# Movie Game Number V is Alive! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973 "2005-09-04T02:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/541 "2005-10-02T15:06:20Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Michael York **The Island of Dr. Moreau** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/542 "2005-10-02T15:44:16Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > **The Island of Dr. Moreau** Val Kilmer (no one ever said we have to use the same version as the one intended by the poster, did they? ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/543 "2005-10-03T13:54:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Val Kilmer > > (no one ever said we have to use the same version as the one intended by the poster, did they? :dubious: Don’t know if anyone ever did say that, it kind of being the whole point of the game and all. If Michael York had been in both I suppose I couldn’t fault you, but he isn’t listed as being in the 1996 version, so again :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/544 "2005-10-03T14:30:46Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > :dubious: Don’t know if anyone ever did say that, it kind of being the whole point of the game and all. If Michael York had been in both I suppose I couldn’t fault you, but he isn’t listed as being in the 1996 version, so again :dubious: :dubious: :dubious: > > 😉 from the rules in the OP > [@](#): > > names any actor listed in the cast of \*\*\*the \* \*\* film “the” not “that” “the” film **Island of Doctor Moreau** was remade in the '90’s and starred Val Kilmer I stand by my entry ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/545 "2005-10-03T14:43:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > from the rules in the OP > “the” not “that” This issue has come up in past games, IIRC. Don’t recall how it was resolved. I think the thread started should decide this one. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/546 "2005-10-03T14:51:24Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > This issue has come up in past games, IIRC. Don’t recall how it was resolved. I think the thread started should decide this one. We’d never played that you could jump through versions of the film. If Val Kilmer wasn’t in the Michael York version (did they play the same character in these two different versions, I’ve only seen the first?) then he can’t be played off of the film. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/547 "2005-10-03T14:54:59Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > We’d never played that you could jump through versions of the film. If Val Kilmer wasn’t in the Michael York version (did they play the same character in these two different versions, I’ve only seen the first?) then he can’t be played off of the film. ok - I retract play off this entry then: Nick Cravat ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/548 "2005-10-03T14:55:44Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > We’d never played that you could jump through versions of the film. If Val Kilmer wasn’t in the Michael York version (did they play the same character in these two different versions, I’ve only seen the first?) then he can’t be played off of the film. Ah. You’re right. :smack: ---
**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:** [October 3, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/549 "2005-10-03T18:26:04Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ok - I retract > play off this entry then: > > Nick Cravat **Run Silent, Run Deep** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/550 "2005-10-03T19:05:01Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Run Silent, Run Deep** Jack Warden ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/551 "2005-10-03T19:11:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Jack Warden **Used Cars** (1980) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/552 "2005-10-04T04:20:01Z")
> [@BigDummy](#): > > **Used Cars** (1980) **Michael McKean** ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/553 "2005-10-04T13:09:42Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Michael McKean** “This one goes to eleven” _This Is Spinal Tap_ ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/554 "2005-10-04T13:37:56Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > “This one goes to eleven” > > _This Is Spinal Tap_ Harry Shearer ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/555 "2005-10-04T13:48:19Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Harry Shearer **The Fisher King** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/556 "2005-10-04T14:08:52Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > **The Fisher King** Robin Williams (What happened to my “Best in Show” response to “Michael McKean”?) ---
**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:** [October 4, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/557 "2005-10-04T14:22:17Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Robin Williams **What Dreams May Come** when we have shuffled off this mortal coil? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/558 "2005-10-04T14:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=marque elf] > [@anyrose](#): > > Robin Williams > > **What Dreams May Come** > > when we have shuffled off this mortal coil? Cuba Gooding Jr ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/559 "2005-10-04T14:27:35Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > (What happened to my “Best in Show” response to “Michael McKean”?) ::searches for hamster scat:: :eek: ---
**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:** [October 4, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-game-number-v-is-alive/319973/560 "2005-10-04T14:28:39Z")
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