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zack007attack · 10-21-2010, 02:41 PM

Guys, I made this thread for fun. Its to list any of your favorite movies that contained events or parts of their storyline that could have been entertaining mysteries put on UM if they were real. I'll give a couple examples:

Back to the Future-The DeLorean landing in 1955 at the Peabody's farm. Could have been classified as a UFO sighting.

Terminator-The T-101 being witnessed by other people who give a creepy looking composite sketch of Arnie as a serial killer. I can't imagine how creepy such a composite of him would be!

DP1 · 10-23-2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by zack007attack

Guys, I made this thread for fun. Its to list any of your favorite movies that contained events or parts of their storyline that could have been entertaining mysteries put on UM if they were real. I'll give a couple examples:

Back to the Future-The DeLorean landing in 1955 at the Peabody's farm. Could have been classified as a UFO sighting.

Terminator-The T-101 being witnessed by other people who give a creepy looking composite sketch of Arnie as a serial killer. I can't imagine how creepy such a composite of him would be!

Oh yeah, the Arnold skit would have been creepy. And the crime he committed would have made him public enemy number one and never would have been solved.

BlackOfJuly · 10-24-2010, 12:05 PM

The Insider - Jeffrey Wigand finds a bullet in his mailbox & he and his family are receiving death threats.

I can see the UM-episode now:
FBI Man: "Mr Wigand, do you have a history of emotional problems?"

Russel Crowe as J. Wigand: "Yes, I get extremly emotional when a**holes put bullets in my mailbox."

RobinW · 10-24-2010, 12:40 PM

I always think of UM when I watch the 80s Disney sci-fi movie, "Flight of the Navigator", where a 12-year old kid disappears and returns eight years later, where he's the exact same age, wearing the exact same clothes and doesn't remember anything.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/

What an AWESOME UM segment that would have made! Whenever I watch a missing persons cases on the show where someone just seems to vanish off the face of the Earth, I sometimes think of this movie and wonder if the missing person is on an alien spacecraft somewhere.

dynoguy88 · 10-24-2010, 01:32 PM

There was a movie Julia Roberts did in the early 90's called "Sleeping with the enemy," which I think was based on a novel. She plays the wife of a very abusive and controlling husband who puts her through hell. She fears that if she leaves him, his rage will become uncontrollable and he'll kill her so the only way out for her is faking her own death. She arranges a boat ride with her husband on the night a storm is supposed to hit. Then she "falls" off the side of the boat and her husband thinks that she has drowned because she doesn't know how to swim. What he doesn't know was that the weeks prior, she took a swimming lessons and on the night of the boat ride, she swam to shore and fled to the other side of the country with a new identity.

There were so many moments in this movie that could have made a typical UM segment. Wanted, Missing person, Unexplained Death, you name it. The raging husband killing his wife if she left him part is very Jim Burnside. The abusive husband figuring things out and looking across the country for his wife and trying to kill her new boyfriend has elements of Paul Stamper. The did she really die at sea or could she still be alive part is like the fishermen from California segment (their families not knowing if they died or were picked up against their will.)

TracyLynnS · 10-24-2010, 01:56 PM

Oh yeah, I like that movie. My favorite part is where she calls 911 to report that she's just shot an intruder, but at that point, she's just holding him at gun point. But she's gonna shoot him, and he knows it.

zack007attack · 10-24-2010, 04:34 PM

I just thought of some more!

Presumed Innocent: the murder of Carolyn Polhemus. I am sure they would have come up with a bunch of conspiracy theories, like corruption in the court system and that sort of thing; never would have suspected Rusty's wife.

Predator: the soldiers would have likely suspected the alien to be some kind of top secret robot or weapon used by the enemy.

Absolute Power: They may never solve the murder of the woman the president had an affair with, but the president's death likely brought up countless conspiracy theories.

Shawshank Redemption: even though they found Andy's prison clothes, they didn't find a body, so they might suspect he either survived the cold storm with help from outsiders, or died in the Maine wilderness somewhere and became buzzard food. They would never suspect he formed a new identity and had legitimate documents to back it up and prove that he legally, is someone else!

CanadianGuitaris · 11-03-2010, 11:26 PM

Terrence Mann going into Ray Kinsella's corn at the end of Field of Dreams. What's in there?

