In the board game community, there's a common yearly challenge called the "10x10." The idea is to choose 10 games that you think you don't play enough and commit to playing them each 10 times throughout the year. Well, we have plenty of games on our shelves that don't get enough love, but I don't know that I can commit to playing them 10 times. That's almost once a month, and I really enjoy variety. But 5 times? Yeah, that sounds more reasonable. So yesterday morning Jacob and I chose 10 games we don't play enough and we're going to attempt to play each of them five times throughout the year. That means we'll be playing, on average, one of these games every week. Here's what we've chosen.
1. Star Wars: Rebellion. This was Jacob's immediate first pick, which is fair. He got it for his birthday last summer and we've only played it twice since then. It's a serious time commitment, but I always mean to play it with him because I know how much he enjoys it. Maybe this will get me to play it more often.
2. Arkham Horror. It's a little ridiculous how long we've owned this without playing it even once. This is another big commitment one, but given how much I loved Eldritch Horror when we played it last year, I feel like I'll enjoy this as well. We just need to put the work into getting it up and running.
3. Zombie Fluxx. After two heavy hitters, I figured we should add something a little lighter, so we opted for this, our favorite of the Fluxxes, but we might fudge and allow any of the Fluxxes to fill the play slots here.
4. Pandemic. This was one of the first games we ever got, and we used to play it fairly frequently. Then we accidentally left it in Indiana when we moved and only got it back last spring, at which point we put it on our shelf and never touched it. Let's fix that this year.
5. Hanabi. This was a birthday gift for me last year, and we've definitely meant to play it, but somehow never got around to it. It's another light one that should be fairly easy to toss into the mix.
6. Castle of Mad King Ludwig. When searching for a game to play Sunday night, Jacob exclaimed, "I forgot we had Castles!" That keeps happening. Let's remember we have it and we like it!
7. Elysium. We bought this last fall and it always comes up as an option when we're trying to figure out what we want, but it somehow never makes the final cut. Hopefully this will inspire us to actually choose it a few times!
8. Legendary Encounters: Alien. We just got the expansion for this game, so I'm excited to try it out at least five times!
9. Colt Express. We played this at our local board game cafe so many times but never finished putting the train together to play it at home. We can fix that!
10. Sentinels of the Multiverse. A blind buy based on a friend's recommendation, and it just looks exhausting to learn. But I'm determined to learn it and (hopefully) enjoy it -- either way, I'll play it at least five times.
We'll see how the year goes, but hopefully we'll make it to all five plays on at least a few of these.
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Surprise Blog! And It's a Movie Guessing Game
Last Halloween I had you guys guess mangled horror movie synopses, but the last time I went through my Flickchart 100 at a time and pulled out those movies was over a year ago. And I watched a LOT of movies since then, thanks to the Movie Challenge of Madness, and my chart has shifted all over, so they'll all be different than they were at that point.
I'll be running the plot synopses through Bad Translator and then posting the results here. I will even tell you the general genre or style of the movie to help you out a little. Guess in the comments what you think they are, and... at some point, not sure when due to my wacky schedule, I will come back and update with the answers!
#100. (Musical) It is embarrassing accident of Benjamin Mr. [title of the movie] that led to a hair salon in London was one of the most important crimes of the general assembly of Friends of the man, woman, woman. On the basis of popular music.
#200. (Comedy) Unemployed steel workers built nudity, striptease, remember that this woman is completely nude.
#300 - (Romantic Comedy) Two women in this field, or name to find the location of local points.
#400 - (Animation) When the mass begins in the writing of the attack in the world, the immortal guardians are willing to protect the innocent boys and girls in all parts of the world.
#500. (Comedy/Drama) Shortly after the divorce, well, that you can go to the house in the small town of Ribera fijiswitzerland. ). I would like to revive the romance of an old friend of mine, who is already married and has a child.
(It should be noted that this plot is in no way connected to Fiji or Switzerland and I don't know what happened there.)
#600. (Comedy/Drama) The poor woman's daughter makes the head work, family, back to Mexico, a lot of people in the United States, where it began.
#700. (Sci-Fi) Mental capacity, The user will get 100% with the help of a mysterious drug that can be taken to the author of the financial genius of this new world, where all types of risks.
#800. (Drama) The use of the closed return type, you're my friend, and the changes in your life.
(Yeah, good luck with this one.)
#900. (Fantasy) Eustace from childhood to the age of Villeneuve and the so-called irreversible. Double bed king-x-i lost my son, the prince, the lion, the Lillian said to know each other.
#1000. (Musical) The hotel is only open on holidays, a singer, a dancer, a rival in love, beautiful, passionate, artistic people.
#1100. (Musical) Anthropology Professor and Secretary of the Marion learning with young people's sexual behaviour. Windsurfing to young people, not for sex, but the song of war, the slogan of the rat and mouse, dance, dick Dale and the color.
#1200. (Thriller) The poor Director of the bureau of advertising, an error, a representative of the government, the group of foreign spies, and is against the law for the entire country, and could not find a way to survive.
#1300. (Drama) France, again, I say that they are religious, but the unfortunate Queen [title of the movie]. And the wedding Louis 15-Queen, 19, of power and finally the Queen and ultimately the fall of the Tower of the fortress.
#1400. (Animation) Young, shy groom's vows, in the presence of random program, when a dead woman in her grave, if he wakes up because he is married.
#1500. (Thriller) Cory is a strong woman, ex-con and her lover violet, the development of a plan to steal millions of people saving money, wine, red line, Gaius Caesar.
#1600. (Comedy) The two got a chance to find comfort in alcohol and other drugs. I think the quiet life, go to the northern part of this area, depending on the value, like [part of the movie title]'s uncle in the bathroom.
#1700. (Animation) Young asparagus, Laura carrot start spreading rumors, which spread Bumblyburg like the grass of the risk covering the entire city. Larry, the man said that God wants to tell stories that affect people.
#1800. (Drama) Desmond Doyle lost his wife or his family the day after Christmas, in the Ireland of the court. Children go to church and shelter. [title of the movie] batteries Desmond apply to the Court to take the kids.
#1900. (Thriller) The competition tough women, a young mother began to prepare for the competition.
(There is no competition in this movie.)
#2000. (Drama) After a blurred trauma in the summer, Melinda, the possibility of the school, near the school, arguments with friends and family, conversation, dark history, it is an experience, so she decided to ask me again.
#2100. (Animation) Three young the neighbor's house is really full of life, we know it's a new monster.
#2200. (Romance) Paris before the First world War, the run(Austrian) And [part of the movie title] (France), the two friends falling in love), Catherine, but the love and the marriage, Katherine, [part of the movie title]. Once again, after the war, Germany Catherine love.
#2300. (Musical) The territory of Oklahoma, in the twentieth century, two young peasants and shepherds, cow boys, street vendors, the heart of a woman to fight against the devil.
I'll be running the plot synopses through Bad Translator and then posting the results here. I will even tell you the general genre or style of the movie to help you out a little. Guess in the comments what you think they are, and... at some point, not sure when due to my wacky schedule, I will come back and update with the answers!
#100. (Musical) It is embarrassing accident of Benjamin Mr. [title of the movie] that led to a hair salon in London was one of the most important crimes of the general assembly of Friends of the man, woman, woman. On the basis of popular music.
#200. (Comedy) Unemployed steel workers built nudity, striptease, remember that this woman is completely nude.
#300 - (Romantic Comedy) Two women in this field, or name to find the location of local points.
#400 - (Animation) When the mass begins in the writing of the attack in the world, the immortal guardians are willing to protect the innocent boys and girls in all parts of the world.
#500. (Comedy/Drama) Shortly after the divorce, well, that you can go to the house in the small town of Ribera fijiswitzerland. ). I would like to revive the romance of an old friend of mine, who is already married and has a child.
(It should be noted that this plot is in no way connected to Fiji or Switzerland and I don't know what happened there.)
#600. (Comedy/Drama) The poor woman's daughter makes the head work, family, back to Mexico, a lot of people in the United States, where it began.
#700. (Sci-Fi) Mental capacity, The user will get 100% with the help of a mysterious drug that can be taken to the author of the financial genius of this new world, where all types of risks.
#800. (Drama) The use of the closed return type, you're my friend, and the changes in your life.
(Yeah, good luck with this one.)
#900. (Fantasy) Eustace from childhood to the age of Villeneuve and the so-called irreversible. Double bed king-x-i lost my son, the prince, the lion, the Lillian said to know each other.
#1000. (Musical) The hotel is only open on holidays, a singer, a dancer, a rival in love, beautiful, passionate, artistic people.
#1100. (Musical) Anthropology Professor and Secretary of the Marion learning with young people's sexual behaviour. Windsurfing to young people, not for sex, but the song of war, the slogan of the rat and mouse, dance, dick Dale and the color.
#1200. (Thriller) The poor Director of the bureau of advertising, an error, a representative of the government, the group of foreign spies, and is against the law for the entire country, and could not find a way to survive.
#1300. (Drama) France, again, I say that they are religious, but the unfortunate Queen [title of the movie]. And the wedding Louis 15-Queen, 19, of power and finally the Queen and ultimately the fall of the Tower of the fortress.
#1400. (Animation) Young, shy groom's vows, in the presence of random program, when a dead woman in her grave, if he wakes up because he is married.
#1500. (Thriller) Cory is a strong woman, ex-con and her lover violet, the development of a plan to steal millions of people saving money, wine, red line, Gaius Caesar.
#1600. (Comedy) The two got a chance to find comfort in alcohol and other drugs. I think the quiet life, go to the northern part of this area, depending on the value, like [part of the movie title]'s uncle in the bathroom.
