# 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:** 392
**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 16, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7822 "2025-05-16T20:13:42Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7823 "2025-05-16T20:27:08Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7824 "2025-05-16T20:58:51Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) 6. “Red matter,” a single drop of which could cause a black hole to form; Spock’s ship had a beach-ball-sized supplyof the ridiculous plot device in _Star Trek_ (2009) ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7825 "2025-05-16T21:49:46Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) 6. “Red matter,” a single drop of which could cause a black hole to form; Spock’s ship had a beach-ball-sized supplyof the ridiculous plot device in _Star Trek_ (2009) 7. Admiral Holdo refuses to tell Poe Dameron the plan so Poe spitefully leads a mutiny against her. A little communication would have gone a long way… Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7826 "2025-05-17T01:03:00Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) 6. “Red matter,” a single drop of which could cause a black hole to form; Spock’s ship had a beach-ball-sized supplyof the ridiculous plot device in _Star Trek_ (2009) 7. Admiral Holdo refuses to tell Poe Dameron the plan so Poe spitefully leads a mutiny against her. A little communication would have gone a long way… Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) 8. Mulder and Scully barely alive having just escaped from an exploding hidden underground base in Antarctica are next seen at a hearing in Washington with no indication of how they got there. _The X-files_ ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7827 "2025-05-17T01:21:43Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) 6. “Red matter,” a single drop of which could cause a black hole to form; Spock’s ship had a beach-ball-sized supplyof the ridiculous plot device in _Star Trek_ (2009) 7. Admiral Holdo refuses to tell Poe Dameron the plan so Poe spitefully leads a mutiny against her. A little communication would have gone a long way… _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ (2017) 8. Mulder and Scully barely alive having just escaped from an exploding hidden underground base in Antarctica are next seen at a hearing in Washington with no indication of how they got there. _The X-Files_ 9. Judd Hirsch and the good guys are able to cook up a lethal software virus against an _alien_ computer system in just a matter of hours. _Independence Day_ ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7828 "2025-05-17T02:36:57Z")
**Contrivances, hand-waves, and other “let’s get on with its”** 1. The castle-destroying lever at the end of _Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935) 2. Superman reverses the planet’s rotation to turn back time and bring Lois back to life _Superman_ (1978) 3. Catwoman’s apparent nine lives in _Batman Returns_ (1992) 4. Charlotte the spider weaves the words “SOME PIG” into her spider web. Woman says “Seems to me we have no ordinary spider” and man says, “No, it’s just a common gray spider.” Yeah, because spelling out words in a web is common spider behavior (eye roll). But, ya know, it’s the pig that has to be seen as special for the story to move on. _Charlotte’s Web_ (1973) 5. The concept of time moving exponentially slower with each access to a deeper level of dreaming in _Inception_ (2010) 6. “Red matter,” a single drop of which could cause a black hole to form; Spock’s ship had a beach-ball-sized supplyof the ridiculous plot device in _Star Trek_ (2009) 7. Admiral Holdo refuses to tell Poe Dameron the plan so Poe spitefully leads a mutiny against her. A little communication would have gone a long way… _Star Wars: The Last Jedi_ (2017) 8. Mulder and Scully barely alive having just escaped from an exploding hidden underground base in Antarctica are next seen at a hearing in Washington with no indication of how they got there. _The X-Files_ 9. Judd Hirsch and the good guys are able to cook up a lethal software virus against an _alien_ computer system in just a matter of hours. _Independence Day_ 10. Arnold Schwarzenegger and love interest are all bulgy eyed and veined on the surface of Mars, but are back to normal after Mars gets an atmosphere with no sign of trauma, _Total Recall_ (but maybe it was a dream.) pass ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7832 "2025-05-17T17:11:00Z")
**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) I’m hoping a giant Papier-mâché head counts as a mask. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7833 "2025-05-17T17:14:58Z")
**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super Despite the title, the hero had no super power. ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7834 "2025-05-17T17:42:48Z")
**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) Fencing master – check … but that’s not really a superpower. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) 7. Eyes Wide Shut ---
**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 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7836 "2025-05-17T19:02:08Z")
**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. V for Vendetta ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. V for Vendetta _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. V for Vendetta 9. Point Break ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7839 "2025-05-18T00:47:51Z")
**Non-superhero movies with masks playing a large part** 1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. The Lone Ranger 3. The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) 4. Frank (2014) 5. Super 6. The Mask of Zorro (1998) 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. V for Vendetta 9. Point Break 10. Friday the 13th **Great cast / Lousy movie** 1. Cats (2019) - Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson ---
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**Great cast / Lousy movie** 1. Cats (2019) - Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson 2. Movie 43 (2013) - Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Richard Gere ---
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**Great cast / Lousy movie** 1. Cats (2019) - Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson 2. Movie 43 (2013) - Emma Stone, Halle Berry, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Richard Gere 3. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) - Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Joel Edgerton, Jimmy Smits, Pernilla August [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=393)