# 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:** 426
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8502 "2025-07-09T12:39:40Z")
**Movies Featuring Airplanes** 1. Airplane! 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Airport 4. Independence Day 5. United 93 6. The Aviator ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8503 "2025-07-09T12:45:16Z")
**Movies Featuring Airplanes** 1. Airplane! 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Airport 4. Independence Day 5. United 93 6. The Aviator 7. Snakes on a Plane ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8504 "2025-07-09T13:13:52Z")
**Movies Featuring Airplanes** 1. Airplane! 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Airport 4. Independence Day 5. United 93 6. The Aviator 7. Snakes on a Plane 8. Speed Wait for it. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8505 "2025-07-09T13:34:02Z")
**Movies Featuring Airplanes** 1. Airplane! 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Airport 4. Independence Day 5. United 93 6. The Aviator 7. Snakes on a Plane 8. Speed 9. Five Came Back An airplane crashes in the jungle - loss of fuel and flimsy repairs mean only five can fly out, leaving the rest to the tender mercies of cannibals. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8506 "2025-07-09T15:12:44Z")
**Movies Featuring Airplanes** 1. Airplane! 2. Marvel’s The Avengers 3. Airport 4. Independence Day 5. United 93 6. The Aviator 7. Snakes on a Plane 8. Speed 9. Five Came Back 10. Up In the Air **Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8507 "2025-07-09T15:16:27Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky About four teenagers in a West Virginia mining town in the 1950s, who take up the hobby of rocketry. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8508 "2025-07-09T15:28:09Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8509 "2025-07-09T16:31:22Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8510 "2025-07-09T16:54:23Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8511 "2025-07-09T17:35:07Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ---
**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:** [July 9, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8512 "2025-07-09T18:23:53Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7. Moonraker ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8513 "2025-07-09T18:26:03Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7. Moonraker 8. A Trip to the Moon ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8514 "2025-07-10T00:55:42Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7. Moonraker 8. A Trip to the Moon 9. Flash Gordon ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8515 "2025-07-10T04:47:43Z")
**Movies featuring rockets** 1. Have Rocket, Will Travel 2. October Sky 3. Amazon Women on the Moon 4. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 5. Star Trek: First Contact 6. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7. Moonraker 8. A Trip to the Moon 9. Flash Gordon 10. The Astronaut Farmer New category: **Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye A major plot point is that the bad guys have stolen a helicopter that’s impervious to EMP strikes. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8516 "2025-07-10T04:48:54Z")
**Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8517 "2025-07-10T05:00:47Z")
**Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Lethal Weapon Mr. Joshua murders Michael Hunsacker with several shots from a helicopter. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8518 "2025-07-10T05:41:38Z")
**Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Lethal Weapon 4. True Lies Arnold Schwarzenegger, dangling from the landing skid of a helicopter, plucking Jamie Lee Curtis from a speeding car before it plunges off of a broken bridge. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8519 "2025-07-10T09:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > **Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Lethal Weapon 4. True Lies 5. M \* A \* S \* H ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8520 "2025-07-10T11:59:22Z")
**Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Lethal Weapon 4. True Lies 5. M \* A \* S \* H 6. The Bridges at Toko-Ri ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/8521 "2025-07-10T13:15:01Z")
**Movies featuring helicopters** 1. GoldenEye 2. Apocalypse Now 3. Lethal Weapon 4. True Lies 5. M \* A \* S \* H 6. The Bridges at Toko-Ri 7. You Only Live Twice In one scene, 007 is flying reconnaissance with ‘Little Nellie’ _(a helicopter-like autogyro)_ when he is attacked by the baddies in four machine-gun equipped Bell 47 helicopters. ‘Little Nellie’, however, is not without weapons and defenses of her own, and successfully downs all four of the attackers. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=427)