# 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:** 240
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4783 "2020-04-11T01:26:59Z")
Movies with people rising from being dead 1. Ed and his Dead Mother 2. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock 3. Pet Semetery 4. Young Frankenstein 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Fatal Attraction 7. Plan 9 from Outer Space (woo-hoo! I got that one!) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4784 "2020-04-11T01:36:19Z")
Movies with people rising from being dead 1. Ed and his Dead Mother 2. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock 3. Pet Semetery 4. Young Frankenstein 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Fatal Attraction 7. Plan 9 from Outer Space 8. Warm Bodies ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4785 "2020-04-11T02:27:52Z")
Clean-up on Aisle 3… Movies with people rising from being dead 1. Ed and his Dead Mother 2. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock 3. Pet Semetery 4. Young Frankenstein 5. Night of the Living Dead 6. Creepshow 7. Princess Bride 8. Flatliners 9. Fatal Attraction 10. Plan 9 from Outer Space 11. Warm Bodies I’ll pass. Anybody want to suggest the next category? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4786 "2020-04-11T03:29:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I’ll pass. Anybody want to suggest the next category? Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4787 "2020-04-11T05:01:19Z")
Spoilers ahoy, eh? Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4788 "2020-04-11T21:55:00Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4789 "2020-04-11T23:07:15Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4790 "2020-04-11T23:19:06Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4791 "2020-04-12T21:20:10Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) 6. Scream (Drew Barrymore, possibly the biggest name in the movie at the time, doesn’t last past the first five minutes) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4792 "2020-04-12T23:28:34Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) 6. Scream (Drew Barrymore, possibly the biggest name in the movie at the time, doesn’t last past the first five minutes) 7. The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, spoiler) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4793 "2020-04-13T01:51:23Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) 6. Scream (Drew Barrymore, possibly the biggest name in the movie at the time, doesn’t last past the first five minutes) 7. The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, spoiler) 8. Ghost Dad (Bill Cosby), if I remember right ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4794 "2020-04-13T03:19:43Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) 6. Scream (Drew Barrymore, possibly the biggest name in the movie at the time, doesn’t last past the first five minutes) 7. The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, spoiler) 8. Ghost Dad (Bill Cosby), if I remember right 9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Benedict Cumberbatch) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4795 "2020-04-13T03:45:16Z")
Movies where the most famous, or most prominent in the story, actor got killed first. 1. Alien (in 1979, John Hurt was hugely famous in the US & UK. Sigourney Weaver was a nobody.) 2. Executive Decision (Steven Seagal, for once, doesn’t save the day) 3. Seventh Son (Starring Kit Harrington fresh from Game of Thrones who doesn’t last the first 15 minutes; Jeff Bridges is also in it.) 4. Deep Blue Sea (not sure if Samuel L. Jackson is the “most” famous or prominent actor in the movie, but he gets eaten by the shark pretty damn early) 5. Psycho (no explanation to avoid spoiler) 6. Scream (Drew Barrymore, possibly the biggest name in the movie at the time, doesn’t last past the first five minutes) 7. The Sixth Sense (Bruce Willis, spoiler) 8. Ghost Dad (Bill Cosby), if I remember right 9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Benedict Cumberbatch) 10. Spider-Man (2002) (Cliff Robertson played the ill-fated Uncle Ben) Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4796 "2020-04-13T05:28:10Z")
Sports movies that do _not_ involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4797 "2020-04-13T07:09:12Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4798 "2020-04-13T13:02:30Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) 3. Tin Cup (golf) Didn’t we do this already? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4799 "2020-04-13T13:11:07Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) 3. Tin Cup (golf) 4. Rollerball (rollerball) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4800 "2020-04-13T13:12:38Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) 3. Tin Cup (golf) 4. Rollerball (rollerball) 5. Cool Runnings (bobsledding, and briefly, sprinting) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4801 "2020-04-13T13:16:19Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) 3. Tin Cup (golf) 4. Rollerball (rollerball) 5. Cool Runnings (bobsledding, and briefly, sprinting) 6. A River Runs Through It (fly fishing) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/4802 "2020-04-13T13:20:36Z")
Sports movies that do not involve football, baseball, basketball, or hockey: 1. Whip It (roller derby) 2. Raging Bull (boxing) 3. Tin Cup (golf) 4. Rollerball (rollerball) 5. Cool Runnings (bobsledding, and briefly, sprinting) 6. A River Runs Through It (fly fishing) 7. Balls of Fury (Ping pong) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=241)