# 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:** 37
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/721 "2021-05-13T13:40:12Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/722 "2021-05-13T13:43:31Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/723 "2021-05-13T16:15:35Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/724 "2021-05-13T16:16:01Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/725 "2021-05-13T16:20:43Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak 6. Dallas Buyers Club ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/726 "2021-05-13T16:44:02Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Pathology ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/727 "2021-05-13T18:01:32Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Pathology 8. Patch Adams ---
**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:** [May 13, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/728 "2021-05-13T19:56:02Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Pathology 8. Patch Adams 9. Awakenings ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/729 "2021-05-14T02:12:41Z")
**Medical Dramas** 1. John Q 2. The Doctor 3. Coma 4. The Andromeda Strain 5. Outbreak 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Pathology 8. Patch Adams 9. Awakenings 10. Lorenzo’s Oil **Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/730 "2021-05-14T02:55:55Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine Not _good_ magic, but magical nonetheless. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/731 "2021-05-14T03:24:51Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/732 "2021-05-14T03:24:58Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/733 "2021-05-14T04:14:02Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ _ **-“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:** [May 14, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/734 "2021-05-14T11:46:25Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ 6. Duel An 18-wheeler, but definitely “magical” - or ghostly. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/735 "2021-05-14T15:44:08Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ 6. Duel 7. 2002 Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day Sorry, we can’t actually make cars invisible yet. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/736 "2021-05-14T15:46:46Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ 6. Duel 7. 2002 Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day 8. Back to the Future ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/737 "2021-05-14T22:44:50Z")
1. 2002 Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day Sorry, we can’t actually make cars invisible yet. Actually, that IS existing technology; it just isn’t up to what the movie wanted you to believe. > **[Gone in less than 60 seconds! Engineers use LEDs and a camera to create an...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2110184/Invisible-Mercedes-Scientists-use-LEDs-camera-create-invisible-car.html)** > > Using optical camouflage technology boffins at Mercedes Benz created the illusion that their new zero emissions F-Cell car is not even there at all. Taking the principal that to see through something you need to see what’s behind it, they covered the driver’s side of the car in mats of LEDs, and mounted a digital SLR camera on the opposite side of the vehicle. _ **-“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:** [May 14, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/738 "2021-05-14T22:57:04Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ 6. Duel 7. 2002 Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day 8. Back to the Future 9. Ringo’s car that George drives in Yellow Submarine It keeps changing colors. It’s all in the mind. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/739 "2021-05-15T01:21:12Z")
**Magical Cars** 1. The Love Bug 2. Christine 3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 4. The Bluesmobile 5. The flying Ford Anglia in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ 6. Duel 7. 2002 Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day 8. Back to the Future 9. Ringo’s car that George drives in Yellow Submarine 10. Diamonds Are Forever James Bond escapes a car chase by driving his car through a narrow alleyway on two wheels. But when the car enters the alley, it’s on its two right wheels and when it exits the alleyway, it’s on its two left wheels. Pass. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/740 "2021-05-15T07:28:55Z")
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