#1700. (Animation) Young asparagus, Laura carrot start spreading rumors, which spread Bumblyburg like the grass of the risk covering the entire city. Larry, the man said that God wants to tell stories that affect people.
#1800. (Drama) Desmond Doyle lost his wife or his family the day after Christmas, in the Ireland of the court. Children go to church and shelter. [title of the movie] batteries Desmond apply to the Court to take the kids.
#1900. (Thriller) The competition tough women, a young mother began to prepare for the competition.
(There is no competition in this movie.)
#2000. (Drama) After a blurred trauma in the summer, Melinda, the possibility of the school, near the school, arguments with friends and family, conversation, dark history, it is an experience, so she decided to ask me again.
#2100. (Animation) Three young the neighbor's house is really full of life, we know it's a new monster.
#2200. (Romance) Paris before the First world War, the run(Austrian) And [part of the movie title] (France), the two friends falling in love), Catherine, but the love and the marriage, Katherine, [part of the movie title]. Once again, after the war, Germany Catherine love.
#2300. (Musical) The territory of Oklahoma, in the twentieth century, two young peasants and shepherds, cow boys, street vendors, the heart of a woman to fight against the devil.
Monday, May 25, 2015
These Are a Few of My Favorite Games
For today's blog we're looking at Ask.fm page, where one of my readers suggested this for a blog topic:
A list and introduction of all your favorite games to play! You can include board games, card games, video games, improv games, speaking games, mind games... anything you can think of!
This was asked before I wrote my blog about the tabletop games we own, which pretty much covers the board games I like, so let me fill it in with some of these other categories!
You've gotta get the right group to play this one, but when you have, oh, gosh, it's fantastic. I can't really give you an introduction though, because the entire premise is that you learn the rules as you go. Nobody's supposed to explain them to you, you just pick them up as you go along. Most of the base rules aren't too difficult and people who play card games can pick them up pretty fast, but after every round, whoever has won gets to come up with a new rule of their own and penalize people for not following it.
This means it can be tricky to play Mao with people who already know it, because there are quite a few variations, and since you're not allowed to discuss the rules, you can end up with two groups playing two separate rule sets. This can get confusing and frustrating. Plus there are a lot of people who just hate playing this game because you have to figure it out as you go. So, like I said, you have to have the right group... but once you do, the fact that it's so different every time makes it awesome to replay over and over again.
I don't play a lot of "real" video games, but I've discovered that when I do, I don't like puzzles, story, or wandering. I just like to smash things. I don't even like shooting that much, so any game that lets me go melee on a crapton of zombies is AWESOME in my book. This was one of the first video games I ever played with Jacob (maybe the first), and I don't think any of the other ones I've tried have had such a good balance of fighting and resting. Last time we played, the first melee weapon I found was the katana, and while I don't consider myself a violent person in general... I have to admit, it is awfully satisfying to swing this thing around in a circle and watch zombies' heads and limbs go flying off.
This is a BBC radio panel game that has been running for umpteen years, and it's one of the few shows I like to listen to regularly on the radio. The premise is that in a group, one person is assigned a topic, for example, "Santa Claus." They then have to talk about that subject for 60 seconds without hestiation (no long pauses or "um"s and "uh"s), deviation (you have to stick to the subject without rambling about other random things), or repetition (you cannot repeat words you've already used, except for small ones like "the" and "and"). This last one is the trickiest, as once you get going you can't always remember what you've said. If someone else hears you breaking a rule, they can challenge you and take over that topic for whatever's left of your 60 seconds. Whoever's talking at the end wins that round. So if someone talks for 57 seconds and slips up at the very end, you can grab that topic for an easy point since you only have to fill 3 seconds of time.
A list and introduction of all your favorite games to play! You can include board games, card games, video games, improv games, speaking games, mind games... anything you can think of!
This was asked before I wrote my blog about the tabletop games we own, which pretty much covers the board games I like, so let me fill it in with some of these other categories!
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Favorite Card Game: Mao
You've gotta get the right group to play this one, but when you have, oh, gosh, it's fantastic. I can't really give you an introduction though, because the entire premise is that you learn the rules as you go. Nobody's supposed to explain them to you, you just pick them up as you go along. Most of the base rules aren't too difficult and people who play card games can pick them up pretty fast, but after every round, whoever has won gets to come up with a new rule of their own and penalize people for not following it.
This means it can be tricky to play Mao with people who already know it, because there are quite a few variations, and since you're not allowed to discuss the rules, you can end up with two groups playing two separate rule sets. This can get confusing and frustrating. Plus there are a lot of people who just hate playing this game because you have to figure it out as you go. So, like I said, you have to have the right group... but once you do, the fact that it's so different every time makes it awesome to replay over and over again.
Favorite Video Game: The Sims (any version)
I am a huge Sims fan, and have been ever since the first one. My favorite incarnations are probably 2 (yay Ultimate Collection!) and 4, but they all have their perks. Whether I'm making copies of me and my friends or making a superpowered one who is determined to get to level 10 in as many skills as possible before they die, I have so much fun playing around with them and seeing the crazy things they do.
Favorite Video Game For Smashing Things: Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2
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Favorite Dumb Car Game: Music Prediction Game
I grew up without a lot of gadgets to play with or activities to go to, so my siblings and I entertained ourselves a lot. While most of the dumb games we played wouldn't be interesting at all to anyone else, this one I've successfully played with other people. There's no winning or point to it or anything, it's just more fun than doing nothing on a car trip.
The basic idea is that you set some music running (it can be the radio, though it's more fun if you have an MP3 player with an eclectic selection) and, before every song starts, one person makes a prediction about how the next song is going to reflect someone else's life. For example: "This next song is about the dream job you get in your future." Then, when "Dancing Queen" by ABBA plays, there is laughter and discussion and deep secrets revealed. Or, well, maybe not that. But it's a silly, fun way to spark conversation, and it can be done infinitely as long as there's conversation.
Favorite Improv Game: Just a Minute
Let me start off by saying I really hate improv games. I'm bad at them, and most people are bad at them, and watching people do bad improv is uncomfortable, and being a person doing bag improv is excruciating. But my favorite improv game that I first heard professionals doing and then transported to less professional settings is Just a Minute.
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The game's not only super fun to listen to, it's also a lot of fun to play, and I've used it in teaching settings before, since it challenges people to think on their feet but I've found it can be a little less intimidating for those who hate improvisation.
This is by no means a comprehensive list... but these are a few favorites that haven't gotten to be mentioned elsewhere! What are your favorite games in these categories?
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Our Tabletop Games
Since I got married, my husband and I have discovered we really enjoy playing tabletop games. We already had a couple to begin with, but then we started collecting games and now, a little less than 2 years into our marriage, we have a decent amount of games we really enjoy! Here are some brief introductions to the ones we have on our shelves now. I even called upon Jacob to contribute some brief thoughts on each game if he wanted. He did want.
Fluxx was one of the first games we got into together, as we got Star Fluxx as one of our wedding presents. We quickly started expanding, and now we're just collecting them all. Fluxx has the same basic set of rules for all its games -- collect the cards that meet the goal on the current goal card. But anyone can change the goal card to something that benefits them or put down new rule cards where you suddenly have to get rid of half your cards or play the special keeper card that lets them steal one of yours. The game changes constantly, and it's a delightful mix of strategy and luck. Each Fluxx game is significantly different, too -- it's not just new pictures. In Zombie Fluxx, a huge amount of the cards are zombies, and if you have even one on the table, you can't win. In Pirate Fluxx, you can force everyone to talk in a pirate accent or call you "Captain" with the right card. A couple of these are out of print, so we were pretty fortunate to find some game store copies!
Jacob's review: "We played all of them once at one time. It was the worst. But Fluxx is amazing. Fluxx is great, all of them suck."
We just played Jaipur for the first time a few weeks ago, despite having it since Christmas. Turns out, it's really interesting. Your goal is to trade and sell enough goods to make you the richest merchant in the game. Sell more of the same kind of items at a time, and get a bonus, but you can only have seven cards in your hand, so you can't horde too many. It's also really hard to tell who won until the round is over and you count up points, so it feels really even -- and important thing for me, as I don't like feeling like I'm either overpowering or being overpowered. We've only played this once, but I'm glad we own it!
Jacob's review: "Money games are great. Yay capitalism."
Once Upon a Time is a game my family ended up buying after I introduced it to them. It's a great, gentler game for people who like storytelling more than they like competition. Everyone gets dealt a hand of cards with popular children's story elements, like "prince" or "under a spell," or "forest," plus an ending card, like, "Then they got married and lived happily ever after." Use as many of yours on your turn to create a beautiful fairy tale, but others can jump in if you mention one of their cards, or if they have an Interrupt card that lets them take over the story whenever they want. This is an awesome one to play with people who like to get creative, though we haven't played it in awhile.
Jacob's review: "I can't remember Once Upon a Time, but it was neat."
Pandemic was another very early game for us. Like Forbidden Desert, it's a complicated, nearly-impossible co-op game, but instead of escaping from a desert in a plane, you're trying to stop a disease from taking over the world. Everyone works together to research cures and treat sick people, but at the end of each turn, the disease spreads to new cities, and every so often an epidemic breaks out and the disease spreads really fast. This is definitely not one you can expect to win all the time, but like a lot of co-op games, it can be fun to play with especially analytical younger players who can contribute their ideas as you all help them out to win together.
Jacob's review: "It taught me more about geography than Carmen Sandiego."
