# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![SilentButDeftly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SilentButDeftly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentButDeftly)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/81 "2004-07-21T19:51:34Z")
> [@Kilt-wearin' man](#): > > What begins as a diplomatic mission to SouthCentral LA soon has young ObiWan Kenobi and his Jedi Master embroiled in a gang war that threatens the very fabric of the Old Republic… That would be **The Phantom Menace 2 Society** How about this: A coming-of-age story about a boy sent to life with his eccentric uncles on the African plains, where he mistakenly thinks he is responsible for his own father’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/82 "2004-07-21T19:51:44Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **Defending your Life of Brian**??? Oo! That’s a good guess… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/83 "2004-07-21T19:52:10Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > And It’s not \*\*Romeo Must Die \*\* as the other half of mine… I’ve never actually seen that. Hmmm. Maybe I can think of a better clue… **Die Hard Boiled**? An American fights to hold off the communist invasion of England untry by ripping out the throats of the invaders. ---
**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 21, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/84 "2004-07-21T19:55:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **Die Hard Boiled** Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/85 "2004-07-21T20:11:14Z")
How about this: A coming-of-age story about a boy sent to life with his eccentric uncles on the African plains, where he mistakenly thinks he is responsible for his own father’s death. **Second Hand Lion King** The inspiring true story of Shirley Muldowney, female professional dragster driver and leader of the Scottish rebellion against the forces of the English King Edward I… **Braveheart Like a Wheel** Heartwarming tale of a small-town lawyer defending a transvestite serial killer falsely accused of raping a white woman. **Dressed to Kill a Mockingbird** mine: Mockumentary about a contest where dogs and strippers vie for top honors in Las Vegas. ---
**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 21, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/86 "2004-07-21T20:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Mockumentary about a contest where dogs and strippers vie for top honors in Las Vegas **Best in Showgirls** Elinor and Marianne see dead people. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/87 "2004-07-21T20:15:30Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Mockumentary about a contest where dogs and strippers vie for top honors in Las Vegas. **Best in Showgirls** A foul-mouthed waterfowl crashes on earth where he discovers that Freedonia and Sylvania have declared war. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/88 "2004-07-21T20:18:19Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > **Best in Showgirls** > > Elinor and Marianne see dead people. **Sixth Sense and Sensibility** Damn, that was a funny clue! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/89 "2004-07-21T20:23:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Movie star dies in a car accident and must navigate his personal demons in a bizarre afterlife. Meanwhile on Earth his fans must solve deep questions about his putative son. Sigh, I am probably making a mistake in the plot somewhere, like I usually did in the “obscured lyrics” thread, thus making it not just really really difficult but impossible. I was thinking of “What Dreams May Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jmmy Dean”. ---
**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 21, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/90 "2004-07-21T20:24:46Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > A foul-mouthed waterfowl crashes on earth where he discovers that Freedonia and Sylvania have declared war. **Howard the Duck Soup** A submarine commander can only orgasm while submerged. ---
**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 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/91 "2004-07-21T20:32:36Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I was thinking of “What Dreams May Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jmmy Dean”. Ooh. I like the title. Williams played a doctor in “What Dreams May Come” so that threw me. I couldn’t remember how he died. Didn’t the kids die in a car accident? Change the clue around and toss it in again later. We’ll all have forgotten by then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/92 "2004-07-21T20:36:59Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Ooh. I like the title. > > Williams played a doctor in “What Dreams May Come” so that threw me. I couldn’t remember how he died. Didn’t the kids die in a car accident? But if you don’t say “movie star” then it’s hard to get the “Jimmy Dean” part. I think it was just tough all around. ---
**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 21, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/93 "2004-07-21T20:50:51Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > But if you don’t say “movie star” then it’s hard to get the “Jimmy Dean” part. Oops. Sorry. I’m getting hung up on one half of the clue. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/94 "2004-07-21T21:09:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > A submarine commander can only orgasm while submerged. Oo, tough one, I’m going to guess: **Prince of Crimson Tides** And add: A dashing hero and an archeologist are pursued by the cursed spirit of an ancient Egyptian priest armed with wire coat hangers. ---
**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 21, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/95 "2004-07-21T21:15:47Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Oo, tough one, I’m going to guess: > > **Prince of Crimson Tides** > > And add: > > A dashing hero and an archeologist are pursued by the cursed spirit of an ancient Egyptian priest armed with wire coat hangers. That would be _The Mummy Dearest_ A pilot returns home to discover that he’s already there…just as a new global ice age descends on the world. Now he must battle evil corporate clone makers while trying to rescue his family from the deep-freeze the city has become! ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/96 "2004-07-21T21:18:30Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > A submarine commander can only orgasm while submerged. I don’t care if it’s right or not, but I’m going with… **Das Booty Call** {this may require some title adjustment…} Vin Diesel is recruited by the government to take over the English throne by claiming a legendary sword. ---
**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 21, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/97 "2004-07-21T21:20:54Z")
I don’t have a new clue, but two people have already got this one wrong: > [@jsgoddess](#): > > A submarine commander can only orgasm while submerged. **Run Silent, Run Deep Throat** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/98 "2004-07-21T21:24:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > An American fights to hold off the communist invasion of England untry by ripping out the throats of the invaders. I think this got lost in the multiple postings. ---
**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 21, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/99 "2004-07-21T21:37:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I think this got lost in the multiple postings. Or maybe we’re just all baffled. ---
**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 21, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030/100 "2004-07-21T21:39:05Z")
> [@Kilt-wearin' man](#): > > That would be _The Mummy Dearest_ > > A pilot returns home to discover that he’s already there…just as a new global ice age descends on the world. Now he must battle evil corporate clone makers while trying to rescue his family from the deep-freeze the city has become! **The 6th Day After Tomorrow** > [@](#): > > I don’t care if it’s right or not, but I’m going with… > Das Booty Call That is much funnier than mine! But **Terminus Est** got the one I actually meant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-merger-madness/256030.md?page=6)