# You have to lose a major movie studio hundreds of millions, what bad movie do you make? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 25, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733 "2024-04-25T09:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [April 26, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/121 "2024-04-26T14:38:30Z")
**Star Trek: Beyond Musical** All singing, all dancing mission of the starship Enterprise. See Klingons tap dance. Hear Spock sing, “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.” LENS FLARE! LENS FLARE, people! Prepare to be dazzled beyond the rim of star-light! Live long and… scene. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/122 "2024-04-26T15:56:43Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > “All Dressed Up!”, a comprehensive, twelve part look at the history of textiles! Starring Morgan Freeman as “The Voice of Polyester” and lovingly narrated by Bobcat Goldthwaite. You won’t believe how vividly the CGI brings advanced textile manufacturing techniques to life. Presented in SMELL-O-VISION at selected theatres. WARNING: You must see this film from the beginning! The manager has been instructed not to let anyone into the theatre after it starts. “Five stars! I can’t believe how little I knew about textile production techniques and tits socioeconomic ramifications” - Hollywood Reporter. “See it, doofus” - BestMovieEver.comm If you want Smell-O-Vision, you should do a documentary on leather tanning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/123 "2024-04-26T16:20:32Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > “Five stars! I can’t believe how little I knew about textile production techniques and tits socioeconomic ramifications” - _Snicker._ Sorry, I’m such a juvenile. (At heart, not really.) I was going to suggest an action/disaster movie based on the [Great Molasses Flood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood) but that might actually be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/124 "2024-04-26T17:12:25Z")
That’s all of the two hour third episode! ---
**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:** [April 26, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/125 "2024-04-26T17:51:31Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > tar Trek: Beyond Musical They could just film **Keep on Trekkin’ – The Star Trek Musical** from Mad #186 > **[1976 Mad Star Trek Musical](https://mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com/2008/11/1976-mad-star-trek-spoof.html)** > > Shatner and Nimoy have a laugh at their expense during filming. In October of 1976 I found this issue of Mad which featured an awesome Trek ... ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/126 "2024-04-26T17:58:58Z")
It’s been done. German comedy- enuf said: > **[Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumschiff_Surprise_%E2%80%93_Periode_1)** > > Bullyparadeby Michael Bully Herbig > (T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 ("Dream/Spaceship Surprise — Period 1") is a 2004 German comedy film by Michael "Bully" Herbig. It is a spoof of the 1960s American television series Star Trek and parodies several science fiction films. > As a spiritual successor to Der Schuh des Manitu, the film is based on a recurring skit from Herbig's TV show Bullyparade, "Unser (T)Raumschiff". The title and plot allude to Raumschiff Enterprise, the German title of Star ... ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/127 "2024-04-26T18:03:46Z")
Read it in high school. Sure, it’s a tough read, but I could tell it was great. And yes, I think it could be dramatized. War in Heaven? The Creation? Expulsion from Eden? Not word for word, but still, it could be great. I haven’t read the entire thread, but if nobody’s suggested _Scrappy Doo: The Prequel_ (or the anything, really) that would be my choice. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/128 "2024-04-26T18:05:09Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > Chris Farley as Homer J Simpsons > Sharon Stone as Marge Simpson > Zachery Ty Bryan as Bart Simpson > Christina Ricci as Lisa Simpson Who plays Cousin O.J.? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/129 "2024-04-26T18:29:27Z")
Shot-for-shot remake of _Birth of a Nation_, except all the characters are race-swapped. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/130 "2024-04-26T18:31:15Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > _Scrappy Doo: The Prequel_ How do you have a prequel for someone who was canonically born in the middle of the show itself? On second thought, don’t answer that. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/131 "2024-04-26T20:04:30Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I will make a hyperviolent action horror movie about the Comic Sans font becoming sapient due to demonic possession and attempting to destroy humanity. I saw that episode, not bad at all [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B5Fd4EUY77A/maxresdefault.jpg "Teen Titans Go! | Robin Loves Comic Sans | Cartoon Network UK") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Fd4EUY77A) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/132 "2024-04-26T20:08:17Z")
btw, why not lose money by making a _good_ movie, e.g. Ivan the Terrible Part 3, or something original [believe me, I have you covered 😉], or anything else really as long as it is not a Hollywood-style movie. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/133 "2024-04-26T20:14:52Z")
_Carrie: The Musical_? (I know it’s [been done](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(musical)), but not on the screen. The financial failure worked quite well on Broadway, $8 million and 5 performances. I’ve heard that every theater person in New York was calling all their friends night and day, screaming “You’ve GOT to go see this, quick before it closes.” I’d give anything to have been one of them.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/134 "2024-04-26T20:25:42Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > Since Chris Farley isn’t how-you-say _available…_ > > Asuka specified 1996. 99% of the budget will be the time machine… ---
**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:** [April 26, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/135 "2024-04-26T20:27:07Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Read it in high school. Sure, it’s a tough read, but I could tell it was great. And yes, I think it could be dramatized. War in Heaven? The Creation? Expulsion from Eden? Not word for word, but still, it could be great. Sure, it can be dramatized – easily. Lotsa special effects. But the post stated it was simply to be _read_ – no visuals – and by Drew Carey. That ought to be a real money-loser. And I agree it’s great, but I had a helluva time getting past that language. And I’ve read lots of difficult stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/136 "2024-04-26T20:40:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Star Trek: Beyond Musical Not only will it be a success, there will be people on this board saying it is the best trek ever. ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/137 "2024-04-26T20:49:26Z")
The easy answer is to think of a unsullied, cherished IP from your childhood and do a gritty reboot of it. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/138 "2024-04-26T20:50:43Z")
The solution is clearly for the movie studio to speculatively expend hundreds of millions trying to exhume and clone Errol Flynn. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/139 "2024-04-26T21:10:04Z")
_My Little Pony in da Hood_ FTW! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733/140 "2024-04-26T23:03:28Z")
There’s actually a musical about the people of Gander, NFLD and their response to people from more than 100 countries coming to their city on 9/11. I only know this because it’s been playing in my city. > **[Come from Away](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_from_Away)** > > Come from Away is a musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. It is based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport. The characters in the musical are based on actual Gander residents and stranded travelers they housed and fed. Audiences and critics have received the musical as a catharti... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733.md?page=8)