Ha, Qwirkle. We bought this one after seeing it on Tabletop and thinking, "That looks pretty fun." Well, uh, turns out I hate it. I find it immensely frustrating and don't ever want to play it at all. It's a lot more luck-based than a lot of these games, but unlike Fluxx or something else where you can't necessarily plan, the gameplay in this one isn't interesting to me either. It's also one where if you don't get ahead quickly, it can be difficult to catch up, and I just find those frustrating, because I do get competitive, and if I know early on who's going to win and I don't particularly enjoy the gameplay... why bother?
Jacob's review: "It's scrabble with colors and shapes and everyone tries to force themselves to have fun but everyone loathes themselves just for taking it out of the box which is sad because scrabble with colors and shapes should be amazing."
I actually have never played Pleasant Dreams. I kickstarted it, as did some of the people I follow on Twitter. The art is gorgeous, but I've never actually sat down and played it. It's supposed to be playable for one person, though, so maybe I'll have to do that soon!
Jacob's review: "'Pheasant Dreams' would be pretty fun."
A game we bought awhile back and only recently started playing (but love!), this is Betrayal at House on the Hill. It's like a light RPG where you send your characters exploring through a haunted house, except halfway though something happens where one of the characters is revealed as a traitor and things take a different turn because players start fighting against each other instead of together. There are 50 different scenarios, so there's LOTS of replayability -- the first time I played it, I was the traitor trying to kill them with ghosts, and the next time, we were all fighting against a demonic fiddler. It's fun and interesting and I'm glad we finally got around to playing it.
Jacob's review: "BAHH: It's a sheep blat when you shorten it. That's fun. Also the game is fun! It's like co-op with the added fun of maybe you get to kill your friends!"
Carcassonne is one of the newest additions to our game library. You build a world made of roads, cities, monasteries, and gardens, and place your game pieces to score points on these various places. I have a feeling it's going to be really replayable because the world has a different layout each time. This is one of those games where the total score isn't in until the very end of the game when you count up all the points, so it's not always easy to tell who's winning right away unless you recount everything every time. This keeps gameplay fun for me because there's always a possibility that I could end up sweeping the points at the end.
Jacob's review: "Meeples are adorable."
We purchased Arkham Horror a year and a half ago, spent forever setting it up... and then never actually played it. One of these days we're going to clear all our stuff off the dining room table and try to play it for real.
Jacob's review: "I'm staring at it right now because it's directly in front of me. Sometimes it seems like it's always been in front of me, watching me, laughing at me. Inside. I can hear it. The unattainable."
Machi Koro was a game we tried at our local game store on Tabletop Day and discovered it was super fun, so we ended up buying it. Jacob compared it to Monopoly, in that you're buying property and reaping the rewards, but I like it WAY more than Monopoly. Gameplay moves much faster and, I think, is much more satisfying. Your goal is to buy up the four big improvements for your town by buying little improvements that earn you more money. Spend too much and you won't have enough left over to afford your goals, but spend too little and your opponent will make money faster than you.
Jacob's review: "It's like Monopoly but now everyone is having fun and not just me."
A trivia game specifically for geeks, with categories like "fantasy," "sci fi," "comics," and "games," Jacob usually beats me at Geek Out -- but it's still a lot of fun. The premise of this one is that your trivia card asks you to list things, for example, "two superheroes who wear yellow" or "four characters from the Narnia series." Your opponent can then outbid you -- "I can name six Narnia characters!" and you go back and forth until someone wins the bid. But then they have to actually name all those, or you lose points. Get too confident and you could end up needing to name 16 different movies where someone encounters their future self, only to find yourself flagging by 13. It's fun and silly and I like it a lot.
Jacob's review: "Trivia usually is lame. Yay for some peeps making a trivia game that's great and not the worst."
And these four are all Jacob's. I've never played any of them with him. I have no idea if they're fun or not. Well, the Monopolys wouldn't be. :-) But I don't know about the others.
Jacob's review: "Monopoly is the best and I always win because I don't whine like, 'WAAAAH. I wish I could have more Baltic Avenues! Booo. Maybe I shouldn't have traded everything I owned for all those trains! Can I have a re-roll? No? I hate everything and I'm going to bed. I hope you die.' I don't do that. Monopoly is fun and everyone should love it and have a great time. I also always win. That's pretty nice."
And those are the tabletop games we own! (Thus far.)
What are your favorite tabletop games? What games do you own that you've actually never played?
Forbidden Desert, one of our newer games. It's an extremely difficult co-operative game where everyone works together to find the lost parts for your ship, which has crash landed in the desert. But at the end of every turn, the sand storm you're in gets worse, and if your team runs out of water or gets overrun by sand, everyone dies. If you gather all the parts and get back to the launchpad and take off before anyone dies, you succeed! It's a really tough game, but when you manage to escape, it's really satisfying.
Jacob's review: "Forbidden Desert was fun, despite that it reminded me of the movie Sahara, which was the worst. Despite how it reminded me. Despite it reminding me. Grammars are hard."
Batman Love Letter (or is it Love Letter: Batman? It doesn't seem to actually SAY "Batman" on there so much as just have his picture) is a Batman-themed version of the two-person game Love Letters. While Jacob and I haven't played the real one, the Batman version is a lot of fun. Your goal is to end each round with the highest-scoring Batman villain in your hand. If you have the Joker (8) and your opponent has Robin (4), then you win! But each card has a special characteristic that can change the way the game works. Play Two-Face and switch cards with an opponent. Play Poison Ivy and force your opponent to discard -- and if they discard the Joker, they automatically lose. It's an simple, enjoyable game with very short rounds, so you can easily play for as long or as short as you want.
Jacob's review (when I asked what he thought about "Love Letters"): "Isn't it just 'Love Letter'? I draw Bane all the time, which makes me lose, but it's great."
Gloom is one of my favorites, and we've collected both the Cthulhu version and the Unfortunate Expeditions expansion. It's a story-telling game where everyone gets to control their own family of unique characters. Your goal is to make your family as miserable as possible, and then kill them off with plenty of misery points before anyone else has a chance to cheer them up! Get a card that gives +15 for a happy wedding? Marry off an opposing family's daughter, and they'll be stuck with a happy character until they find a way to make her miserable again. Meanwhile, stack as many diseases, shunnings, paranormal encounters, and wild animal attacks on your own characters to make sure they die as miserably as they lived.
Jacob's review: "One time, I made your dog get married to a woman, but the woman divorced him right on the spot, so he left, and then he found happiness again and he got married again, and then his wife died, I think, and then YOU were gonna go make him die alone, so I made him live contentedly with an older married couple, and live out his days with them and it was quite nice."
Munchkin. Pictured here are Munchkin Cthulhu and Munchkin Adventure Time, but there is a ridiculous amount of Munchkin games out there. I've played it before we bought it and didn't care for it much, but Jacob really enjoyed it. Turns out, I may not like Munchkin when it's played the way it's meant to be played: with 3+ people. We tried our hand at two-person Munchkin awhile back, and I've loved that. With Munchkin, your goal is to rise through the levels by defeating monsters, and half the fun for me is siccing extra monsters on your opponents or trying to get people to help you in exchange for treasure. With just two of us, it's easier for me to resort to a blackmail method: "I will NOT raise this monster from level 18 to level 51 if you give me all the treasures you get from killing it." There's no one else to turn to for help, so this method can make for a really interesting (and sometimes very intense) game of negotiation and bribery. Way more fun than any other way I've played it!
Jacob's review: "For Adventure Time Munchkin, I had to take initiative and memorize 'Kee'oth Rama Pancake' for one card that I've never been able to use on it. It's still amazing. Cthulhu Munchkin is OK, it's more boring. It's not as unique as Adventure Time."
Fluxx was one of the first games we got into together, as we got Star Fluxx as one of our wedding presents. We quickly started expanding, and now we're just collecting them all. Fluxx has the same basic set of rules for all its games -- collect the cards that meet the goal on the current goal card. But anyone can change the goal card to something that benefits them or put down new rule cards where you suddenly have to get rid of half your cards or play the special keeper card that lets them steal one of yours. The game changes constantly, and it's a delightful mix of strategy and luck. Each Fluxx game is significantly different, too -- it's not just new pictures. In Zombie Fluxx, a huge amount of the cards are zombies, and if you have even one on the table, you can't win. In Pirate Fluxx, you can force everyone to talk in a pirate accent or call you "Captain" with the right card. A couple of these are out of print, so we were pretty fortunate to find some game store copies!
Jacob's review: "We played all of them once at one time. It was the worst. But Fluxx is amazing. Fluxx is great, all of them suck."
We just played Jaipur for the first time a few weeks ago, despite having it since Christmas. Turns out, it's really interesting. Your goal is to trade and sell enough goods to make you the richest merchant in the game. Sell more of the same kind of items at a time, and get a bonus, but you can only have seven cards in your hand, so you can't horde too many. It's also really hard to tell who won until the round is over and you count up points, so it feels really even -- and important thing for me, as I don't like feeling like I'm either overpowering or being overpowered. We've only played this once, but I'm glad we own it!
Jacob's review: "Money games are great. Yay capitalism."
Once Upon a Time is a game my family ended up buying after I introduced it to them. It's a great, gentler game for people who like storytelling more than they like competition. Everyone gets dealt a hand of cards with popular children's story elements, like "prince" or "under a spell," or "forest," plus an ending card, like, "Then they got married and lived happily ever after." Use as many of yours on your turn to create a beautiful fairy tale, but others can jump in if you mention one of their cards, or if they have an Interrupt card that lets them take over the story whenever they want. This is an awesome one to play with people who like to get creative, though we haven't played it in awhile.