En-you · 11-03-2010, 11:32 PM

Oh yeah, I like this style movie.

10-21-2010, 02:41 PM	#1
zack007attack Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 30, 2009 Posts: 402	moments from your favorite movies that would have made awesome UM segments Guys, I made this thread for fun. Its to list any of your favorite movies that contained events or parts of their storyline that could have been entertaining mysteries put on UM if they were real. I'll give a couple examples: Back to the Future-The DeLorean landing in 1955 at the Peabody's farm. Could have been classified as a UFO sighting. Terminator-The T-101 being witnessed by other people who give a creepy looking composite sketch of Arnie as a serial killer. I can't imagine how creepy such a composite of him would be!
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10-24-2010, 12:05 PM	#3
BlackOfJuly Somebody Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 31, 2008 Location: Hamburg/Germany Posts: 20	The Insider - Jeffrey Wigand finds a bullet in his mailbox & he and his family are receiving death threats. I can see the UM-episode now: FBI Man: "Mr Wigand, do you have a history of emotional problems?" Russel Crowe as J. Wigand: "Yes, I get extremly emotional when a**holes put bullets in my mailbox."

10-24-2010, 12:40 PM	#4
RobinW Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2010 Posts: 1,874	I always think of UM when I watch the 80s Disney sci-fi movie, "Flight of the Navigator", where a 12-year old kid disappears and returns eight years later, where he's the exact same age, wearing the exact same clothes and doesn't remember anything. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091059/ What an AWESOME UM segment that would have made! Whenever I watch a missing persons cases on the show where someone just seems to vanish off the face of the Earth, I sometimes think of this movie and wonder if the missing person is on an alien spacecraft somewhere.

10-24-2010, 01:32 PM	#5
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,673	There was a movie Julia Roberts did in the early 90's called "Sleeping with the enemy," which I think was based on a novel. She plays the wife of a very abusive and controlling husband who puts her through hell. She fears that if she leaves him, his rage will become uncontrollable and he'll kill her so the only way out for her is faking her own death. She arranges a boat ride with her husband on the night a storm is supposed to hit. Then she "falls" off the side of the boat and her husband thinks that she has drowned because she doesn't know how to swim. What he doesn't know was that the weeks prior, she took a swimming lessons and on the night of the boat ride, she swam to shore and fled to the other side of the country with a new identity. There were so many moments in this movie that could have made a typical UM segment. Wanted, Missing person, Unexplained Death, you name it. The raging husband killing his wife if she left him part is very Jim Burnside. The abusive husband figuring things out and looking across the country for his wife and trying to kill her new boyfriend has elements of Paul Stamper. The did she really die at sea or could she still be alive part is like the fishermen from California segment (their families not knowing if they died or were picked up against their will.)

10-24-2010, 01:56 PM	#6
TracyLynnS Don't Look Up Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: 3,107	Oh yeah, I like that movie. My favorite part is where she calls 911 to report that she's just shot an intruder, but at that point, she's just holding him at gun point. But she's gonna shoot him, and he knows it.

10-24-2010, 04:34 PM	#7
zack007attack Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 30, 2009 Posts: 402	I just thought of some more! Presumed Innocent: the murder of Carolyn Polhemus. I am sure they would have come up with a bunch of conspiracy theories, like corruption in the court system and that sort of thing; never would have suspected Rusty's wife. Predator: the soldiers would have likely suspected the alien to be some kind of top secret robot or weapon used by the enemy. Absolute Power: They may never solve the murder of the woman the president had an affair with, but the president's death likely brought up countless conspiracy theories. Shawshank Redemption: even though they found Andy's prison clothes, they didn't find a body, so they might suspect he either survived the cold storm with help from outsiders, or died in the Maine wilderness somewhere and became buzzard food. They would never suspect he formed a new identity and had legitimate documents to back it up and prove that he legally, is someone else!

11-03-2010, 11:26 PM	#8
CanadianGuitaris Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 25, 2010 Posts: 54	Terrence Mann going into Ray Kinsella's corn at the end of Field of Dreams. What's in there?

11-03-2010, 11:32 PM	#9
En-you Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2010 Posts: 12	Oh yeah, I like this style movie.