# Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780 "2019-08-17T02:03:06Z")\
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**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:** [August 10, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6523 "2020-08-10T21:17:58Z")

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Screen debuts (and year) of people who got famous later

1. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) - Harrison Ford
2. Brown of Harvard (1926) - John Wayne (Yale Football Player)
3. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) - Julianne Moore
4. Hangmen (1987) - Sandra Bullock
5. Revenge of the Creature (1955) - Clint Eastwood
6. The Dancing Town (1928) - Humphrey Bogart
7. The Cry Baby Killer (1958) - Jack Nicholson
8. A House Is Not a Home (1964) - Raquel Welch
9. Death Machine (1994) - Rachel Weisz
10. Biodiversity: Wild About Life! (1997) - Chris Evans

Evans’ screen debut was in an educational film produced by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
2. Thor: The Dark World

A quick cameo in a scene where Loki teases Thor, and shapechanges into Captain America.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6525 "2020-08-10T23:48:14Z")

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers

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**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)\
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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Captain America: The First Avenger

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6530 "2020-08-11T14:53:07Z")

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Snowpiercer

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6531 "2020-08-11T15:04:49Z")

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Snowpiercer
9. Push

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**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:** [August 11, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6532 "2020-08-11T23:23:56Z")

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Movies based on a comic book and in which Chris Evans appears

1. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwoKfeDJO4)
2. Thor: The Dark World
3. [The Losers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOOpLpcF28)
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Avengers
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
8. Snowpiercer
9. Push
10. [Ant-Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT0x4VczRJA)

Pass.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6533 "2020-08-11T23:30:42Z")

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6534 "2020-08-12T00:06:48Z")

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado _(nobody said it had to be a **\>GREAT\<** franchise…)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6535 "2020-08-12T01:59:22Z")

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6537 "2020-08-12T02:36:48Z")

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/6538 "2020-08-12T04:52:26Z")

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
6. Fast and Furious

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
6. Fast and Furious
7. Star Wars

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
6. Fast and Furious
7. Star Wars
8. Iron Man

Not only that series, but the entire MCU as we know it.

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
6. Fast and Furious
7. Star Wars
8. Iron Man
9. A Family Affair

First of the Andy Hardy movies.

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Movies that started a franchise.

1. Tremors
2. Sharknado
3. Dr. No
4. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
6. Fast and Furious
7. Star Wars
8. Iron Man
9. A Family Affair
10. Alien

Next up:

Movies they hoped would start a franchise, but didn’t (or probably won’t)

1. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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