Jacob's review: "I can't remember Once Upon a Time, but it was neat."
Pandemic was another very early game for us. Like Forbidden Desert, it's a complicated, nearly-impossible co-op game, but instead of escaping from a desert in a plane, you're trying to stop a disease from taking over the world. Everyone works together to research cures and treat sick people, but at the end of each turn, the disease spreads to new cities, and every so often an epidemic breaks out and the disease spreads really fast. This is definitely not one you can expect to win all the time, but like a lot of co-op games, it can be fun to play with especially analytical younger players who can contribute their ideas as you all help them out to win together.
Jacob's review: "It taught me more about geography than Carmen Sandiego."
Ha, Qwirkle. We bought this one after seeing it on Tabletop and thinking, "That looks pretty fun." Well, uh, turns out I hate it. I find it immensely frustrating and don't ever want to play it at all. It's a lot more luck-based than a lot of these games, but unlike Fluxx or something else where you can't necessarily plan, the gameplay in this one isn't interesting to me either. It's also one where if you don't get ahead quickly, it can be difficult to catch up, and I just find those frustrating, because I do get competitive, and if I know early on who's going to win and I don't particularly enjoy the gameplay... why bother?
Jacob's review: "It's scrabble with colors and shapes and everyone tries to force themselves to have fun but everyone loathes themselves just for taking it out of the box which is sad because scrabble with colors and shapes should be amazing."
I actually have never played Pleasant Dreams. I kickstarted it, as did some of the people I follow on Twitter. The art is gorgeous, but I've never actually sat down and played it. It's supposed to be playable for one person, though, so maybe I'll have to do that soon!
Jacob's review: "'Pheasant Dreams' would be pretty fun."
This awkward collection of pictures is a tribute to the party games we own/bought/were given that we never play because we don't have anyone to play them with. Or we don't like them as much as we thought. Most people know Apples to Apples and Cranium, but Imaginiff is a game that I played once with Jacob wayyyy before we were dating, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it, and Quelf is a game I've never actually played and know very little about.
Jacob's review: "'Social games'. With 'friends'. Eww."
A game we bought awhile back and only recently started playing (but love!), this is Betrayal at House on the Hill. It's like a light RPG where you send your characters exploring through a haunted house, except halfway though something happens where one of the characters is revealed as a traitor and things take a different turn because players start fighting against each other instead of together. There are 50 different scenarios, so there's LOTS of replayability -- the first time I played it, I was the traitor trying to kill them with ghosts, and the next time, we were all fighting against a demonic fiddler. It's fun and interesting and I'm glad we finally got around to playing it.
Jacob's review: "BAHH: It's a sheep blat when you shorten it. That's fun. Also the game is fun! It's like co-op with the added fun of maybe you get to kill your friends!"
Carcassonne is one of the newest additions to our game library. You build a world made of roads, cities, monasteries, and gardens, and place your game pieces to score points on these various places. I have a feeling it's going to be really replayable because the world has a different layout each time. This is one of those games where the total score isn't in until the very end of the game when you count up all the points, so it's not always easy to tell who's winning right away unless you recount everything every time. This keeps gameplay fun for me because there's always a possibility that I could end up sweeping the points at the end.
Jacob's review: "Meeples are adorable."
We purchased Arkham Horror a year and a half ago, spent forever setting it up... and then never actually played it. One of these days we're going to clear all our stuff off the dining room table and try to play it for real.
Jacob's review: "I'm staring at it right now because it's directly in front of me. Sometimes it seems like it's always been in front of me, watching me, laughing at me. Inside. I can hear it. The unattainable."
Machi Koro was a game we tried at our local game store on Tabletop Day and discovered it was super fun, so we ended up buying it. Jacob compared it to Monopoly, in that you're buying property and reaping the rewards, but I like it WAY more than Monopoly. Gameplay moves much faster and, I think, is much more satisfying. Your goal is to buy up the four big improvements for your town by buying little improvements that earn you more money. Spend too much and you won't have enough left over to afford your goals, but spend too little and your opponent will make money faster than you.
Jacob's review: "It's like Monopoly but now everyone is having fun and not just me."
A trivia game specifically for geeks, with categories like "fantasy," "sci fi," "comics," and "games," Jacob usually beats me at Geek Out -- but it's still a lot of fun. The premise of this one is that your trivia card asks you to list things, for example, "two superheroes who wear yellow" or "four characters from the Narnia series." Your opponent can then outbid you -- "I can name six Narnia characters!" and you go back and forth until someone wins the bid. But then they have to actually name all those, or you lose points. Get too confident and you could end up needing to name 16 different movies where someone encounters their future self, only to find yourself flagging by 13. It's fun and silly and I like it a lot.
Jacob's review: "Trivia usually is lame. Yay for some peeps making a trivia game that's great and not the worst."
And these four are all Jacob's. I've never played any of them with him. I have no idea if they're fun or not. Well, the Monopolys wouldn't be. :-) But I don't know about the others.
Jacob's review: "Monopoly is the best and I always win because I don't whine like, 'WAAAAH. I wish I could have more Baltic Avenues! Booo. Maybe I shouldn't have traded everything I owned for all those trains! Can I have a re-roll? No? I hate everything and I'm going to bed. I hope you die.' I don't do that. Monopoly is fun and everyone should love it and have a great time. I also always win. That's pretty nice."
And those are the tabletop games we own! (Thus far.)
What are your favorite tabletop games? What games do you own that you've actually never played?
Monday, March 30, 2015
Movie Translation Game: Answers!
All right, gang! Here are all the answers to last Monday's movie translation game. Fun fact, they're in alphabetical order except for the last one. I sorted them like to begin with and numbered them later, only to discover I only had 19. I figured 20 was a nice round number and tacked an extra one onto the end.
Nearly all of them were guessed by someone. The few that remained unguessed: #3, #9, and #17.
1. Sniper, cow, of course, became a legend in the fight to save the file. The house, the children, after the death of his wife and four of his responsibility, but if the battle begins, not for the first time. --American Sniper
2. E-in the study, the Size of the stand is perfect information with a group of friends who formed the group of the technology. --Big Hero 6
3. The role of the hero, the last day of the calendar, house, family, job, and try to help me. --Birdman
4. He went to College life, as a young man, he was a child. --Boyhood
5. In America, in a new light, and be acceptable to the head of the group, on the other hand, the best soldiers in time of war in the old story, new threat: kill the soldiers and winter. --Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. After ten years, the flu, has the right to access, change, or groups that you have saved. --Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
7. Officially became the second man in the war against external enemies,select a date in the future, there is a good company for your business, you want to stop the conflict. --Edge of Tomorrow
8. In the same meeting, after two young people, who are recovering from breast cancer. --The Fault in Our Stars
9. The largest of the world is emphasized in the present study, the pride, the threat to humanity life, against harmful organisms can be observed. --Godzilla
10. Full speed fan operation between the stars criminal groups are forced to work together, if you want to avoid. --Guardians of the Galaxy
11. Professor of so,student education,I believe that God doesn't exist. --God's Not Dead
12. In the spotlight of the media circus, the key, which can't solve,even if it is a problem in the first place. --Gone Girl
13. If a Viking boy who went to the dragon's cave in the center of the city, where the two friends to protect the world, where hundreds of wild it. It --How to Train Your Dragon 2
14. A group of scientists of the hole, to ensure the survival of the human race. --Interstellar
15. You can also visit the more popular Newspapers to see Lark's on the planet, in an interview with amazement. In Japan, the leaders of North Korea's Kim Jong told the CIA changes to kill the task. --The Interview
16. LEGO building services, services of private security, the eternal, the purpose of which is to stop an evil LEGO tyrant of the company. --The LEGO Movie
17. Avenging Angel tracking Controller of a small honey, baby, I know that you may be the only person who can bring peace to this problem. --Maleficent (not at all surprised that nobody guessed this one)
18. It is the Creator of the world is a big problem for the post-apocalyptic flood to cleanse the world. --Noah
19. Super-heroes, one of them in the past and the events that lead us to the past to change, in a desperate attempt to avoid humans and mutants, which are sent to the system. --X-Men: Days of Future Past
20. 20 years after the first adventure, Harry Lloyd, Harry, how I found out that the dead girl. --Dumb and Dumber To
How many did you get? How many do you think you probably should have gotten in hindsight?
Nearly all of them were guessed by someone. The few that remained unguessed: #3, #9, and #17.
