# Replot a work of fiction based entirely on the title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583 "2014-12-07T17:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/41 "2014-12-10T19:48:41Z")
The Lord of the Rings Actual plot: High fantasy epic about a dark lord of evil and his ring of power, and a quest to destroy it by a fellowship of races lead by a wizard. New plot: Slapstick comedy set in the 1980’s around an effeminate gay jeweler trying to give his partner a promise ring, only it gets swallowed by a dog and they have to journey across the country to get it back from a dark lord of evil ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/42 "2014-12-10T21:06:18Z")
_Inherit the Wind_ Actual: A courtroom/philosophical drama inspired by the Scopes trial. New: Howard Hughes’s housekeeper learns that she has an inheritance: twelve years of his passed gas that he saved in Mason jars. _All in the Family_ Actual: A blue collar family struggles with generation gap and making ends meet. New: An ancient history reality show about which member of an incredibly inbred Egyptian dynasty will inherit when Uncle Grandpa Dad sails into the Afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/43 "2014-12-10T21:27:38Z")
_Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner_ Actual: Purported liberals struggle when their daughter becomes engaged to a black guy. New: A cooking competition show, where amateurs have to decide what to make for a meal where the Mystery Guest will be either a ultra-orthodox rabbi, a strict vegan, or a lactose-intolerant celebrity. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/44 "2014-12-10T21:59:40Z")
Designing Women: Before: a group of interior decorators and their pet male work and play together. After: An unscrupulous geneticist with the ability to mature somebody from zygote to young adulthood in a matter of months takes orders for custom made wives and concubines for the very rich. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/45 "2014-12-10T23:19:24Z")
John Carter: A tough-talking, no-nonsense, tough-love new principal arrives to turn around a flagging inner-city high school. Based exceedingly loosely on a true story! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/46 "2014-12-11T00:02:42Z")
Mission Impossible: A team of superspies deals with how unachievable their latest mission is. X-Men: A group of transgendered women deals with society’s prejudice. Thor: A six year old with two missing front teeth has a very painful spine injury. Guardians of the Galaxy: Three men working at Samsung headquarters lose the prototype for the Galaxy S5. They need to get it back before the boss returns on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![jezzaOZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/47 "2014-12-12T09:17:14Z")
**Thor** Beautilful woman with lisp encounters Norse God. In the morning he says “Hello I’m Thor”. She replies “Tho am I but throughly thatithfied” ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/48 "2014-12-12T15:32:30Z")
**"Wings of Desire"** Documentary about the deep fried origins of the spicy bar food, originating in Buffalo, NY. ---
**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, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/49 "2014-12-12T17:01:34Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > **The Twilight Saga** > > The heroic adventures of a man who is afraid of the dark, but also suffers from photodermatitis, and so must adventure only at dusk. One of these days I’m going to write a fanfic where Twilight Sparkle falls in love with a talking bat and a talking wolf. 😃 The Lord of the Rings.: The rise of a jewelry store chain mogul. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/50 "2014-12-12T19:37:49Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > **The Grapes of Wrath** > Actual plot: A family of poor tenant farmers leave dust-bowl-ridden Oklahoma for California, hoping it’s the promised land, only to end up being poor itinerant fruit pickers. > > New plot: a vicious wine cartel is overthrown by its oppressed workers, who turn out to be just as corrupt as their former overlords. A cautionary tale of the dangers of power. And booze. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > What? No, by the angry grapes. No, you both got it wrong. A family of farmers becomes enraged at their failing crop, and stops the remainder into mush. A few days later, they discover … WINE! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/51 "2014-12-12T19:46:38Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > **A Tree Grows in Brooklyn** - This Andy Warhol experimental film, long thought to be lost, chronicles 5 straight days in the life of a Bensonhurst elm. Will pollution cause the leaves to wilt? Stay alert for Andy’s cameo, and bring your pillow! In a similar vein, _The Picture of Dorian Gray_, follows a number of people for years who come to a place every day to study an oil painting, and captures their ageing process through time lapse photography. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/52 "2014-12-12T23:10:10Z")
**Escape from New York** : Before: In the future, New York City has been turned into an enormous prison camp. After: A love story about a young Hunter College sorority girl and a cabbie who are trapped in the Holland Tunnel on 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/53 "2014-12-13T21:59:10Z")
The Firm A documentary about muscle-worship (or impotence). ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/54 "2014-12-14T00:59:15Z")
