what the original rule was, or whether I just inflicted it on you or there was any kind of vote or agreement. I agree. Bond is pretty close to unique. OTOH, is there really a good reason not to use sequels? I mean we’re not exactly going for the kill in this thread anyway. I stick by my original link to the discussion. It seems there was a tacit agreement, and so far the one exception has been honored. I’m not lobbying for a rule change. I’m just saying that if we’re going to start making more exceptions, the exceptions will quickly devour the rule, and we will all be left scratching our heads. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1739 "2005-08-20T03:15:05Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Kris Kristofferson** Was used by **GFactor** on July 11th. Please try again later. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-iv-son-of-a-son-of-a/311751/1740 "2005-08-20T03:28:19Z")
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