# 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:** 421
**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:** [December 18, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8406 "2020-12-18T23:43:40Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! 6. Happy Gilmore - Subway 7. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - White Castle burgers 8. Skyfall - Heineken beer (instead of Bond’s classic ‘vodka martini - shaken, not stirred’) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8407 "2020-12-19T00:37:04Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! 6. Happy Gilmore - Subway 7. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - White Castle burgers 8. Skyfall - Heineken beer (instead of Bond’s classic ‘vodka martini - shaken, not stirred’) 9. Jurassic World - Ford Explorer ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8408 "2020-12-19T01:50:26Z")
**Egregious Product Placement in Movies** 1. E.T. - Reese’s Pieces 2. Jack and Jill - Dunkin Donuts 3. Josie and the Pussycats - lots of brand names 4. Iron Man - Burger King 5. Castaway - Wilson!!! 6. Happy Gilmore - Subway 7. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle - White Castle burgers 8. Skyfall - Heineken beer (instead of Bond’s classic ‘vodka martini - shaken, not stirred’) 9. Jurassic World - Ford Explorer 10. You’ve Got Mail - AOL (which really dates the film) NEXT: **movies that should not have been remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8409 "2020-12-19T03:02:13Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) - _nepotism much? - and kung fu is not karate_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8410 "2020-12-19T03:10:57Z")
1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8411 "2020-12-19T03:20:49Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8412 "2020-12-19T03:23:03Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8413 "2020-12-19T04:29:36Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) 6. Captain America, 1944, 15 cliffhaners, 243 minutes ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8414 "2020-12-19T05:04:46Z")
withdrawn ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8415 "2020-12-19T05:10:20Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) 6. Captain America, 1944, 15 cliffhaners, 243 minutes 7. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) remade as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8416 "2020-12-19T14:56:14Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) 6. Captain America, 1944, 15 cliffhangers, 243 minutes 7. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) remade as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005) [/quote] 8. Disney’s Cinderella (1965, 2015) ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8417 "2020-12-19T15:49:07Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) 6. Captain America, 1944, 15 cliffhangers, 243 minutes 7. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) remade as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005) [/quote] 8. Disney’s Cinderella (1965, 2015) 9. Footloose (1984, 2011) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8418 "2020-12-19T15:56:50Z")
**Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade** (which is to say, _not_ that the remake was awful, but just that the original should not have been tampered with): 1. Psycho (1960, 1998) 2. The Karate Kid (1984, 2010) 3. Total Recall (1990, 2012) 4. Murder on the Orient Express (1974, 2017) 5. The Lion In Winter (1968, 2003) 6. Captain America, 1944, 15 cliffhangers, 243 minutes 7. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) remade as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005) 8. Disney’s Cinderella (1965, 2015) 9. Footloose (1984, 2011) 10. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974,1998,2009) The middle one’s a made for TV movie. The last one has a particularly atrocious overacting performance by John Travolta. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8419 "2020-12-19T16:52:56Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8420 "2020-12-19T16:53:50Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger 2. The Lion in Winter Same movie I used in the last category – it still fits! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8421 "2020-12-19T17:21:01Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger 2. The Lion in Winter 3. Gorillas in the Mist ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8422 "2020-12-19T17:43:16Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger 2. The Lion in Winter 3. Gorillas in the Mist 4. Earthworm Tractors ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8423 "2020-12-19T17:49:50Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger 2. The Lion in Winter 3. Gorillas in the Mist 4. Earthworm Tractors 5. The Wolf of Wall Street ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8424 "2020-12-19T18:15:58Z")
**Movies with a wild animal in the title (no repeated animals)** 1. Save the Tiger 2. The Lion in Winter 3. Gorillas in the Mist 4. Earthworm Tractors 5. The Wolf of Wall Street 6. Grizzly Man ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-1/838780/8425 "2020-12-19T19:51:03Z")
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