# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/61 "2014-12-18T23:14:36Z")
How the West Was Won Actual Plot: An epic story spanning generations of one family’s involvement with opening and settling of the Western Frontier of America. New plot: Following an extra during the filming of “She Done Him Wrong” that explains his method of seducing Mae West. ---
**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 18, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/62 "2014-12-18T23:27:38Z")
**A Bridge Too Far** : engineers are chagrined to discover that a measurement mistake has led to a bridge overextending it’s supports. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/63 "2014-12-18T23:44:44Z")
**_Miracle on 34th Street_:** _Actual:_ A single mother and her overly-rational little girl discover the true meaning of Christmas after meeting a kindly old man who insists that he’s Santa Claus. _New plot:_ A black guy succeeds in hailing a cab. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/64 "2014-12-19T00:09:04Z")
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back We all know the original plot here, right? (Luke, I am your father, etc. etc.) New version - In the first Celebrity Apprentice movie, D-list stars are tasked to bowl for charitable causes. In an action-packed edge-of-your-seat finish, Team Empire wins with a strike on the final frame. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/65 "2014-12-19T00:11:12Z")
**The Interview** Actual plot: A comedy where James Franco and Seth Rogan try to kill Kim Jon Un New plot: A documentary where Sony executives try to explain why they’re such wussbags ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/66 "2014-12-19T00:14:05Z")
**The Fury** Actual plot: A government agent is determined to come to his son’s rescue when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities. New plot: My wife’s reaction when I refused to take out the garbage last night. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/67 "2014-12-19T00:35:16Z")
The Maltese Falcon Old plot: A private detective becomes enmeshed in plots and crisscrosses as three rival bad guys attempt to procure a valuable artifact New plot: A tough guy ornithologist crisscrosses the Mediterranean to catch a glimpse of _Accipiter Maguffinus_. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/68 "2014-12-19T00:44:36Z")
**Star Wars: A New Hope** Original - the story ends with the Empire being defeated New - Hollywood celebrities vie for the chance to be the next Bob Hope ---
**Author:** ![Micahd02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@Micahd02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Micahd02)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/69 "2014-12-19T13:54:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually not that far off the mark. Ridley Scott took the title from Alan E. Nourse’s science fiction novel about people who provide illicit medical supplies (like scalpels = blades) to black market doctors in a dystopian future. Scott evidently hated “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” as a title, and “Bladerunner” sounded infinitely cooler. > > You can’t say he stole it – he explicitly thanks Nourse (and William S. Burroughs, who did a scenario based on it) at the end of the credits for **Bladerunner**. > > Nourse’s book is well worth the read, by the way. And Nourse’s book is actually called “THE Bladerunner” IIRC ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/70 "2014-12-19T14:50:52Z")
The Sacketts Actual plot: A family in the Old West feuds with another group until the story ends with a shoot out where all the bad guys die. New plot: Those little bags Quikki Marts and 7/11s give to customers gain an awareness of their existence and attempt to communicate with humans. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/71 "2014-12-19T15:55:07Z")
The [Terminator](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_%28solar%29). Genre: Romantic drama. An American guy meets a French girl in Vienna. They wander the streets during the night and forge an unexpected bond through long conversations. As dawn approaches, they will have to make a difficult choice about whether or not to separate in the morning. ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/72 "2014-12-19T16:20:45Z")
Quigley down Under Actual plot: An American cowboy goes to Australia and fights bad guys and stands up for the weak and downtrodden. New plot: Um…ah…never mind, it’s porn. ---
**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 19, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/73 "2014-12-19T20:57:42Z")
_Last Tango in Paris_– A French remake of _Footloose._ ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Matt_Mason)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/74 "2014-12-20T03:14:08Z")
**Casino Royale** Actual plot: A taut spy thriller. New plot: A tour of all the Burger Kings in France. **The Jungle Book** Actual plot: Mowgli and his jungle buddies. New plot: Time-lapse photography of a Mumbai telephone book taken out in the jungle during monsoon season and left to rot. **The Maltese Falcon** Actual plot: Definitive noir detective thriller. New plot: Wacky documentary about WB/Hanna-Barbera writer Michael Maltese and his new hobby, training raptors. -MMM- ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/75 "2014-12-20T16:15:24Z")
Cloud Atlas: An insane wizard makes a map of every cloud that exists. or Cloud Strife takes up bodybuilding with impressive results. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/76 "2014-12-20T16:20:38Z")
Groundhog Day: Filmed on February 2nd, this movie shows the result of the emergence of every weather predicting groundhog on the planet. SPOILER ALERT: It tends to get very repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![grue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9bd4f/32.png) [@grue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grue)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/77 "2014-12-23T17:02:50Z")
The Long Kiss Goodnight Before: A missing-in-action CIA agent brainwashes herself into flying under the radar by living as an amnesiac school teacher. After: Two lovers just can’t get enough of each other, but comical mishaps keep on preventing them from kissing each other goodnight. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/78 "2014-12-23T17:07:09Z")
Some Like It Hot Old version: When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. New version: Documentary about the topless barista shacks bursting out across the country. ---
**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 24, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583/79 "2014-12-24T17:24:11Z")
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: A woman named Dawn’s adventures on the planet of the apes. (XXX rated) (The “sequel” Dawn of the Dead was disgusting) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replot-a-work-of-fiction-based-entirely-on-the-title/706583.md?page=3)