# Movie Merger Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030 "2004-07-20T17:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/221 "2004-07-26T18:17:37Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > Captain Kirk must fight an enemy from his past: A ruthless newspaper publisher out for revenge. **Star Trek II: The Wrath of (Citizen) Kane** ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/222 "2004-07-26T18:22:44Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Here’s one : A long-lost relative of a crew member commandeers the Enterprise, hoping to lead them to spiritual enlightment by travelling back in time to interfere with the attack on Pearl Harbor. **Star Trek V: The Final Countdown** I’ve got my own combo for this one, but I’m a bit stumped with the description. I’ve gotten as far as: _In this documentary, the Enterprise transports a rock band to the planet Nimbus III._ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/223 "2004-07-26T18:22:51Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **NIght of the Living Dead Man of La Mancha**?? I’m sure I’m leaving parts out, but this is my best guess. I hope it will inspire someone! Hmm. The part you seem to be missing, would be, I guess: **It Happened One Night of the Living Dead Man of La Mancha** … though I’m not getting the link between ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and ‘Man of La Mancha’ unless there’s a ‘Dead Man’ film I’m unaware of. I was working on Dawn of the Dead/Don Juan De Marco/Don Quixote, or **Don Quixote Juan de Marco of the Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/224 "2004-07-26T18:27:02Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > **Star Trek V: The Final Countdown** > > I’ve got my own combo for this one, but I’m a bit stumped with the description. I’ve gotten as far as: > _In this documentary, the Enterprise transports a rock band to the planet Nimbus III._ Yeah, I see where you’re going there - tenuous link. You can always use the title of Space Quest VI, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/225 "2004-07-26T18:28:31Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Here’s one : A long-lost relative of a crew member commandeers the Enterprise, hoping to lead them to spiritual enlightment by travelling back in time to interfere with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Hmm…that could be a good one, if there was a _Star Trek_ movie that fit with that description…but since no such movie ever happened (lalalalalalala I can’t hear you lalalala) this clue is unsolveable… When a Detroit cop is brutally killed on duty, he is brought back with the aid of technology. However, more of him comes back than the corporation in charge had intended, and he goes in search of the criminals who killed him and the corrupt executives who hired them. Soon the search leads him to sunny California, playground of the super-rich and the jurisdiction of the cops who put up with them… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/226 "2004-07-26T18:32:01Z")
**Gamera** ’s is good, but I can’t quite get it. And I like the sound of **Don Juan Quixote de Marco of the Dead** better. Name this movie: “Johnny Depp and his dashing young friends must stop a fleet of Japanese skeletons from bombing Hawaii?” Here’s one of my oldies: “Kevin Kline plays a ship captain who is having an affair in Connecticut when three marital fronts combine to create horrifying emotional and CGI conditions: cold and icy, with 100-foot waves galore. Written by Stephen King.” ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/227 "2004-07-26T18:41:55Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > **It Happened One Night of the Living Dead Man of La Mancha** … though I’m not getting the link between ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and ‘Man of La Mancha’ unless there’s a ‘Dead Man’ film I’m unaware of. I’m still trying to figure out where that Johnny Depp film **Nick of Time** fits in. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/228 "2004-07-26T19:05:53Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > **It Happened One Night of the Living Dead Man of La Mancha** … though I’m not getting the link between ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and ‘Man of La Mancha’ unless there’s a ‘Dead Man’ film I’m unaware of. This is correct. The way this thread looks, though, it doesn’t seem as though many people have heard of [Dead Man](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/). The beginning part of my clue (_Johnny Depp heads out west to accept a position as an accountant. When he discovers his job has been given to someone else_) comes straight from the beginning of the movie _Dead Man_. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/229 "2004-07-26T19:21:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Name this movie: “Johnny Depp and his dashing young friends must stop a fleet of Japanese skeletons from bombing Hawaii?” > > Here’s one of my oldies: “Kevin Kline plays a ship captain who is having an affair in Connecticut when three marital fronts combine to create horrifying emotional and CGI conditions: cold and icy, with 100-foot waves galore. Written by Stephen King.” 