# Not Coming To A Theater Near You

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742 "2009-11-07T23:23:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/261 "2009-12-11T09:54:26Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> Sadly, it wouldn’t be any less accurate that anything on _The Tudors_.

I think _The Tudors_ is very accurate. I mean, women did have breasts back then didn’t they?

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/262 "2009-12-11T10:04:36Z")

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**The Phantom Menace of the Opera** : A Sith Lord haunts the production of an opera and kidnaps the lead female singer

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/263 "2009-12-11T10:32:54Z")

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**Return of the Jed** A formerly poor mountaineer returns to his old home to settle a feud with the neighbors.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/264 "2009-12-11T14:26:06Z")

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**The 5,000 fingers of Dr. Strangelove, Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Dr. Seuss.**

\*\*Who Framed Roger and Me?: \*\*Michael Moore chases after some mysterious big-business judge with a ludicrous road-building scheme.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/265 "2009-12-11T14:39:57Z")

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**Public Enemas** - a commentary on the modern health care system and how scrimping leads to public humiliation … and defecation.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/266 "2009-12-11T14:59:17Z")

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_The Princess and the Flog_ - A beautiful young New Orleans woman discovers the naughty pleasures of BDSM.

_New Loon_ - Angsty vampires sink their teeth into noisy waterfowl.

_Sinvictus_ - A South African rugby team is sidelined by hedonism.

_Prawn Legacy_ - Digitized shrimp rule a cyberspace gaming environment. Rated “S” for Seafood.

_Avatarheel_ - Amazing CGI effects make you think you’re actually watching a UNC basketball game… and you are!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/267 "2009-12-11T19:27:39Z")

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**Doctor Jekyll and Mr. T:** A meek physician creates a drug that releases his hidden side and causes him to pity “foos” far more than he did before.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/268 "2009-12-11T19:48:30Z")

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**Mail-Order Bride of Frankenstein:** “I hope she likes body-builders.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/269 "2009-12-11T20:18:01Z")

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**Avatar and Feathers:** A soldier disguised as a member of an alien race finds himself the target of mob justice.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/270 "2009-12-11T21:55:08Z")

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_Stand by Wii_ – A fat kid and his friends play video games all afternoon.

_New Age Music High School_ – Manheim Steamroller visits a high school.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/271 "2009-12-11T23:52:27Z")

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**Flight Club** A man and his imaginary friend lead a group of people trying to regain their manhood by stealing airplanes.

Shelved because its similarity to recent events was seen to be in poor taste.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/272 "2009-12-12T00:03:10Z")

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\*\*Harry Potter and the Sword in the Stone

Harry Potter and The Star Chamber

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Zenda

Harry Potter and the Reign of Fire\*

Harry Potter and the Flight of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow\*\*

\*he really has trouble with dragons in this one

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/273 "2009-12-12T00:11:09Z")

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**Good Dead** Friendly zombies help a group of stranded teenagers find their way back to civilization

**Harry Potter and the Ring of Fire** Harry tries Hagrid’s “Don’t bother ringing the fire department, It’s too late” chili. Let’s just say the burning is literal and leave it at that.

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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/274 "2009-12-12T01:15:52Z")

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**Two Mules For Sarah Palin** - A would be shoe designer crosses paths with a rogue disguised as a vice-presidential candidate on the 2008 campaign trail.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/275 "2009-12-12T02:17:03Z")

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**Aleague of Their Own Under The Sea:** The story of the first women’s underwater baseball league. There may be crying, but how could you tell?

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**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/276 "2009-12-12T05:50:43Z")

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**Bend It Like Becket** - Thomas is a Saxon who dreams of playing with the ruling elite. Henry is a Norman & the King of England. Can these two maintain a friendship & make Thomas’s dream come true despite petty jealousies & a disapproving family?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/277 "2009-12-12T07:16:18Z")

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**The Mac:** A pimp goes into the computer business.

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**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:** [December 12, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/278 "2009-12-12T19:23:34Z")

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Terminator: Salivation:  
He coming from the future to drool on you!

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/279 "2009-12-12T19:58:51Z")

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**The Lion in Winter** - Continues the adventures of Simba (Matthew Broderick) through his capture and being sent to the Chicago zoo where he spends the winter mating a new pack of lionesses (Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Ali Lohan, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, and Gilbert Gottfried).

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-coming-to-a-theater-near-you/516742/280 "2009-12-12T21:02:46Z")

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**Breakfast of Champions:** The Wheaties story.

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