1. Sniper, cow, of course, became a legend in the fight to save the file. The house, the children, after the death of his wife and four of his responsibility, but if the battle begins, not for the first time. --American Sniper
2. E-in the study, the Size of the stand is perfect information with a group of friends who formed the group of the technology. --Big Hero 6
3. The role of the hero, the last day of the calendar, house, family, job, and try to help me. --Birdman
4. He went to College life, as a young man, he was a child. --Boyhood
5. In America, in a new light, and be acceptable to the head of the group, on the other hand, the best soldiers in time of war in the old story, new threat: kill the soldiers and winter. --Captain America: The Winter Soldier
6. After ten years, the flu, has the right to access, change, or groups that you have saved. --Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
7. Officially became the second man in the war against external enemies,select a date in the future, there is a good company for your business, you want to stop the conflict. --Edge of Tomorrow
8. In the same meeting, after two young people, who are recovering from breast cancer. --The Fault in Our Stars
9. The largest of the world is emphasized in the present study, the pride, the threat to humanity life, against harmful organisms can be observed. --Godzilla
10. Full speed fan operation between the stars criminal groups are forced to work together, if you want to avoid. --Guardians of the Galaxy
11. Professor of so,student education,I believe that God doesn't exist. --God's Not Dead
12. In the spotlight of the media circus, the key, which can't solve,even if it is a problem in the first place. --Gone Girl
13. If a Viking boy who went to the dragon's cave in the center of the city, where the two friends to protect the world, where hundreds of wild it. It --How to Train Your Dragon 2
14. A group of scientists of the hole, to ensure the survival of the human race. --Interstellar
15. You can also visit the more popular Newspapers to see Lark's on the planet, in an interview with amazement. In Japan, the leaders of North Korea's Kim Jong told the CIA changes to kill the task. --The Interview
16. LEGO building services, services of private security, the eternal, the purpose of which is to stop an evil LEGO tyrant of the company. --The LEGO Movie
17. Avenging Angel tracking Controller of a small honey, baby, I know that you may be the only person who can bring peace to this problem. --Maleficent (not at all surprised that nobody guessed this one)
18. It is the Creator of the world is a big problem for the post-apocalyptic flood to cleanse the world. --Noah
19. Super-heroes, one of them in the past and the events that lead us to the past to change, in a desperate attempt to avoid humans and mutants, which are sent to the system. --X-Men: Days of Future Past
20. 20 years after the first adventure, Harry Lloyd, Harry, how I found out that the dead girl. --Dumb and Dumber To
How many did you get? How many do you think you probably should have gotten in hindsight?
Monday, March 23, 2015
Movie Translation Game: 2014 Movies
Well, it's time for another movie translation game here on Unpublished for a Reason. Here's how it goes: I'll take several movie synopses, run them through Bad Translator, and present the finished result for you to guess. We're about three months into 2015, so I figured it would make sense to look at some of the most popular films of 2014 -- critically-acclaimed flicks, goofy blockbusters, and a couple more notorious choices -- and see how many of them you can identify! Post your guesses in the comments, I'll bold the ones that haven't been guessed correctly yet (though that shouldn't keep you from guessing them anyway just for fun!) and I'll post the answers next Monday.
Without further ado, here are some films of 2014, ridiculously scrambled. Some are... easier to guess than others.
1. Sniper, cow, of course, became a legend in the fight to save the file. The house, the children, after the death of his wife and four of his responsibility, but if the battle begins, not for the first time.
2. E-in the study, the Size of the stand is perfect information with a group of friends who formed the group of the technology.
3. The role of the hero, the last day of the calendar, house, family, job, and try to help me.
4. He went to College life, as a young man, he was a child.
5. In America, in a new light, and be acceptable to the head of the group, on the other hand, the best soldiers in time of war in the old story, new threat: kill the soldiers and winter.
6. After ten years, the flu, has the right to access, change, or groups that you have saved.
7. Officially became the second man in the war against external enemies,select a date in the future, there is a good company for your business, you want to stop the conflict.
8. In the same meeting, after two young people, who are recovering from breast cancer.
9. The largest of the world is emphasized in the present study, the pride, the threat to humanity life, against harmful organisms can be observed.
10. Full speed fan operation between the stars criminal groups are forced to work together, if you want to avoid.
11. Professor of so,student education,I believe that God doesn't exist.
12. In the spotlight of the media circus, the key, which can't solve,even if it is a problem in the first place.
13. If a Viking boy who went to the dragon's cave in the center of the city, where the two friends to protect the world, where hundreds of wild it. It
14. A group of scientists of the hole, to ensure the survival of the human race.
15. You can also visit the more popular Newspapers to see Lark's on the planet, in an interview with amazement. In Japan, the leaders of North Korea's Kim Jong told the CIA changes to kill the task.
16. LEGO building services, services of private security, the eternal, the purpose of which is to stop an evil LEGO tyrant of the company.
17. Avenging Angel tracking Controller of a small honey, baby, I know that you may be the only person who can bring peace to this problem.
18. It is the Creator of the world is a big problem for the post-apocalyptic flood to cleanse the world.
19. Super-heroes, one of them in the past and the events that lead us to the past to change, in a desperate attempt to avoid humans and mutants, which are sent to the system.
20. 20 years after the first adventure, Harry Lloyd, Harry, how I found out that the dead girl.
Without further ado, here are some films of 2014, ridiculously scrambled. Some are... easier to guess than others.
1. Sniper, cow, of course, became a legend in the fight to save the file. The house, the children, after the death of his wife and four of his responsibility, but if the battle begins, not for the first time.
2. E-in the study, the Size of the stand is perfect information with a group of friends who formed the group of the technology.
3. The role of the hero, the last day of the calendar, house, family, job, and try to help me.
4. He went to College life, as a young man, he was a child.
5. In America, in a new light, and be acceptable to the head of the group, on the other hand, the best soldiers in time of war in the old story, new threat: kill the soldiers and winter.
6. After ten years, the flu, has the right to access, change, or groups that you have saved.
7. Officially became the second man in the war against external enemies,select a date in the future, there is a good company for your business, you want to stop the conflict.
8. In the same meeting, after two young people, who are recovering from breast cancer.
9. The largest of the world is emphasized in the present study, the pride, the threat to humanity life, against harmful organisms can be observed.
10. Full speed fan operation between the stars criminal groups are forced to work together, if you want to avoid.
11. Professor of so,student education,I believe that God doesn't exist.
12. In the spotlight of the media circus, the key, which can't solve,even if it is a problem in the first place.
13. If a Viking boy who went to the dragon's cave in the center of the city, where the two friends to protect the world, where hundreds of wild it. It
14. A group of scientists of the hole, to ensure the survival of the human race.
15. You can also visit the more popular Newspapers to see Lark's on the planet, in an interview with amazement. In Japan, the leaders of North Korea's Kim Jong told the CIA changes to kill the task.
16. LEGO building services, services of private security, the eternal, the purpose of which is to stop an evil LEGO tyrant of the company.
17. Avenging Angel tracking Controller of a small honey, baby, I know that you may be the only person who can bring peace to this problem.
18. It is the Creator of the world is a big problem for the post-apocalyptic flood to cleanse the world.
19. Super-heroes, one of them in the past and the events that lead us to the past to change, in a desperate attempt to avoid humans and mutants, which are sent to the system.
20. 20 years after the first adventure, Harry Lloyd, Harry, how I found out that the dead girl.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Recycling Lyrics Into Clearly the Best New Song Ever
OK, so I may have forgotten to write a blog for today. I was scrambling for a little bit but then found this old note on my Facebook from years back. So we're going to do this.
Rules: Put your playlist on shuffle and write down the first 25 songs you get...
1. This is How It Happened (!HERO: The Rock Opera)
2. Goodbye May Seem Forever (The Fox and the Hound)
3. Joseph Dear Oh Joseph Mine (Mannheim Steamroller)
4. Buenos Aires (Evita)
5. When You're In My Arms (They're Playing Our Song)
6. Mercy Me (Aurora)
7. Hold On (Roko)
8. Sweet Darlin' (She & Him)
9. A Friend (Out of Eden)
10. You're the One That I Want (Grease)
11. Little Red Hat (110 in the Shade)
12. One Night Only (Dreamgirls)
13. Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne)
14. Country Grammar (Nelly)
15. Poor Robyn (James Marsters)
16. Help (Linda Eder, it's a Beatles cover)
17. Sailing With Russell (Chris Rice)
18. We Gotta Go (The Life)
19. Get Busy (Sean Paul)
20. The Promise (Plus One)
21. Dead Gay Son (Heathers)
22. Lost in the Wilderness (Children of Eden)
23. On the Open Road (A Goofy Movie)
24. Better (A Class Act)
25. Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna)
Now take the first line from the first song, the second line from the second song, third line from the third song, etc. and put them in order below to make your scrambled song. If the song doesn't have enough lines loop back to the beginning--like if you need the 22nd line but the song only has 15 lines, you start counting again with the first line as line 16 and end up using line 7.
Rules: Put your playlist on shuffle and write down the first 25 songs you get...
1. This is How It Happened (!HERO: The Rock Opera)
2. Goodbye May Seem Forever (The Fox and the Hound)
3. Joseph Dear Oh Joseph Mine (Mannheim Steamroller)
4. Buenos Aires (Evita)
5. When You're In My Arms (They're Playing Our Song)
6. Mercy Me (Aurora)
7. Hold On (Roko)
8. Sweet Darlin' (She & Him)
9. A Friend (Out of Eden)
10. You're the One That I Want (Grease)
11. Little Red Hat (110 in the Shade)
12. One Night Only (Dreamgirls)
13. Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne)
14. Country Grammar (Nelly)
15. Poor Robyn (James Marsters)
16. Help (Linda Eder, it's a Beatles cover)
17. Sailing With Russell (Chris Rice)
18. We Gotta Go (The Life)
19. Get Busy (Sean Paul)
20. The Promise (Plus One)
21. Dead Gay Son (Heathers)
22. Lost in the Wilderness (Children of Eden)
23. On the Open Road (A Goofy Movie)
24. Better (A Class Act)
25. Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna)
Now take the first line from the first song, the second line from the second song, third line from the third song, etc. and put them in order below to make your scrambled song. If the song doesn't have enough lines loop back to the beginning--like if you need the 22nd line but the song only has 15 lines, you start counting again with the first line as line 16 and end up using line 7.
#3 is an instrumental version of a song with lyrics, so I've included the traditional lyrics even though they don't sing it. I've also broken it up into... things that are vaguely verse-like.
I knew this assignment was different the first time I saw it
You looked at me needing me so
God reward both thee and thine
I get out here, Buenos Aires
You’re my melody
Holding my heart through it all
Hold on tonight
Just a little bit longer now
A friend is one who listens, always there for you
You're the one that I want
And then with a rush
So let's forget about chances, it's one night I will give
You're so fine, I want you mine, You're so delicious
Just to navigate it, wood decorated on chrome
Don't make me feel
Won't you please, please help me
When I'm sailing with Russell
But what about how good it was?
