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Are We Done Yet? was the sequel to an original film, but was weirdly also a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Along the same lines, Ocean's Twelve was based on an unrelated script first intended as a John Woo project. Can we think of any other examples of a sequel to an original movie starting life as an unconnected film?
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at 2:39 PM on April 30, 2008
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Starting January 13th, the retooled Masterpiece Theater is showing adaptations of all six Jane Austen novels. Does anyone know in what order they're being shown, along with air dates? I thought it would be fun to read or re-read each novel in advance of the movie, but I can't figure out when each novel is going to be shown.
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at 7:38 PM on December 30, 2007
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Please help my girlfriend buy a cheap mp3 player for a 16-year-old girl in foster care she's "adopted" for the holidays.
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at 12:48 PM on December 1, 2007
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I need a very short note translated into Latin, can you help me?
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at 8:15 PM on September 13, 2007
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I'm looking for information about an IED attack in Iraq yesterday that injured a friend of a friend's brother.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 3:50 PM on July 19, 2007
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Recently on Metafilter, we pondered whether we would kiss ourselves if we could.
Kelli Connell's Double Life series (nsfw) takes the idea to its conclusion, and presents snapshots from the ensuing relationship. Readers of the earlier thread will be relieved to find that the results are more poignant than creepy.
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at 7:01 PM on July 15, 2007
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What time are albums actually released on iTunes? The new Spoon comes out tomorrow, and I want to get it the second it's available. Is there a set time, like 12:01 am PST? Or does it just show up whenever they happen to update the store? (Yes, I realize there are, ahem, other ways to get the album, but call me old-fashioned.)
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at 8:21 PM on July 9, 2007
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I have a question about syncing an iPod to a Mac it was previously paired with. (It's a bit like
this question, but 2007-style.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 4:04 PM on April 24, 2007
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I need some help finding a short Nabokov passage. I've exhausted Amazon's Search Inside feature as well as my ability to Google.
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at 11:57 PM on January 12, 2007
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I'm a newly-Switched Mac user with a few questions about setting up different...uh, users? Accounts? Profiles? (I'm not sure what they're really called; I think this might be part of my problem)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 12:25 PM on August 27, 2006
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I'm looking for information concerning a recent workplace shooting in the Maryland or DC area, resulting in the death of a police officer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 5:21 PM on June 16, 2006
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In this month's GQ, there's a longer update to the
Milford High drug bust story, in which a 23-year-old private detective went undercover at a high school, leading to the eventual arrest of seventeen high school students. (The story inspired a decidedly banal
MeFi thread.) My question--not covered in the previous thread, the news coverage, or the GQ article--is simple: how in the world is it legal for a private detective to buy drugs? And for the reported purchase of drugs to lead to an arrest?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 7:51 AM on May 29, 2006
(12 comments)
Well, here's a dumb one: can I pour motor oil down the, uh, little tube where my dipstick rests?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 11:01 AM on April 23, 2006
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Is it possible to split up and rebind a very large book into three or four smaller books? (Yes, I know this was
asked a year and a half ago, but my question is a little different.)
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at 11:42 AM on December 11, 2005
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Was I really in the wrong
here? I posted a question about my car stereo and I got a bunch of great answers. I
thanked everyone and posted some additional information. A user posted a lengthy follow-up answer, which I appreciated. But then Thanksgiving, spotty Internet, and just life in general got in my way I didn't have a chance to mess with my car stereo, much less update my AskMe thread. (Frankly, it never occurred to me that people would be on tenterhooks about my Caprice's stereo.)
So then, seven days later, the same user posted this
bizarre rant about how I never followed up with the thread. Was I at fault?
posted to MetaTalk by Ian A.T.
at 11:05 PM on November 29, 2005
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My car stereo is probably as bad as it can possibly be and still produce sound. But…I think you guys can help me.
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at 1:34 AM on November 18, 2005
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I have a 3.5" hard drive enclosure, and a friend would like to connect an old, virus-riddled, hard drive to it to retrieve his data. What should I do to protect myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 6:03 PM on November 2, 2005
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I would like some general information, advice, and opinions about using a laptop almost exclusively as a desktop replacement.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ian A.T.
at 11:41 PM on October 12, 2005
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