# Movie, or puchline to a joke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930 "2005-11-20T13:57:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/1 "2005-11-20T13:57:08Z")

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They’ve remade the Poisiden Adventure. With Steve Gutenberg.

Lord take me now I’m ready to go.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/2 "2005-11-20T15:11:56Z")

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_Punchline._  
_Poseidon._  
_Guttenberg._

Actually, there are two remakes: the tv movie [The Poseidon Adventure](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419358/), airing tonight (the one with Steve Guttenberg); and a theatrical movie, [Posedion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/), to be released in 2006.

The tv movie sounds pretty cheesy, but the theatrical movie is being directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who has some really good movies in his resume, including [Das Boot](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/). So, it could actually be good.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/3 "2005-11-20T15:13:49Z")

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Note that after correcting **betenoir** , I managed to misspell “Poseidon” in the same post.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/4 "2005-11-20T16:05:10Z")

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Personally… I’ really excited about tonight’s tv movie…

I may actually watch it over the repeate of Supernatural… decisions… decisions.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/5 "2005-11-21T01:53:13Z")

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> [@betenoir](#):
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> They’ve remade the Poisiden Adventure. With Steve Gutenberg.

Never underestimate the power of the Stonecutters.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/6 "2005-11-21T13:28:03Z")

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> [@Baldwin](#):
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> Note that after correcting **betenoir** , I managed to misspell “Poseidon” in the same post.

😃

I had the feeling I’d mispelled pretty much everything but I just saw the ad before leaving for work so didn’t proofread.

So it was on last night? Well at least it’s over.

“A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year’s eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape”

Terrorists…how edgy and topical.

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> Never underestimate the power of the Stonecutters.

I never will again. Does that mean he’s not actually behind the Chinese Checkes next to Abe Vigota?

Pity.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-or-puchline-to-a-joke/331930/7 "2005-11-21T13:37:34Z")

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We had the TV movie on 3 or 4 weeks ago. Wonder what it was like?