# 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:** 278
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5543 "2020-06-11T12:53:43Z")
Movies based on Hugo Award Winning Stories 1. Dune 2. Bicentennial Man 3. Ender’s Game 4. Charly (“Flowers for Algernon”) 5. Starship Troopers 6. The Sword in the Stone 7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8. Fahrenheit 451 9. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell 10. Coraline Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) Has not aged very well, but it was actually quite well-received at the time. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5544 "2020-06-11T15:08:20Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5545 "2020-06-11T15:38:58Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) That’s Fronk-en-SHTEEN! ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5546 "2020-06-11T15:52:15Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5547 "2020-06-11T16:05:15Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5548 "2020-06-11T16:44:01Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) 6. Zorro the Gay Blade (1981) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5549 "2020-06-11T17:52:11Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) 6. Zorro the Gay Blade (1981) 7. Love at First Bite (1979) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5550 "2020-06-11T20:24:40Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) 6. Zorro the Gay Blade (1981) 7. Love at First Bite (1979) 8. Silent Movie (1978) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5551 "2020-06-11T20:27:01Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) 6. Zorro the Gay Blade (1981) 7. Love at First Bite (1979) 8. Silent Movie (1978) 9. Galaxy Quest (1999) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5552 "2020-06-11T20:40:31Z")
Movies that are both parody and homage 1. Dragnet (1987) 2. Airplane! (1980) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Rustlers’ Rhapsody (1985) 5. Scream (1996) 6. Zorro the Gay Blade (1981) 7. Love at First Bite (1979) 8. Silent Movie (1978) 9. Galaxy Quest (1999) 10. Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993) Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 11. Fifty Shades of Grey ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5553 "2020-06-11T22:47:29Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago ---
**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:** [June 11, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5554 "2020-06-11T23:24:16Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook ---
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Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5556 "2020-06-11T23:47:37Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5557 "2020-06-12T00:29:10Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) _(…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) (…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!) 7. The Red Shoes Doctor Zhivago? Really? I know there’s too much romantic crap, but the scenes with the horrible excesses of the Russian Revolution and Civil War are magnificent! ---
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[quote=“Bayaker, post:5558, topic:838780”] Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) (…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!) 7. The Red Shoes I LOVED _The Red Shoes_! 1. I saw _Forrest Gump._ You couldn’t pay me to see it again; Well, maybe if you fed India for a year. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5560 "2020-06-12T01:52:43Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) (…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!) 7. The Red Shoes 8. I saw Forrest Gump. You couldn’t pay me to see it again; Well, maybe if you fed India for a year 9. A Serbian Film ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/5561 "2020-06-12T03:55:36Z")
Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) (…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!) 7. The Red Shoes 8. I saw Forrest Gump. You couldn’t pay me to see it again; Well, maybe if you fed India for a year 9. A Serbian Film 10. Liquid Sky Saw it once in college. Gawdawful. Never again! Next up: Movies with particularly well-played villains (and the actor or actress) 1. Last of the Mohicans - Magua (Wes Studi) ---
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Movies You Wouldn’t Watch If They Paid you 1. Fifty Shades of Grey 2. Doctor Zhivago 3. The Notebook 4. Hostel 5. The Human Centipede (or sequels) 6. Jackass (or sequels) (…actually, I’d maybe watch them but ONLY if they paid me; and it wouldn’t be cheap!) 7. The Red Shoes 8. I saw Forrest Gump. You couldn’t pay me to see it again; Well, maybe if you fed India for a year 9. A Serbian Film 10’ Borat Ninjaed, but leave it there for posterity Pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780.md?page=279)