# 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:** 396
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7903 "2023-01-07T22:23:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > _Buckaroo Banzai_ - The Hong Kong Cavaliers rock the house until Buckaroo realizes that there’s one person who’s not having a good time > > Yeah, it seems amazing he’d pick out that one voice in the noisy crowd. Then you realize it’s because that woman’s the identical twin of the love of his life. He doesn’t even hear her voice - she’s quietly crying to herself. But yes, it was meant to be (even if the Black Lectroid at the very end was unimpressed). ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7904 "2023-01-07T22:25:28Z")
**Inspired by the TV thread: movies that focus on three characters** 1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 2. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 3. The Three Amigos 4. The Three Stooges 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. Road to Rio 7. The Unholy Three 8. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 9. The Hours 10. Breaker Morant Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7905 "2023-01-08T04:17:19Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7906 "2023-01-08T04:22:51Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine Dies in _Return of the Jedi_, is resurrected in _The Rise of Skywalker_ ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7907 "2023-01-08T05:11:51Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven Died during a robbery/rape/murder of his fianceé, and was resurrected from the grave a year later to wreak vengeance on the criminals as ‘The Crow’. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7908 "2023-01-08T05:58:04Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver Irene, the mother character, who seems to live in the trunk of her daughter’s car. It’s not clear if she’s back from the dead, a ghost, a figment of the other peoples imagination; but she acts like a normal person (i.e., not a zombie, not a ghost). ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7909 "2023-01-08T08:54:40Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (Warm Bodies) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7910 "2023-01-08T13:55:37Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (Warm Bodies) 6. Gandalf ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7911 "2023-01-08T15:31:08Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (Warm Bodies) 6. Gandalf 7. Lucy Chadman If you don’t recognize that character name, it’s because you probably didn’t see 1985’s **Hello Again** starring Shelly Long as a suburban housewife who dies and is resurrected by her witchcraft-practicing sister. Long made this stinker while still appearing on **Cheers** , yet she _still_ decided to leave the show for a movie career. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7912 "2023-01-08T19:33:35Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (_Warm Bodies_) 6. Gandalf 7. Lucy Chadman 8. Lois Lane In the first _Superman_ movie. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7913 "2023-01-08T22:30:08Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (_Warm Bodies_) 6. Gandalf 7. Lucy Chadman 8. Lois Lane 9. Jason Vorhees ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7914 "2023-01-09T00:59:03Z")
**Characters that came back from the dead** 1. Captain Hector Barbossa 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Eric Draven 4. Volver 5. R (_Warm Bodies_) 6. Gandalf 7. Lucy Chadman 8. Lois Lane 9. Jason Vorhees 10. Capt. Spock Pass. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7915 "2023-01-09T14:21:14Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7916 "2023-01-09T14:23:47Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7917 "2023-01-09T15:59:17Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7918 "2023-01-09T16:01:39Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke 4. Strange Brew Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, as their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7919 "2023-01-09T16:04:08Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke 4. Strange Brew 5. Dumb and Dumber ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7920 "2023-01-09T16:12:37Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke 4. Strange Brew 5. Dumb and Dumber 6. A Chump at Oxford Laurel and Hardy, the original comedy duo. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7921 "2023-01-09T16:33:40Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke 4. Strange Brew 5. Dumb and Dumber 6. A Chump at Oxford 7. Dude, Where’s My Car? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/7922 "2023-01-09T16:54:26Z")
**Films with comedy duos** 1. Scared Stiff 2. Road to Morrocco 3. Up in Smoke 4. Strange Brew 5. Dumb and Dumber 6. A Chump at Oxford 7. Dude, Where’s My Car? 8. The Caddy Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, 1953. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=395) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801.md?page=397)