# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/241 "2004-07-27T11:06:09Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Tragi-comic tale of Han & Leia’s acrimonious divorce. Hmmmm…Star Wars of the Roses? I’d add one but I want my first one answered 😛 . ---
**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, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/242 "2004-07-27T12:11:17Z")
correct. ---
**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 27, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/243 "2004-07-27T19:07:19Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > _Rocky Horror Picture Showgirls_. > > Julia Roberts decides she must stop a young Australian woman’s sham wedding. **My Circle of Friends’ Wedding** A Russian submarine commander defies his unimaginitive father and takes his sub and crew on a desperate run toward America and freedom where he hopes to attend college and become a rocket scientist. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/244 "2004-07-27T19:19:08Z")
**The Hunt For Red October Sky** Steve Martin copes with the pressures of a large family by holidaying in the Catskills and having “the time of his life” plotting to assassinate German WWII officers. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/245 "2004-07-27T20:20:00Z")
> [@snorlax](#): > > Steve Martin copes with the pressures of a large family by holidaying in the Catskills and having “the time of his life” plotting to assassinate German WWII officers. Cheaper By The Dirty Dozen? A member of a long fogotten race accidently intercepts a messanger droid meant for his “Uncle Gan” The princess has been captured by an evil dragon! With the help of thirteen dwarves, a rogue spacer and his furry assistant, he and “Uncle Gan” rescue the princess. Along the way he finds a gold ring with mysterious powers. Two hour long “commercial cut” of famous 15 hour long fantasy trilogy ---
**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 27, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/246 "2004-07-27T20:54:40Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Cheaper By The Dirty Dozen? I think you left out a movie. My guess: **Cheaper By The Dirty Dancing Dozen** ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/247 "2004-07-27T20:57:32Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Cheaper By The Dirty Dozen? Close, but you missed out the bit about the Catskills and “the time of his life” which would have resulted in **Cheaper by the Dirty _Dancing_ Dozen**. ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/248 "2004-07-27T21:16:05Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > A repressed woman overcomes her dominering mother and finds herself by killing a guy in Vietnam I’ll redeem my simulpost by answering this one - **Apocalypse Now, Voyager** A budding teen author is mentored by a reclusive clownfish. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/249 "2004-07-28T03:29:09Z")
> [@The 27th Evil](#): > > 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. GOOD FOR YOU! I was wondering if I was the only person to see MFAR (heck, I even bought the DVD). I, ROBOT MONSTER ? ---
**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 28, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/250 "2004-07-28T04:57:57Z")
> [@snorlax](#): > > A budding teen author is mentored by a reclusive clownfish. Finding Nemo Forrester. Lengthy foriegn-language flick about German steel workers forming a tap-dancing troupe aboard a WWII submarine. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/251 "2004-07-28T08:09:27Z")
> [@lambchops](#): > > Lengthy foriegn-language flick about German steel workers forming a tap-dancing troupe aboard a WWII submarine. Das Bootmen A lonely young girl discovers a hidden place on the English estate where she live where she can be beaten by a weird lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/252 "2004-07-28T09:45:55Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > A lonely young girl discovers a hidden place on the English estate where she live where she can be beaten by a weird lawyer. The Secretary Garden! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/253 "2004-07-28T13:36:48Z")
Bingo! 🙂 Now where’s yours??? Are there any more pending? Ok, I’ll have to do one… A young Swedish woman explores her sexuality with the help of four young men from Liverpool. ---
**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 28, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/254 "2004-07-28T17:32:07Z")
**I am Curious (Yellow Submarime)** A jury deliberates the fate of a boy accused of travelling in time to prevent a plague. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/255 "2004-07-28T19:06:17Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > **I am Curious (Yellow Submarime)** > > A jury deliberates the fate of a boy accused of travelling in time to prevent a plague. 12 Angry Monkies A mad homosexual hypnotist provides entertainment in pre-war germany. One of the great horror/musicals of the silent era. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/256 "2004-07-28T19:12:53Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > **I am Curious (Yellow Submarime)** > > A jury deliberates the fate of a boy accused of travelling in time to prevent a plague. 12 Angry Monkies A mad homosexual hypnotist provides entertainment in pre-war germany. One of the great horror/musicals of the silent era. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/257 "2004-07-28T20:10:03Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > A mad homosexual hypnotist provides entertainment in pre-war germany. One of the great horror/musicals of the silent era. **The Cabaret of Dr. Caligari** I’ll toss out a few: 1. In this gross-out indie film, an obsessed mathematician searches for numerical patterns in the stock market while desperately trying to get laid before prom night. 2. George Clooney, Mark Walhberg, and Spike Jonze play black comedians trying to steal gold from Saddam Hussein. 3. A depressed, nameless man who enjoys beat-downs and terrorism is among the guests to the house of one Mr. Boddy, who is black-mailing them all. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/258 "2004-07-29T00:47:44Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > \*\* > > 1. In this gross-out indie film, an obsessed mathematician searches for numerical patterns in the stock market while desperately trying to get laid before prom night. American Pi Nobody can figure out mine? 1.A member of a long fogotten race accidently intercepts a messanger droid meant for his “Uncle Gan” The princess has been captured by an evil dragon! With the help of thirteen dwarves, a rogue spacer and his furry assistant, he and “Uncle Gan” rescue the princess. Along the way he finds a gold ring with mysterious powers. 2.Two hour long “commercial cut” of famous 15 hour long fantasy trilogy ---
**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 29, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/259 "2004-07-29T14:40:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 1. George Clooney, Mark Walhberg, and Spike Jonze play black comedians trying to steal gold from Saddam Hussein. **Three Kings of Comedy**? I could be wrong… In this lackluster follow-up to _Purple Rain_, Prince plays an American frontiersman who uses his long-distance sharpshooting skills to oppose a corrupt cattle baron in the Australian outback. ---
**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 29, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/260 "2004-07-29T15:24:17Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Are there any more pending? I have one that hasn’t been guessed yet: Julia Roberts decides she must stop a young Australian woman’s sham wedding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=14)