# 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:** 380
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7582 "2025-05-01T15:09:26Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi ---
**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 1, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7583 "2025-05-01T16:04:38Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen _ **-“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 1, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7584 "2025-05-01T16:19:02Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen 6. Hercules - Steve Reeves ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7585 "2025-05-01T17:21:52Z")
> [@](#): > > **The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen 6. Hercules - Steve Reeves 7. Two on a Guillotine - Connie Stevens ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7586 "2025-05-01T17:27:21Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen 6. Hercules - Steve Reeves 7. Two on a Guillotine - Connie Stevens 8. North Dallas Forty - Steve Forrest ---
**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 1, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7587 "2025-05-01T17:55:14Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen 6. Hercules - Steve Reeves 7. Two on a Guillotine - Connie Stevens 8. North Dallas Forty - Steve Forrest 9. The Benny Goodman Story - Steve Allen ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7588 "2025-05-01T17:58:56Z")
**The Tao of Steve (Steve, Steven or Stephen)** 1. The Jerk - Steve Martin 2. Under Siege - Steven Seagal 3. Saving Silverman - Steve Zahn 4. The Big Lebowski - Steve Buscemi 5. Papillon – Steve McQueen 6. Hercules - Steve Reeves 7. Two on a Guillotine - Connie Stevens 8. North Dallas Forty - Steve Forrest 9. The Benny Goodman Story - Steve Allen 10. The Lonely Guy - Steve Lawrence pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7589 "2025-05-01T18:28:52Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ Flew his aircraft into the attacking alien ship, causing its destruction. ---
**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 1, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7590 "2025-05-01T19:17:29Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ Fortunately, he got better. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7591 "2025-05-01T21:41:10Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7592 "2025-05-01T22:43:58Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7593 "2025-05-01T22:49:15Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…or the one. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7594 "2025-05-01T23:24:01Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ ---
**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 2, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7595 "2025-05-02T00:24:32Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman - _The Poseidon Adventure_ 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ 7. Ian McKellen – Gandalf the Grey, _Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring_ **YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!** _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7596 "2025-05-02T00:30:17Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ 7. Sam Jaffe - Gunga Din, _Gunga Din_ ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7597 "2025-05-02T01:56:38Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ 7. Sam Jaffe - Gunga Din, _Gunga Din_ 8. Keanu Reeves - Neo, _The Matrix Trilogy_ ---
**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 2, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7598 "2025-05-02T03:35:35Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ 7. Sam Jaffe - Gunga Din, _Gunga Din_ 8. Keanu Reeves - Neo, _The Matrix Trilogy_ 9. Tom Hanks - Capt. John H. Miller, _Saving Private Ryan_ “James, earn this… earn it.” ---
**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 2, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7599 "2025-05-02T14:01:34Z")
**Actors in messianic roles** _(Heroes who die so that others survive)_ 1. Randy Quaid - Russell Case, _Independence Day_ 2. Dennis Quaid - Willis Davidge, _Enemy Mine_ 3. Gene Hackman- The Poseidon Adventure 4. Alec Guinness - Obi-Wan Kenobi, _Star Wars_ 5. Leonard Nimoy - Spock, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 6. Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark/Iron Man, _Avengers: Endgame_ 7. Sam Jaffe - Gunga Din, _Gunga Din_ 8. Keanu Reeves - Neo, _The Matrix Trilogy_ 9. Tom Hanks - Capt. John H. Miller, _Saving Private Ryan_ 10. Ian McKellen – Gandalf the Grey, _Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring_ **YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!** I don’t know why this didn’t take the first time I posted it (after #6), but here it is now. And I’ll pass my turn to @Elendil_s_Heir. Have at it, good sir. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7600 "2025-05-03T02:19:15Z")
Thanks! **Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7601 "2025-05-03T04:00:58Z")
**Cowards and scoundrels** 1. Paul Reiser - Carter J. Burke, _Aliens_ 2. Glenn Shadix - Oho, _Beetlejuice_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=381)