**Top Gun:** Gunnery Sergeant John Rutledge, USMC is the insertive partner in an intimate relationship. **Pulp Fiction:** In the doldrums of 2009, six recent college graduates learn about life and love in a combination juice bar/used-book store. **The Name of the Rose:** Zaniness ensues when a prominent florist hits his head and suffers temporary amnesia – a week before his own daughter’s wedding! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/55 "2014-12-14T03:27:49Z")
**The Sopranos** Actual plot: the mob and shit New plot: a bad Glee ripoff \*\* Dexter\*\* Actual plot: what if CSI Miami was a serial killer? New plot: what if Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory grew up to be a serial killer? **Knight Rider** Actual plot: David Hasslehoff. Talking car. 80’s crimefighting New plot: A medieval knight travels through time and joins a biker gang and convinces them to fight crime instead of committing it **Cougar Town** Actual plot: Courtney Cox and friends drink wine. A lot. New plot: A drama about a small town afflicted with a huge number of mountain lion attacks **Guardians of the Galaxy** Actual plot: Dunno, I haven’t seen it yet, cosmic Marvel stuff, I guess New plot: basically the Avengers of the 30th century (in space!) **The Fast and the Furious** Actual plot: Cars. New plot: The first ever Marvel/DC teamup movie, pairing Wally West with Bruce Banner **Star Trek 2: the Wrath of Khan** Actual plot: Follow up on an old Star Trek episode, pitting Kirk against an old nemesis New plot: Kirk vs Hank Hill’s neighbor ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/56 "2014-12-16T06:09:53Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > **The Grapes of Wrath** > > New plot: a vicious wine cartel is overthrown by its oppressed workers, who turn out to be just as corrupt as their former overlords. A cautionary tale of the dangers of power. And booze. . . . done as a hard-hitting musical (reminiscent of West Side Story), starring [The California Raisins](http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC_California-Raisins-Title-Plate.jpg). (Actually, **fachverwirrt** ’s new plot substantially _is_ the plot of Orwell’s Animal Farm.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/57 "2014-12-16T12:36:48Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > **Knight Rider** > > Actual plot: David Hasslehoff. Talking car. 80’s crimefighting > > New plot: A medieval knight travels through time and joins a biker gang and convinces them to fight crime instead of committing it > [ Been done, already. And under that title, too. > **[Knightriders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightriders)** > > Knightriders is a 1981 American action drama film written and directed by George A. Romero and starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, and Christine Forrest. It was filmed entirely on location in the Pittsburgh metro area, including Fawn Township and Natrona during the summer of 1980. > The film represents a change of pace for Romero, known primarily for his horror films; it is a personal drama about a traveling renaissance fair troupe. > Billy leads a traveli... But I suspicion you knew this. ---
**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 17, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/58 "2014-12-17T22:37:42Z")
The Desolation of Smaug: Bilbo cheers up Smaug “Thanks for the help, mate” said Smaug “Anything I can ever do for you let me know.” Bilbo looked around at the mountains of gold and smiles. “Well I wound’t mind a bit of gold, if it’s alright.” “Of course, mate. Here ya go!” Smaug replied. Smaug hands Bilbo the smallest gold coin he’d ever seen. At that moment Bilbo vowed never to help a dragon again. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/59 "2014-12-18T22:10:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Been done, already. And under that title, too. > [Knightriders - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightriders) > But I suspicion you knew this. I did not. I knew there was a Romero movie with that title, but I’ve never seen it, nor knew anything about its plot. Thanks for letting me know. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/60 "2014-12-18T23:01:08Z")
African Queen Actual plot: A grizzled old drunk teams up with a spinster missionary to take a boat down an African river destroying the boat and a German ship, and through it all fall in love. New plot: A Nigerian cross-dresser fights to gain acceptance as a Cher impersonator. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583.md?page=4)