# 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:** 56
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1102 "2023-09-06T00:50:33Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1103 "2023-09-06T02:54:23Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1104 "2023-09-06T04:52:03Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. > **[Total Failure: The World's Worst Video Game](https://www.npr.org/2017/05/31/530235165/total-failure-the-worlds-worst-video-game)** > > In the late summer of 1982, one man worked around the clock to program the video game version of Steven Spielberg's E.T. in just five weeks. The result wasn't pretty. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1105 "2023-09-06T05:08:45Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family Based on the 1991 movie, it was the best-selling solid-state pinball machine of all time. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1106 "2023-09-06T05:17:50Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family 6. Ghostbusters ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1107 "2023-09-06T10:29:08Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family 6. Ghostbusters 7. The Blue Max My group of drinking buddies preferred this machine for our pinball night - every Thursday after work ca. 1979. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1108 "2023-09-06T12:06:50Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family 6. Ghostbusters 7. The Blue Max 8. Demolition Man ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1109 "2023-09-06T14:49:41Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family 6. Ghostbusters 7. The Blue Max 8. Demolition Man 9. Live and Let Die I played this almost every day after school, at a nearby burger joint. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1110 "2023-09-06T15:05:11Z")
**Movies that begat pinball machines** (or if that makes you grumpy, any arcade game, home videogame, etc.) 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon 2. Star Wars 3. Tommy 4. E.T. 5. The Addams Family 6. Ghostbusters 7. The Blue Max 8. Demolition Man 9. Live and Let Die 10. Indiana Jones: Pinball Adventure featured game play based on scenes from what were, at that time, all three of the Indiana Jones trilogy films **Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1111 "2023-09-06T15:08:49Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1112 "2023-09-06T15:09:44Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1113 "2023-09-06T15:09:58Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. The Hangover ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1114 "2023-09-06T15:20:20Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1115 "2023-09-06T15:21:58Z")
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**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation 6. Leaving Las Vegas ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1117 "2023-09-06T16:01:15Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation 6. Leaving Las Vegas 7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1118 "2023-09-06T16:10:37Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation 6. Leaving Las Vegas 7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 8. Casino ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1119 "2023-09-06T17:38:38Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation 6. Leaving Las Vegas 7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 8. Casino 9. 3000 Miles to Graceland ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1120 "2023-09-06T18:53:40Z")
**Movies Set in Las Vegas** 1. Diamonds are Forever 2. Ocean’s Eleven 3. Viva Las Vegas 4. The Hangover 5. National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation 6. Leaving Las Vegas 7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 8. Casino 9. 3000 Miles to Graceland 10. 21 Movies based on multiple levels of adaptation ( the more the better but must include at least 2 not counting the movie itself) 1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon barber of fleet street. (Penny dreadful → Series of 19th century plays → 1970 play → Musical → Movie) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/1121 "2023-09-06T19:29:20Z")
**Movies based on multiple levels of adaptation** (the more the better, but must include at least 2 not counting the movie itself) 1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. (Penny dreadful → Series of 19th century plays → 1970 play → Musical → Movie) 2. Spider-Man (comics \> TV cartoons \> movies \> stage show) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=57)