In a the club them want flex with us
His love is waiting patiently
They were not dirty
Hey, what've we got to lose, boy, when already we are
When I see that highway, I could cry
Go improve on better
Get you where you wanna go, if you know what I mean
So that'll probably be a top 40 hit any day now.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Can You Guess the Horror Movie From Its Mangled Plot?: Answers
Here are the answers to last week's movie guessing game!
1. $ 40,000 from her and her live in Phoenix close the administrator of his mother, a secretary, a young man in bed for research and development.
(Psycho)
2. Commercial ship Nostromo receive a call from the unexplored world. After the escape, a back seat in the house only to see that the work BIOFORM join them.
(Alien)
3. From the past to the future and about the spiritual son of the evil forebodings, when the evil and the spiritual, the power of this different hotel to the cold head of the family.
(The Shining)
4. Sitting in Antarctica-change pin to see the shape of a human face.
(The Thing)
5. Women have the opportunity to change, and he sought the help of two priests to save her daughter.
(The Exorcist)
6. A group of people hide from bloodthirsty monsters on the field businesses.
(Night of the Living Dead)
7. Part of the exhumed bodies of scholars prepared a concern.
(Frankenstein)
8. The second child moves into a new house, just around the city and special events. Women mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over security unborn child begins controlling her life.
(Rosemary's Baby)
9. The opportunity to shoot a movie of the summer island and takes a shine to female surgery and the stars of the big gorilla.
(King Kong)
10. Psikozaj murder to the first boy that killed his sister, from his docs from the Seventies and a bookish girl street a young man and his friends.
(Halloween)
11. Monsters, while only survivor onslaught of the home of a group of strangers.
(Evil Dead II)
12. Many of the small town and country and represent an alien duplicates the effect on learning.
(Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
13. A sudden increase in the number of birds and all of the great development in San Francisco and started killing people there and Vicio increases slowly because their boyfriend to a small Northern Californiacity authorities.
(The Birds)
14. Changes to the animalistic Mr. Hyde of the dark and wild side a potion that, when Dr Jekyll face unpleasant consequences.
(Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)
15. And a dead lies between them, the two men "mystery" is the name of the cave memory and a serial killer on the essay. They are seeking to do the surgery in a game set in a Variety of men will follow the laws and regulations.
(Saw)
16. The ancient Vampire de Jumpsuit arrives in England and begins to prey on young Chinese Mina.
(Dracula)
17. UK across the bright, infectious disease to four weeks later, a few of the survivors try to find sanctuary.
(28 Days Later)
18. One man against the armies of the dead, they will return to the Necronomicon in 1300 AD, and transfer.
(Army of Darkness)
19. The journey of the operation of a U.S. diplomat. It is true that the child is the Antichrist? Devil himself?
(The Omen)
20. Five of their friends, and they know how to leave the meat monsters in the forest, and the city and walking.
(The Evil Dead)
21. The desire of the victims, a child murderer killed the street Lynch mob.
(The Nightmare on Elm Street)
22. Visit the Tomb of the liquor-friendly long-chainsaw wielding cannibals and disease and terrorized his family.
(The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
23. The family of the host haunted by ghosts.
(Poltergeist)
24. Young girl abused and m 17 years has telekinesis and space effort to push the boundary of the school prom night.
(Carrie)
25. They were two elderly women, one that will bring out a little over time to apologize for the death of a husband and wife in Venice.
(Don't Look Now)
26. A young journalist in the week came the death of the other, which will examine the videotape operation.
(The Ring)
27. Zombie lives reincarnation is a beautiful woman of the street.
(The Mummy)
28. After moving to New town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by Vampires.
(The Lost Boys)
29. A masked starts killing teenagers and towns, and the number rises to themselves in real life, a girl and her friends for a concert "law".
(Scream)
30. Owner of a wax museum with a friend, but a vengeful killer and escape.
(House of Wax)
31. They agreed to return more room in the woods for a break of five friends. Together, they must discover the truth behind the house in the woods.
(The Cabin in the Woods)
32. The harmful florist who needed food and aid of a high-cost plants are able to succeed in romance.(Little Shop of Horrors)
33. Joanna Eberhart and his family to Stepford, Connecticut, Quaint town, but it is not really a bad attitude-based search for the perfect life.
(The Stepford Wives)
34. After moving into a suburban home, a couple who become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
(Paranormal Activity)
35. Our students learn in the film, leaving a city report, Blair witch, a film about the Maryland woods while touring.
(The Blair Witch Project)
36. They know that the dead are connected to the spirit of seeking the help of a young and sad.
(The Sixth Sense)
37. The F.B.I. New battle a serial killer Skins exploited to the operation and devising evil murderers in prison would be.
(The Silence of the Lambs)
38. One man, and win back his former girlfriend, let her relationship with her mother, and the people are dealing with the total of the dead to life and shows that his death and decide.
(Shaun of the Dead)
39. Two American college students on a walking trip of Great Britain, it is not to be a werewolf army.
(An American Werewolf in London)
40. The famous author of a car crash or support any- "or".
(Misery)
41. Breaking the 3 important rules about her new pet, the men of the horde and monsters and towns malevolently broken request.
(Gremlins)
42. In a recently deceased ghosts pathological attachment to the house to remove a new "bio-Exorcist" of the program.
(Beetlejuice)
43. A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to be the leader of side-show performers, but his flow of friends and find that it is the only husband and wife are sleeping.
(Freaks)
44. Brother, commands the composer looking for a new love and an opera singer.
(The Phantom of the Opera)
45. M St. Bernard "Cujo" contracts rabies name for the rule of terror on a small American town.
(Cujo)
46. Paranormal researchers and scholars and women are called to haunted Mansion. Immediately began to lose his mind.
(The Haunting)
47. A great white shark begins a relationship is critical that the small island nation, set out for the chief of police, a research and grizzled fisherman let out.
(Jaws)
48. Since there are m dead, two Philadelphia swat one, a message of the great plagues, and television-head with a friend looking for a refuge various market places.
(Dawn of the Dead)
49. The people and the police cadet leaders, and not the Scottish island country in search of a missing girl. Visitors to the pagan religion.
(The Wicker Man)
50. A surprise storm Angeles-water swamps of shark scare people as a whole, the death, and, sea, air and land outside.
(Sharknado)
How many did you get right?
1. $ 40,000 from her and her live in Phoenix close the administrator of his mother, a secretary, a young man in bed for research and development.
(Psycho)
2. Commercial ship Nostromo receive a call from the unexplored world. After the escape, a back seat in the house only to see that the work BIOFORM join them.
(Alien)
3. From the past to the future and about the spiritual son of the evil forebodings, when the evil and the spiritual, the power of this different hotel to the cold head of the family.
(The Shining)
4. Sitting in Antarctica-change pin to see the shape of a human face.
(The Thing)
5. Women have the opportunity to change, and he sought the help of two priests to save her daughter.
(The Exorcist)
6. A group of people hide from bloodthirsty monsters on the field businesses.
(Night of the Living Dead)
7. Part of the exhumed bodies of scholars prepared a concern.
(Frankenstein)
8. The second child moves into a new house, just around the city and special events. Women mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over security unborn child begins controlling her life.
(Rosemary's Baby)
9. The opportunity to shoot a movie of the summer island and takes a shine to female surgery and the stars of the big gorilla.
(King Kong)
10. Psikozaj murder to the first boy that killed his sister, from his docs from the Seventies and a bookish girl street a young man and his friends.
(Halloween)
11. Monsters, while only survivor onslaught of the home of a group of strangers.
(Evil Dead II)
12. Many of the small town and country and represent an alien duplicates the effect on learning.
(Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
13. A sudden increase in the number of birds and all of the great development in San Francisco and started killing people there and Vicio increases slowly because their boyfriend to a small Northern Californiacity authorities.
(The Birds)
14. Changes to the animalistic Mr. Hyde of the dark and wild side a potion that, when Dr Jekyll face unpleasant consequences.
(Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)
15. And a dead lies between them, the two men "mystery" is the name of the cave memory and a serial killer on the essay. They are seeking to do the surgery in a game set in a Variety of men will follow the laws and regulations.
(Saw)
16. The ancient Vampire de Jumpsuit arrives in England and begins to prey on young Chinese Mina.
(Dracula)
17. UK across the bright, infectious disease to four weeks later, a few of the survivors try to find sanctuary.
(28 Days Later)
18. One man against the armies of the dead, they will return to the Necronomicon in 1300 AD, and transfer.
(Army of Darkness)
19. The journey of the operation of a U.S. diplomat. It is true that the child is the Antichrist? Devil himself?
(The Omen)
20. Five of their friends, and they know how to leave the meat monsters in the forest, and the city and walking.
(The Evil Dead)
21. The desire of the victims, a child murderer killed the street Lynch mob.
(The Nightmare on Elm Street)
22. Visit the Tomb of the liquor-friendly long-chainsaw wielding cannibals and disease and terrorized his family.
(The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
23. The family of the host haunted by ghosts.
(Poltergeist)
24. Young girl abused and m 17 years has telekinesis and space effort to push the boundary of the school prom night.
(Carrie)
25. They were two elderly women, one that will bring out a little over time to apologize for the death of a husband and wife in Venice.
