# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 196
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3902 "2024-06-06T13:27:25Z")
**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3903 "2024-06-06T13:36:35Z")
**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own The Rockford Peaches and Racine Belles are both located in WI. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3904 "2024-06-06T14:56:35Z")
Um, actually Rockford is in Illinois. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3905 "2024-06-06T16:13:15Z")
**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own 6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) ---
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[quote=“dirtball, post:3905, topic:985988, full:true”] **Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own 6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 7. Fort McCoy (2011) Fort McCoy was (and still is) a military training base located in western Wisconsin less than ten miles from my current place of residence, although it was known as Camp McCoy during the time period in which the movie is set _(it was redesignated a ‘fort’ in 1974)_. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own 6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 7. Fort McCoy (2011) 8. Small Town Wisconsin ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3908 "2024-06-06T19:50:39Z")
**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own 6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 7. Fort McCoy (2011) 8. Small Town Wisconsin 9. [Primary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_(film)) ---
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**Movies Set in Wisconsin** 1. American Flyers 2. Tommy Boy 3. Ed Gein, the Musical 4. American Movie 5. A League of Their Own 6. Dawn of the Dead (2004) 7. Fort McCoy (2011) 8. Small Town Wisconsin 9. [Primary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_(film)) 10. Disturbia pass ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3910 "2024-06-06T20:03:35Z")
**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan ---
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**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. ---
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**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3913 "2024-06-06T20:09:40Z")
**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion As to Alderaan: [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/g94sw/alderaan_5_day_forecast/?rdt=45831) ---
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**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age/ ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3915 "2024-06-06T20:13:06Z")
**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age 6. The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times ---
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> [@](#): > > **It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age 6. The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times 7. Planet of the Apes (1968) – _as we know it_ being key ---
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> [@](#): > > **It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age 6. The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times 7. Planet of the Apes (1968) – _as we know it_ being key 8. Don’t Look Up (2021) - Comet on collision course with Earth; lots of denialism. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3918 "2024-06-06T21:53:38Z")
**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age 6. The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times 7. Planet of the Apes (1968) – _as we know it_ being key 8. Don’t Look Up (2021) - Comet on collision course with Earth; lots of denialism. 9. Melancholia - Another doomsday planet collision with earth, right after Kirsten Dunst gets married. One of the slowest and saddest movies I’ve ever watched. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/3919 "2024-06-06T21:56:46Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. Planet of the Apes (1968) – _as we know it_ being key It ends in the next installment. ---
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**It’s The End Of A World As We Know It** 1. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope - goodbye Alderaan 2. The Quiet Earth - everyone on Earth, except the cast of three, ceases to exist. 3. The Road 4. Dark City - life there will never be the same after the movie’s (extremely satisfying) conclusion 5. The Day After Tomorrow - climate change takes a turn in the direction of a new Ice Age 6. The Rapture - a quietly chilling take on the Christian end times 7. Planet of the Apes (1968) – _as we know it_ being key 8. Don’t Look Up (2021) - Comet on collision course with Earth; lots of denialism. 9. Melancholia - Another doomsday planet collision with earth, right after Kirsten Dunst gets married. One of the slowest and saddest movies I’ve ever watched. 10. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - The last-ditch effort to stop an Earth-impacting asteroid has failed, and everyone knows they’ve got like a week to live. Things sure do happen. New category: **Movies that had Sequel Hooks and deserved a sequel, but didn’t get one** 1. The Last Starfighter - The Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. Alex went back to Rylos with Grig and Maggie to rebuild the Starfighter Legion. ---
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**Movies that had Sequel Hooks and deserved a sequel, but didn’t get one** 1. The Last Starfighter - The Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. Alex went back to Rylos with Grig and Maggie to rebuild the Starfighter Legion. 2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension - the movie’s end credits tease at a sequel, “Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League,” which was never produced, though a novelization finally did appear in 2021 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=197)