# Movie Marathon (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 200
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3983 "2020-02-26T22:37:35Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3984 "2020-02-26T23:54:44Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3985 "2020-02-27T03:16:05Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). 6. Keanu Reeves - Ted “Theodore” Logan (“Bill & Ted” movies), Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic), Neo (The Matrix), Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3986 "2020-02-27T06:38:20Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). 6. Keanu Reeves - Ted “Theodore” Logan (“Bill & Ted” movies), Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic), Neo (The Matrix), Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008) 7. Matt Damon - Cale Tucker (Titan A.E.), Max Da Costa (Elysium), Mark Watney (The Martian), Dr Mann (Interstellar) There was a time when abandoning Matt Damon in outer space was its own genre. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3987 "2020-02-27T08:37:51Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). 6. Keanu Reeves - Ted “Theodore” Logan (“Bill & Ted” movies), Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic), Neo (The Matrix), Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008) 7. Matt Damon - Cale Tucker (Titan A.E.), Max Da Costa (Elysium), Mark Watney (The Martian), Dr Mann (Interstellar) 8. John Agar - Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Revenge of the Creature, Flesh and the Spur and Hand of Death. At least a dozen others. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3988 "2020-02-27T12:21:06Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). 6. Keanu Reeves - Ted “Theodore” Logan (“Bill & Ted” movies), Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic), Neo (The Matrix), Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008) 7. Matt Damon - Cale Tucker (Titan A.E.), Max Da Costa (Elysium), Mark Watney (The Martian), Dr Mann (Interstellar) 8. John Agar - Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Revenge of the Creature, Flesh and the Spur and Hand of Death. At least a dozen others. 9. Whit Bissell - Lost Continent , Creature from the Black Lagoon, Target Earth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Time Machine, Soylent Green, and many, many more. He had a starring role in ‘Teenage Werewolf’, but was the the quintessential ‘oh, that guy!’ in hundreds of movies and TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3989 "2020-02-27T12:30:19Z")
They’ve played more than one science fiction role 1. Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: First Contact, among other Trek films), Gurney Halleck (Dune) 2. Brent Spiner - Data (Star Trek: First Contact), Dr. Okun (Independence Day) 3. Mark Hamill - Max Reed (The Guyver), Tasker (Slipstream), Merlin (Wing Commander), Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) 4. Will Smith - J (Men in Black), Steven Hiller (Independence Day), Del Spooner (I, Robot), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), Cypher Raige (After Earth), Henry Brogan (Gemini Man) 5. Zoe Saldana - Gamora (Multiple films, including Guardians of the Galaxy), Uhura (Multiple Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Beyond) and Neytiri (Avatar). 6. Keanu Reeves - Ted “Theodore” Logan (“Bill & Ted” movies), Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic), Neo (The Matrix), Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 2008) 7. Matt Damon - Cale Tucker (Titan A.E.), Max Da Costa (Elysium), Mark Watney (The Martian), Dr Mann (Interstellar) 8. John Agar - Tarantula, The Mole People, The Brain from Planet Arous, Revenge of the Creature, Flesh and the Spur and Hand of Death. At least a dozen others. 9. Whit Bissell - Lost Continent , Creature from the Black Lagoon, Target Earth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, The Time Machine, Soylent Green, and many, many more. 10. Sigourney Weaver, the Queen of SciFi. (Alien series, Ghostbuster series, Galaxy Quest, Avatar, &c., &c., &c.) 21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La-La Land ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3990 "2020-02-27T14:21:36Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3991 "2020-02-27T14:27:29Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3992 "2020-02-27T14:41:13Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3993 "2020-02-27T14:48:58Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. In The Heights ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3994 "2020-02-27T15:48:45Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. In The Heights 5. Cats ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3995 "2020-02-27T17:39:10Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago 5. In The Heights 6. Cats 7. Evita ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3996 "2020-02-27T17:42:39Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago 5. In The Heights 6. Cats 7. Evita 8. Rock of Ages Because who wasn’t dying to hear Tom Cruise sing defanged hair metal covers? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3997 "2020-02-27T17:50:14Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago 5. In The Heights 6. Cats 7. Evita 8. Rock of Ages 9. Les Miserables ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3998 "2020-02-27T17:51:22Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago 5. In The Heights 6. Cats 7. Evita 8. Rock of Ages 9. Dreamgirls ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/3999 "2020-02-27T18:02:09Z")
21st Century Movie Musicals 1. La La Land 2. Happy Feet 3. The Greatest Showman 4. Chicago 5. In The Heights 6. Cats 7. Evita 8. Rock of Ages 9. Les Miserables 10. Dreamgirls Next: Movies with 1960’s hippies in them 1. Hair ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4000 "2020-02-27T18:17:02Z")
Movies with 1960’s hippies in them 1. Hair 2. Rude Awakening ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4001 "2020-02-27T18:40:05Z")
Movies with 1960’s hippies in them 1. Hair 2. Rude Awakening 3. Easy Rider ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4002 "2020-02-27T19:00:08Z")
Movies with 1960’s hippies in them 1. Hair 2. Rude Awakening 3. Easy Rider 4. Godspell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=201)