# Movie Marathon (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 335
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6683 "2022-09-27T14:59:00Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6684 "2022-09-27T15:12:09Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6685 "2022-09-27T15:13:56Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6686 "2022-09-27T15:49:28Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings 6. Cat People ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6687 "2022-09-27T17:57:06Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings 6. Cat People 7. The Trip to Bountiful ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6688 "2022-09-27T18:08:47Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings 6. Cat People 7. The Trip to Bountiful 8. Mindwalk ---
**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:** [September 27, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6689 "2022-09-27T22:03:45Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings 6. Cat People 7. The Trip to Bountiful 8. Mindwalk 9. In the Line of Fire A terrific Secret Service thriller with Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich. Heard is in just a single scene. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6690 "2022-09-30T04:42:09Z")
**Films of John Heard** 1. Home Alone 2. Big 3. Beaches 4. Cutter’s Way 5. Awakenings 6. Cat People 7. The Trip to Bountiful 8. Mindwalk 9. In the Line of Fire 10. The Milagro Beanfield War **Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6691 "2022-09-30T04:45:16Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6692 "2022-09-30T06:34:54Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Mary Poppins Of course, there WAS no CGI back then, so the bird that sits on Julie Andrews’ hand as she sings “Spoonful of Sugar” was animatronic. The control wires were run behind her wrist and arm and out of sight. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6693 "2022-09-30T11:44:40Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Clean-up on Aisle 2… ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6694 "2022-09-30T12:17:51Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6695 "2022-09-30T12:32:11Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal 6. Naked Lunch ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6696 "2022-09-30T12:33:36Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal 6. Naked Lunch 7. Labyrinth ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6697 "2022-09-30T13:06:44Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal 6. Naked Lunch 7. Labyrinth 8. Batteries Not Included ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6698 "2022-09-30T13:17:17Z")
**Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal 6. Naked Lunch 7. Labyrinth 8. Batteries Not Included 9. Total Recall (the original) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6699 "2022-09-30T21:21:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Films using animatronics instead of CGI** 1. The Terminator 2. Star Wars 3. Mary Poppins 4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 5. The Dark Crystal 6. Naked Lunch 7. Labyrinth 8. Batteries Not Included 9. Total Recall (the original) 10. Alien NEXT: **Films using stop-motion** (whether or not in addition to other effects) 1. The Terminator ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6700 "2022-09-30T21:38:58Z")
**Films using stop-motion** (whether or not in addition to other effects) 1. The Terminator 2. Clash of the Titans ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6701 "2022-10-01T00:36:09Z")
**Films using stop-motion** (whether or not in addition to other effects) 1. The Terminator 2. Clash of the Titans 3. King Kong (1933) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/6702 "2022-10-01T05:10:05Z")
**Films using stop-motion** (whether or not in addition to other effects) 1. The Terminator 2. Clash of the Titans 3. King Kong (1933) 4. Chicken Run [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=334) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=336)