(Don't Look Now)
26. A young journalist in the week came the death of the other, which will examine the videotape operation.
(The Ring)
27. Zombie lives reincarnation is a beautiful woman of the street.
(The Mummy)
28. After moving to New town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by Vampires.
(The Lost Boys)
29. A masked starts killing teenagers and towns, and the number rises to themselves in real life, a girl and her friends for a concert "law".
(Scream)
30. Owner of a wax museum with a friend, but a vengeful killer and escape.
(House of Wax)
31. They agreed to return more room in the woods for a break of five friends. Together, they must discover the truth behind the house in the woods.
(The Cabin in the Woods)
32. The harmful florist who needed food and aid of a high-cost plants are able to succeed in romance.(Little Shop of Horrors)
33. Joanna Eberhart and his family to Stepford, Connecticut, Quaint town, but it is not really a bad attitude-based search for the perfect life.
(The Stepford Wives)
34. After moving into a suburban home, a couple who become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
(Paranormal Activity)
35. Our students learn in the film, leaving a city report, Blair witch, a film about the Maryland woods while touring.
(The Blair Witch Project)
36. They know that the dead are connected to the spirit of seeking the help of a young and sad.
(The Sixth Sense)
37. The F.B.I. New battle a serial killer Skins exploited to the operation and devising evil murderers in prison would be.
(The Silence of the Lambs)
38. One man, and win back his former girlfriend, let her relationship with her mother, and the people are dealing with the total of the dead to life and shows that his death and decide.
(Shaun of the Dead)
39. Two American college students on a walking trip of Great Britain, it is not to be a werewolf army.
(An American Werewolf in London)
40. The famous author of a car crash or support any- "or".
(Misery)
41. Breaking the 3 important rules about her new pet, the men of the horde and monsters and towns malevolently broken request.
(Gremlins)
42. In a recently deceased ghosts pathological attachment to the house to remove a new "bio-Exorcist" of the program.
(Beetlejuice)
43. A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to be the leader of side-show performers, but his flow of friends and find that it is the only husband and wife are sleeping.
(Freaks)
44. Brother, commands the composer looking for a new love and an opera singer.
(The Phantom of the Opera)
45. M St. Bernard "Cujo" contracts rabies name for the rule of terror on a small American town.
(Cujo)
46. Paranormal researchers and scholars and women are called to haunted Mansion. Immediately began to lose his mind.
(The Haunting)
47. A great white shark begins a relationship is critical that the small island nation, set out for the chief of police, a research and grizzled fisherman let out.
(Jaws)
48. Since there are m dead, two Philadelphia swat one, a message of the great plagues, and television-head with a friend looking for a refuge various market places.
(Dawn of the Dead)
49. The people and the police cadet leaders, and not the Scottish island country in search of a missing girl. Visitors to the pagan religion.
(The Wicker Man)
50. A surprise storm Angeles-water swamps of shark scare people as a whole, the death, and, sea, air and land outside.
(Sharknado)
How many did you get right?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Can You Guess the Horror Movie From Its Mangled Plot?
I wanted to play a li'l translation game with you guys, since I haven't in awhile and I figured since October was here, this was a good opportunity to test your knowledge on some horror movies.
Can YOU identify all the horror movie plot summaries that have been translated to death? It's a mix of old and new, and even a few I haven't seen but know what they're about. Some of these remained pretty obvious, while others are... not so easy. Leave your answers in the comments!
1. $ 40,000 from her and her live in Phoenix close the administrator of his mother, a secretary, a young man in bed for research and development.
2. Commercial ship Nostromo receive a call from the unexplored world. After the escape, a back seat in the house only to see that the work BIOFORM join them.
3. From the past to the future and about the spiritual son of the evil forebodings, when the evil and the spiritual, the power of this different hotel to the cold head of the family.
4. Sitting in Antarctica-change pin to see the shape of a human face.
5. Women have the opportunity to change, and he sought the help of two priests to save her daughter.
6. A group of people hide from bloodthirsty monsters on the field businesses.
7. Part of the exhumed bodies of scholars prepared a concern.
8. The second child moves into a new house, just around the city and special events. Women mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over security unborn child begins controlling her life.
9. The opportunity to shoot a movie of the summer island and takes a shine to female surgery and the stars of the big gorilla.
10. Psikozaj murder to the first boy that killed his sister, from his docs from the Seventies and a bookish girl street a young man and his friends.
11. Monsters, while only survivor onslaught of the home of a group of strangers.
12. Many of the small town and country and represent an alien duplicates the effect on learning.
13. A sudden increase in the number of birds and all of the great development in San Francisco and started killing people there and Vicio increases slowly because their boyfriend to a small Northern Californiacity authorities.
14. Changes to the animalistic Mr. Hyde of the dark and wild side a potion that, when Dr Jekyll face unpleasant consequences.
15. And a dead lies between them, the two men "mystery" is the name of the cave memory and a serial killer on the essay. They are seeking to do the surgery in a game set in a Variety of men will follow the laws and regulations.
16. The ancient Vampire de Jumpsuit arrives in England and begins to prey on young Chinese Mina.
17. UK across the bright, infectious disease to four weeks later, a few of the survivors try to find sanctuary.
18. One man against the armies of the dead, they will return to the Necronomicon in 1300 AD, and transfer.
19. The journey of the operation of a U.S. diplomat. It is true that the child is the Antichrist? Devil himself?
20. Five of their friends, and they know how to leave the meat monsters in the forest, and the city and walking.
21. The desire of the victims, a child murderer killed the street Lynch mob.
22. Visit the Tomb of the liquor-friendly long-chainsaw wielding cannibals and disease and terrorized his family.
23. The family of the host haunted by ghosts.
24. Young girl abused and m 17 years has telekinesis and space effort to push the boundary of the school prom night.
25. They were two elderly women, one that will bring out a little over time to apologize for the death of a husband and wife in Venice.
26. A young journalist in the week came the death of the other, which will examine the videotape operation.
27. Zombie lives reincarnation is a beautiful woman of the street.
28. After moving to New town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by Vampires.
29. A masked starts killing teenagers and towns, and the number rises to themselves in real life, a girl and her friends for a concert "law".
30. Owner of a wax museum with a friend, but a vengeful killer and escape.
31. They agreed to return more room in the woods for a break of five friends. Together, they must discover the truth behind the house in the woods.
32. The harmful florist who needed food and aid of a high-cost plants are able to succeed in romance.
33. Joanna Eberhart and his family to Stepford, Connecticut, Quaint town, but it is not really a bad attitude-based search for the perfect life.
34. After moving into a suburban home, a couple who become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
35. Our students learn in the film, leaving a city report, Blair witch, a film about the Maryland woods while touring.
36. They know that the dead are connected to the spirit of seeking the help of a young and sad.
37. The F.B.I. New battle a serial killer Skins exploited to the operation and devising evil murderers in prison would be.
38. One man, and win back his former girlfriend, let her relationship with her mother, and the people are dealing with the total of the dead to life and shows that his death and decide.
39. Two American college students on a walking trip of Great Britain, it is not to be a werewolf army.
40. The famous author of a car crash or support any- "or".
41. Breaking the 3 important rules about her new pet, the men of the horde and monsters and towns malevolently broken request.
42. In a recently deceased ghosts pathological attachment to the house to remove a new "bio-Exorcist" of the program.
43. A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to be the leader of side-show performers, but his flow of friends and find that it is the only husband and wife are sleeping.
44. Brother, commands the composer looking for a new love and an opera singer.
45. M St. Bernard "Cujo" contracts rabies name for the rule of terror on a small American town.
46. Paranormal researchers and scholars and women are called to haunted Mansion. Immediately began to lose his mind.
47. A great white shark begins a relationship is critical that the small island nation, set out for the chief of police, a research and grizzled fisherman let out.
48. Since there are m dead, two Philadelphia swat one, a message of the great plagues, and television-head with a friend looking for a refuge various market places.
49. The people and the police cadet leaders, and not the Scottish island country in search of a missing girl. Visitors to the pagan religion.
50. A surprise storm Angeles-water swamps of shark scare people as a whole, the death, and, sea, air and land outside.
Can YOU identify all the horror movie plot summaries that have been translated to death? It's a mix of old and new, and even a few I haven't seen but know what they're about. Some of these remained pretty obvious, while others are... not so easy. Leave your answers in the comments!
1. $ 40,000 from her and her live in Phoenix close the administrator of his mother, a secretary, a young man in bed for research and development.
2. Commercial ship Nostromo receive a call from the unexplored world. After the escape, a back seat in the house only to see that the work BIOFORM join them.
3. From the past to the future and about the spiritual son of the evil forebodings, when the evil and the spiritual, the power of this different hotel to the cold head of the family.
4. Sitting in Antarctica-change pin to see the shape of a human face.
5. Women have the opportunity to change, and he sought the help of two priests to save her daughter.
6. A group of people hide from bloodthirsty monsters on the field businesses.
7. Part of the exhumed bodies of scholars prepared a concern.
8. The second child moves into a new house, just around the city and special events. Women mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over security unborn child begins controlling her life.
9. The opportunity to shoot a movie of the summer island and takes a shine to female surgery and the stars of the big gorilla.
10. Psikozaj murder to the first boy that killed his sister, from his docs from the Seventies and a bookish girl street a young man and his friends.
11. Monsters, while only survivor onslaught of the home of a group of strangers.
12. Many of the small town and country and represent an alien duplicates the effect on learning.
13. A sudden increase in the number of birds and all of the great development in San Francisco and started killing people there and Vicio increases slowly because their boyfriend to a small Northern Californiacity authorities.
14. Changes to the animalistic Mr. Hyde of the dark and wild side a potion that, when Dr Jekyll face unpleasant consequences.
