hola, ya encontre la solucion, (y para mas de una opcion xD ) si alguien lo googlea o algo la coloco 
  
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yamamos la variable 1 y 2 , condicionamos para que solo nos de el resultado que queremos y lo dividimos en condicionales para que no mande dos valores , junto con un else "muestra todos" por defecto  
 Cita:  <? $ver1 = $_REQUEST['var1'];
   $ver2 = $_REQUEST['var2'];
 
if ($ver1){
  if ($ver1&&$ver1!='*') $condicion = "WHERE var1='$ver1' ";  
  else $condicion = "";
  $sql = "SELECT * FROM $app $condicion ORDER BY var1 ASC";
  $result  = mysql_query($sql,$db_link) or die (mysql_error());}
if ($ver2){
  if ($ver2&&$ver2!='*') $condicion = "WHERE var2='$ver2' ";  
  else $condicion = "";
  $sql = "SELECT * FROM $app $condicion ORDER BY var2 ASC";
  $result  = mysql_query($sql,$db_link) or die (mysql_error());}
else {
 $sql = "SELECT * FROM $app $condicion ORDER BY var1 ASC";
 $result  = mysql_query($sql,$db_link) or die (mysql_error());}?>
 
                                                             <form action='mequierobolverchango.php' method='post'>
                                                             <select name='var1' onchange='submit();'>    
                                                              <OPTION selected>miko</OPTION>
                                                                <OPTION VALUE="*">Todos</OPTION>
                                                                <?$sql1 = "SELECT * FROM $app GROUP BY var1";
                                                                  $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db_link) or die (mysql_error());
                                                                  while ($row1=mysql_fetch_array($result1)){echo '<option>'.$row1['var1'];}?>
                                                                 </select>
                                                                </form>
 
                                                             <form action='mequierobolverchango.php' method='post'>
                                                              <select name='var2' onchange='submit();'>  
                                                                <OPTION selected>--mono--</OPTION>
                                                                <OPTION VALUE="*">Todos</OPTION>
                                                                <?$sql1 = "SELECT * FROM $app GROUP BY var2";
                                                                  $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db_link) or die (mysql_error());
                                                                  while ($row1=mysql_fetch_array($result1)){echo '<option>'.$row1['var2'];}?>
                                                              </SELECT>
                                                             </form>