# Movies that COULD stand a rebooting

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-stand-a-rebooting/559970 "2010-11-08T22:49:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-stand-a-rebooting/559970/61 "2010-12-01T08:17:11Z")

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I thought I’d reboot this thread because I had an idea:

**Smokey and the Bandit**  
Mark Wahlberg as Bandit, Kate Hudson as Carrie, and Owen Wilson as Cledus, with Jon Polito as Buford T Justice.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-stand-a-rebooting/559970/62 "2010-12-01T11:45:16Z")

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I’d like to see some big battle epics like Waterloo remade. Are there any America civil war battles that would be cinematic?

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