# Rewrite a well-known movie by first subtly altering the title... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906 "2003-11-01T23:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/1 "2003-11-01T23:15:17Z")
**Eaty: The Extra-Terrestrial** A cute alien is haplessly stranded on Earth. Taken in by a small boy, he befriends and beguiles the whole family, then kills and devours them. Your turn… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/2 "2003-11-01T23:20:34Z")
**Star Wars IV: A Bob Hope** The Galactric War continues and there’s no one to entertain the clone troops. Until… ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/3 "2003-11-01T23:40:44Z")
**Charlie’s Angles** A math professor fights crime by altering the angles of criminal masterminds using non-Euclidean geometry and women in skimpy clothing… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/4 "2003-11-01T23:58:32Z")
_Star Whores_ -The Jedi brothel episode ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/5 "2003-11-02T03:08:18Z")
Alfred Hitchcock’s _The Byrds_. Ancient rock and roll band terrorises a town by playing _Turn Turn Turn_ non-stop. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/6 "2003-11-02T03:20:23Z")
Isn’t this the premise for most 80’s porn? ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/7 "2003-11-02T04:12:12Z")
**Young Eisenstein** Young Australian director unwittingly discovers some of the most groundbreaking cinematic techniques of all time by filming his teen sex romp. Down-under hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/8 "2003-11-02T04:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aasna \* > \*\*Alfred Hitchcock’s _The Byrds_. > > Ancient rock and roll band terrorises a town by playing _Turn Turn Turn_ non-stop. \*\* That’s funny, I like… ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/9 "2003-11-02T04:20:53Z")
In a thread like this, the movie **Mr. Mom** can take on a whole new meaning. A transvestite tries out life as a stay-at-home father/mother when his life partner decides to enter the work force. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/10 "2003-11-02T04:31:04Z")
**Flushdance** The sorid tale of a young chemist attempting to flee Pittsburgh with his new secret formula that can end constipation forever. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/11 "2003-11-02T04:42:50Z")
**Fetal Attraction** The _ultimate_ Lolita movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ruiniform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ruiniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruiniform)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/12 "2003-11-02T04:49:06Z")
**Bravefart** One man…one burrito…one moment to make his move while you’re coughing. Brought to you by the producers of Speed III: Silent But Deadly. Coming to theaters November 7. ---
**Author:** ![Ruiniform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ruiniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruiniform)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/13 "2003-11-02T04:54:47Z")
**Bravefart** One man…one burrito…one moment to make his move while you’re coughing. Brought to you by the producers of Speed III: Silent But Deadly. Coming to theaters November 7. ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/14 "2003-11-02T05:56:58Z")
**It’s a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World** Screwball comedy starring Michael Jackson as a child who refuses to grow up and finds himself approaching middle age wondering why the rest of the world stares at him like a freak. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_VA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f475e1/32.png) [@Alex\_VA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_VA)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/15 "2003-11-02T06:04:12Z")
**Harry Pothead and the Sorcerer’s Stoned** 'Nuff said ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/16 "2003-11-02T06:17:52Z")
**Last of Them O’Hicans** - the sad tale of a penniless Irish clan and their final stand on God’s green earth. ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/17 "2003-11-02T06:22:31Z")
**Black Hawk Downs** Wherein, a young Native American named Black Hawk, determined to rise above the poverty of his childhood reservation, opens up a succesful horse racing track in the middle of the Nevada desert! ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/18 "2003-11-02T06:28:40Z")
**The Seven Samaritans** A band of cheerful do-gooders travel the land helping people in their trivial day-to-day concerns, and teaching the world a lesson in kindness and brotherhood… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/19 "2003-11-02T06:45:37Z")
**High Fatality** Rob Gordon recounts his Top 5 serial kills. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906/20 "2003-11-02T08:32:50Z")
**Mush, Mush, Sweet Charlotte** A southern husky bitch races in the Iditerod, tormented by one of her long-lost litter mates, as the locals try to confiscate her sled. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-a-well-known-movie-by-first-subtly-altering-the-title/210906.md?page=2)