# 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:** 364
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7262 "2025-04-09T09:13:03Z")
**Movies That Should Be Remade But Haven’t** 1. Krull 2. The Last Starfighter 3. Forbidden Planet 4. The Big Sleep 5. Sunrise 6. Reefer Madness 7. Signal 30 8. Dreamscape ---
**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:** [April 10, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7263 "2025-04-10T20:56:22Z")
**Movies That Should Be Remade But Haven’t** 1. Krull 2. The Last Starfighter 3. Forbidden Planet 4. The Big Sleep 5. Sunrise 6. Reefer Madness 7. Signal 30 8. Dreamscape 9. Breakfast at Tiffany’s Reefer Madness did get a [Movie Musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness:_The_Movie_Musical). ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7264 "2025-04-11T01:58:51Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > The latest addition to the genre: [The Friend (2025) Tickets & Showtimes | Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/the-friend-2025-238626/movie-overview?dclid=CJ3N6-P0xIwDFVCjywEdA2YU1g&gad_source=7) > > The trailer about tore me up! I hardly ever go to the theater, but I might for this one. (With a whole box of Kleenex!) Thanks for the heads up. I read the book, which is pretty good. The movie looks like it hews closely to the plot. **Movies That Should Be Remade But Haven’t** 1. Krull 2. The Last Starfighter 3. Forbidden Planet 4. The Big Sleep 5. Sunrise 6. Reefer Madness 7. Signal 30 8. Dreamscape 9. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 10. Starship Troopers With badass powered armor _and_ talking hand grenades this time, dammit! Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7265 "2025-04-11T03:04:55Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) ---
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**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7267 "2025-04-11T04:20:55Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7268 "2025-04-11T04:23:09Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7269 "2025-04-11T04:39:43Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7270 "2025-04-11T07:16:07Z")
[quote=“Spoons, post:7269, topic:985988, full:true”] **Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) 6. John Wayne - True Grit/Rooster Cogburn (as Rooster Cogburn) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7271 "2025-04-11T11:28:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I read the book, which is pretty good. The movie looks like it hews closely to the plot. I have bought the Kindle version just now. I’m looking forward to it. (Now I can wait for the movie to come out on Netflix or wherever. 😉 ) **Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) 6. John Wayne - True Grit/Rooster Cogburn (as Rooster Cogburn) 7. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman (as Vivian Ward) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7272 "2025-04-11T12:39:17Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) 6. John Wayne - True Grit/Rooster Cogburn (as Rooster Cogburn) 7. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman (as Vivian Ward) 8. Mark Hamill - Star Wars (as Luke Skywalker) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7273 "2025-04-11T13:07:45Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) 6. John Wayne - True Grit/Rooster Cogburn (as Rooster Cogburn) 7. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman (as Vivian Ward) 8. Mark Hamill - Star Wars (as Luke Skywalker) 9. Anthony Perkins - Psycho (as Norman Bates) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7274 "2025-04-11T13:23:56Z")
**Actors/Actresses and their best-known roles** 1. Bela Lugosi - Dracula (as Count Dracula) 2. Sean Connery - James Bond movies (as James Bond) 3. Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange (As Alex) 4. Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future Trilogy (as Doc Brown) 5. Peter Finch - Network (as Howard Beale) 6. John Wayne - True Grit/Rooster Cogburn (as Rooster Cogburn) 7. Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman (as Vivian Ward) 8. Mark Hamill - Star Wars (as Luke Skywalker) 9. Anthony Perkins - Psycho (as Norman Bates) 10. Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes movies (as Sherlock Holmes) **Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7275 "2025-04-11T14:24:38Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7276 "2025-04-11T15:22:32Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7277 "2025-04-11T15:28:50Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: he was _really_ scary in that film, and should have won an Oscar. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7278 "2025-04-11T15:30:46Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest Leonard: You’re not taking her on the plane with you? Phillip Vandamm: Of course I am. Like our friends, I too believe in neatness, Leonard. This matter is best disposed of from a great height, over water. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7279 "2025-04-11T15:34:14Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest 6. Conrad Veidt as Maj. Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca A hissably nasty Nazi, played by a German refugee with a Jewish wife who died not long after the movie came out. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7280 "2025-04-11T18:09:26Z")
**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest 6. Conrad Veidt as Maj. Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca 7. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigur in No Country For Old Men ---
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**Exceptional Movie Villains** 1. Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard 2. David Prowse and James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in Star Wars 3. Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies 4. Wes Studi as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans 5. James Mason as Phillip Vandamm North by Northwest 6. Conrad Veidt as Maj. Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca 7. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigur in No Country For Old Men 8. Heath Ledger as The Joker in _The Dark Knight._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=363) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=365)