Same Name, Different Song - er, ah, I mean, Movie

[Palimelon]

How about Passengers, two really bad movies? Granted the first sucked way more than the second one, but still.

 

[Twilight Man]

I knew it would only be a matter of time until someone accidently reposted.

https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/58936-same-name-different-song-er-ah-i-mean-movie/#findComment-3414586

Please examine the entire two pages of posts before accidently reposting, otherwise, this thread will be full of reposts like the music one.

Just My Luck (1957) --- Norman works in a jewelers workshop and fantasizes (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop.

Just My Luck (2006) ---  Is it wrong that I enjoy watching Lindsay getting punched in the face???

Just My Luck (2023) -- This is Rob West, a down on his luck ex-con just trying to be a better man.

[Twilight Man]

Top Gun (1955) --  Sterling Hayden protects a town from outlaws planning a raid.

Top Gun (1985)  ---  I feel the need ---  the need for SPEED!!!!

[Twilight Man]

  On 7/7/2017 at 8:09 PM, Twilight Man said:

Raw Deal (1948) - Joe Sullivan has taken the rap for Rick who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.

Raw Deal (1986) - AH-NULD!!!

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  On 7/8/2017 at 11:13 AM, paulvdb said:

Red Heat (1985): An American woman visiting her fiancée in West Germany is caught up with a defecting spy and captured by those in the East.

Red Heat (1988): A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

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  On 7/8/2017 at 11:29 AM, paulvdb said:

Triplets (1961): a comedy from the Philippines that does not have a plot description on IMDB.

Triplets (announced): Julius and Vincent Benedict discover they have a third sibling.

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The Running Man (1963):  Laurence Harvey fakes his own death.   Alan Bates investigates and discovers he is not dead.

The Running Man (1987):   How many "one-liners" can Ah-Nuld squeeze into one film????

 

Is that "Triplets" movie happening or not?????

[paulvdb]

  On 3/26/2025 at 7:25 PM, Twilight Man said:

 

Is that "Triplets" movie happening or not?????

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I posted that in 2017 and haven't heard any more news about it so I'm assuming it's not happening.

And to get back on topic:

Twins (1925): As a man leaves for a business trip, his identical twin brother Stan arrives in town (both played by Stan Laurel). People mistake one for the other, and complications ensue concerning Stan's fiancée and his brother's jealous wife.

Twins (1988): A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who turns out to be a short, womanizing, small-time crook.

[Twilight Man]

Rampage (1963)  ---  Robert Mitchum and Jack Hawkins hunt down a pair of Malay tigers and a rare leopard-tiger hybrid known as "the Enchantress".

Rampage (1987) --- Alex McArthur is a serial killer who commits a number of brutal mutilation-slayings in order to drink blood as a result of paranoid delusions. He is captured, but Michael Biehn believes that he is insane.

Rampage (2018)  ---  "I was just thinking  ''''The only thing that's missing right now is a big giant lizard.'''''  "