# The Machine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 6, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236 "2023-04-06T06:06:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/1 "2023-04-06T06:06:22Z")

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A trailer for a new action-comedy:  
[THE MACHINE Official Trailer (2023) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnWwjnM7N5Q)

Mark Hamill in the mother-@#$%^&\* MACHINE!

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/2 "2023-04-06T06:14:37Z")

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I heard the “Machine” story on the radio years ago, so it’s not that new, even if the film is…

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/3 "2023-04-06T11:25:04Z")

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Kind of bad timing to be doing a movie based in Russia, but I always enjoyed the skit.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/4 "2023-04-06T12:03:24Z")

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That looks very funny. I wonder how much appeal it will have to people who haven’t heard the routine?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/5 "2023-04-06T14:54:17Z")

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I thought it might be a flick based on “The Machine Stops”.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/6 "2023-04-06T15:21:51Z")

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I think the addition of Mark Hammil to the story will draw people to the movie, the original skit itself can be played out in the first couple of minutes and the curious can see the skit on YouTube. I still thinks its funny as hell. It should appeal to the people that went to see Cocaine Bear.

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-machine/982236/7 "2023-04-06T18:05:14Z")

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It was originally delayed a year due to the Ukraine invasion, but it was filmed entirely in Bulgaria or Romania.