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Harbor 2. The Perfect Ice Storm of the Century My old ones were too vague, it seems. I was going for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid go to White Castle” and “Me, Myself, the Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover.” Here’s and easier one: “After a deal with the devil, all the women in a small town mysteriously give birth to albino baseball players.” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/230 "2004-07-26T20:22:07Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > “After a deal with the devil, all the women in a small town mysteriously give birth to albino baseball players.” **Village of the Damned Yankees**? Hmmmm…ok… A repressed woman overcomes her dominering mother and finds herself by killing a guy in Vietnam ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/231 "2004-07-26T20:34:03Z")
That gives me an idea… “A funny, free-spirit genius janitor hosts a comedy radio show to entertain American troops in a Southeast Asian conflict.” ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/232 "2004-07-26T20:48:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That gives me an idea… “A funny, free-spirit genius janitor hosts a comedy radio show to entertain American troops in a Southeast Asian conflict.” **Good Will Hunting, VeitNam!** ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/233 "2004-07-26T20:57:08Z")
:dubious: You’re not supposed to get ideas…you’re supposed to answer mine _wonders why there’s no pouting smilie_ Ok, if you can’t get that one, Young innocents happen upon a house full of depraved aliens who convince them to become Vegas strippers. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/234 "2004-07-26T21:29:36Z")
> [@Kilt-wearin' man](#): > > When a Detroit cop is brutally killed on duty, he is brought back with the aid of technology. However, more of him comes back than the corporation in charge had intended, and he goes in search of the criminals who killed him and the corrupt executives who hired them. Soon the search leads him to sunny California, playground of the super-rich and the jurisdiction of the cops who put up with them… **Beverly Hills Robocop** [Nice juxtaposition of the Detroit cop.] Two renegade angels holdup a bank on the hottest day of the year. What should have taken ten minutes goes terribly awry and the whole event turns into a two day media circus. The police eventually overcome them with the help of the scion of Jesus Christ, the 13th apostle, and Jay and Silent Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/235 "2004-07-26T21:54:44Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Young innocents happen upon a house full of depraved aliens who convince them to become Vegas strippers. _Rocky Horror Picture Showgirls_. Julia Roberts decides she must stop a young Australian woman’s sham wedding. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/236 "2004-07-26T22:29:24Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > Two renegade angels holdup a bank on the hottest day of the year. What should have taken ten minutes goes terribly awry and the whole event turns into a two day media circus. The police eventually overcome them with the help of the scion of Jesus Christ, the 13th apostle, and Jay and Silent Bob. **Dogma Day Afternoon**. 😃 Fast-talking Virginia Woolf teams up with a Chinese police detective to find a kidnapped girl (who happens to be a lesbian played) by Meryl Streep. But in the end, they give up and everybody commits suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/237 "2004-07-26T22:35:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Dogma Day Afternoon**. 😃 > > Fast-talking Virginia Woolf teams up with a Chinese police detective to find a kidnapped girl (who happens to be a lesbian played) by Meryl Streep. But in the end, they give up and everybody commits suicide. _The Rush Hours_. A group of five teenagers from different social groups and backgrounds spend a Saturday in New York looking for a wealthy older man to marry. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/238 "2004-07-27T00:42:57Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > _The Rush Hours_. > > A group of five teenagers from different social groups and backgrounds spend a Saturday in New York looking for a wealthy older man to marry. The Breakfast at Tiffany’s Club? Christian Slater uses a jet-ski to fight the villainous Alan Rickman in a flooded high-rise building. ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/239 "2004-07-27T02:30:52Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Traveling salesman with a band instruments scam comes to the town he visited as a child, at which time he helped deliver a baby, and falls in love with the woman the baby has become. > > THAT should keep ya busy! The Music Man From Another Room. try this one out for size: A technophobic cop in the year 2035 investigates attacks by robots sent by evil moon monsters. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/240 "2004-07-27T02:37:57Z")
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