15. And a dead lies between them, the two men "mystery" is the name of the cave memory and a serial killer on the essay. They are seeking to do the surgery in a game set in a Variety of men will follow the laws and regulations.
16. The ancient Vampire de Jumpsuit arrives in England and begins to prey on young Chinese Mina.
17. UK across the bright, infectious disease to four weeks later, a few of the survivors try to find sanctuary.
18. One man against the armies of the dead, they will return to the Necronomicon in 1300 AD, and transfer.
19. The journey of the operation of a U.S. diplomat. It is true that the child is the Antichrist? Devil himself?
20. Five of their friends, and they know how to leave the meat monsters in the forest, and the city and walking.
21. The desire of the victims, a child murderer killed the street Lynch mob.
22. Visit the Tomb of the liquor-friendly long-chainsaw wielding cannibals and disease and terrorized his family.
23. The family of the host haunted by ghosts.
24. Young girl abused and m 17 years has telekinesis and space effort to push the boundary of the school prom night.
25. They were two elderly women, one that will bring out a little over time to apologize for the death of a husband and wife in Venice.
26. A young journalist in the week came the death of the other, which will examine the videotape operation.
27. Zombie lives reincarnation is a beautiful woman of the street.
28. After moving to New town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by Vampires.
29. A masked starts killing teenagers and towns, and the number rises to themselves in real life, a girl and her friends for a concert "law".
30. Owner of a wax museum with a friend, but a vengeful killer and escape.
31. They agreed to return more room in the woods for a break of five friends. Together, they must discover the truth behind the house in the woods.
32. The harmful florist who needed food and aid of a high-cost plants are able to succeed in romance.
33. Joanna Eberhart and his family to Stepford, Connecticut, Quaint town, but it is not really a bad attitude-based search for the perfect life.
34. After moving into a suburban home, a couple who become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
35. Our students learn in the film, leaving a city report, Blair witch, a film about the Maryland woods while touring.
36. They know that the dead are connected to the spirit of seeking the help of a young and sad.
37. The F.B.I. New battle a serial killer Skins exploited to the operation and devising evil murderers in prison would be.
38. One man, and win back his former girlfriend, let her relationship with her mother, and the people are dealing with the total of the dead to life and shows that his death and decide.
39. Two American college students on a walking trip of Great Britain, it is not to be a werewolf army.
40. The famous author of a car crash or support any- "or".
41. Breaking the 3 important rules about her new pet, the men of the horde and monsters and towns malevolently broken request.
42. In a recently deceased ghosts pathological attachment to the house to remove a new "bio-Exorcist" of the program.
43. A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to be the leader of side-show performers, but his flow of friends and find that it is the only husband and wife are sleeping.
44. Brother, commands the composer looking for a new love and an opera singer.
45. M St. Bernard "Cujo" contracts rabies name for the rule of terror on a small American town.
46. Paranormal researchers and scholars and women are called to haunted Mansion. Immediately began to lose his mind.
47. A great white shark begins a relationship is critical that the small island nation, set out for the chief of police, a research and grizzled fisherman let out.
48. Since there are m dead, two Philadelphia swat one, a message of the great plagues, and television-head with a friend looking for a refuge various market places.
49. The people and the police cadet leaders, and not the Scottish island country in search of a missing girl. Visitors to the pagan religion.
50. A surprise storm Angeles-water swamps of shark scare people as a whole, the death, and, sea, air and land outside.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
What Happens When You Remove a Syllable from a Movie Title?
For anyone who didn't read the monster this post turned into last week, I wanted to share my favorite results with you this week.
Last Thursday, I posted this on my Facebook:
Last night, Jacob was scrolling through his music player and came across "Leggy Blonde" by Flight of the Conchords. All I could think was that it was "Legally Blonde" with a missing syllable. And then I started thinking of other movies that would have very different plus if you phonetically removed a syllable from the title. My list included The Return of the Jed, A Series of Fortunate Events, and Lent Hill. What would you add? You can even make up a silly plot synopsis for your new movie titles if you want.
This yielded over 200 comments from 5 friends chiming in with their ideas, so I thought I'd pass along the ones I liked the most. Feel free to submit your own in the comments -- or come up with possibly plots for any of the ones named here!
Dirt Dancing
Pretty Men
Dog Millionaire
How to Suc at Business Without Really Trying
The Little Maid
Drop Dead Gorge
Lice Academy
Sure, Holmes (a sarcastic retelling of the classic detective tales)
The Odd Cup
The True Show
The Leg Movie
Guardians of the Galley
Soupman (along with Soupman 2-4, Soupman Returns, and Batman v. Soupman)
The Visible Man
Pie of the Carribean
A Christmas Roll
Charlie's Gels
Man v. Superman
Dumb and Dumb
North by West
Zen
Man Holiday
To Kill a Mock Bird
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Secret Guard
Lit Women
The Great Tater!
WALL
Captain Lips
Shop Around the Corn
For a Few Dolls More
Batman Begs
Monty Python and the Whole Grail
Good Hunting
How to Train Your Drag (Sorta like My Fair Lady but with a cast made entirely of drag queens)
Beet Juice
Twelve Keys
Bill and Ted's Excellent Advent (a Christmas special?)
A Christ Story (Not sure if this would be a Christian movie or a sacrilegious movie)
Psych (hotel manager makes creepy sounds in the bathroom then runs away saying "just kidding!")
Wars
The Girl with the dragon, too
Bill & Ted's Bogus Knee
Man in the Eye Mask
Dependence Day: When aliens attack earth, a computer genius and a fighter pilot team up to assist the aliens in their invasion. Events come to a head when the president gives a rousing speech about the joys of bending knee to the new overlords.
Finding Moe: An underwater Three Stooges adventure.
Mr. Holland's Pus
The Shin: Someone straps a GoPro to an anonymous person's leg for 2 hours.
(to which another friend added)
Shin's 11: Someone straps a GoPro to an anonymous person's leg for 11 hours
The Day the Earth Stood: Everyone on Earth forgets how to bend their knees.
Alvin and the Monks: A chipmunk parody of Sister Act, where Alvin is on the run and has to hide out in a monastery, only to start teaching all the monks a sense of mischief.
No Tree for Old Men
Night of the Living: In a world populated by zombies, terror strikes when non-zombies start walking the earth.
Riots of Fire
Around the World in 8 Days
Liver! Alternatively: Olive!
(to which I added)
And when they eat all the liver and olives, it's Over!
A Tale of Two Ties: Bow vs. Bolo - the savagery of the conflict examined.
The Trix: A dark post-apocalyptic story where the Trix Rabbit has taken over the world and no longer allows kids to have Trix.
The Turnator: A robot is created specifically to enforce children taking turns on the most popular parts of the playground.
Animal Crack: a farmer turns to drugs
For my Rinkie friends: A Rink in Time: Sam finds a TARDIS
The Duet: Dustin Hoffman must choose whether to sing a song with his girlfriend or her mother.
The Fast Club: A bunch of students run out of detention and no one can catch them.
Inglourious Turds. I'm not making up a synopsis for that.
The sister of the traveling pants: A pair of capris stays home and jealously reads the post cards her traveling sister sends.
Take all instances of titles with "Man Who" in them and remove "man" to learn about little-known events in the history of a certain English rock band. ("The Who Shot Liberty Valance", "The Who Would Be King", "The Who Wasn't There", "The Who Knew Too Much")
Thought of any more? Submit them here!
Last Thursday, I posted this on my Facebook:
Last night, Jacob was scrolling through his music player and came across "Leggy Blonde" by Flight of the Conchords. All I could think was that it was "Legally Blonde" with a missing syllable. And then I started thinking of other movies that would have very different plus if you phonetically removed a syllable from the title. My list included The Return of the Jed, A Series of Fortunate Events, and Lent Hill. What would you add? You can even make up a silly plot synopsis for your new movie titles if you want.
This yielded over 200 comments from 5 friends chiming in with their ideas, so I thought I'd pass along the ones I liked the most. Feel free to submit your own in the comments -- or come up with possibly plots for any of the ones named here!
Dirt Dancing
Pretty Men
Dog Millionaire
How to Suc at Business Without Really Trying
The Little Maid
Drop Dead Gorge
Lice Academy
Sure, Holmes (a sarcastic retelling of the classic detective tales)
The Odd Cup
The True Show
The Leg Movie
Guardians of the Galley
Soupman (along with Soupman 2-4, Soupman Returns, and Batman v. Soupman)
The Visible Man
Pie of the Carribean
A Christmas Roll
Charlie's Gels
Man v. Superman
Dumb and Dumb
North by West
Zen
Man Holiday
To Kill a Mock Bird
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Secret Guard
Lit Women
The Great Tater!
WALL
Captain Lips
Shop Around the Corn
For a Few Dolls More
Batman Begs
Monty Python and the Whole Grail
Good Hunting
How to Train Your Drag (Sorta like My Fair Lady but with a cast made entirely of drag queens)
Beet Juice
Twelve Keys
Bill and Ted's Excellent Advent (a Christmas special?)
A Christ Story (Not sure if this would be a Christian movie or a sacrilegious movie)
Psych (hotel manager makes creepy sounds in the bathroom then runs away saying "just kidding!")
Wars
The Girl with the dragon, too
Bill & Ted's Bogus Knee
Man in the Eye Mask
Dependence Day: When aliens attack earth, a computer genius and a fighter pilot team up to assist the aliens in their invasion. Events come to a head when the president gives a rousing speech about the joys of bending knee to the new overlords.
Finding Moe: An underwater Three Stooges adventure.
Mr. Holland's Pus
The Shin: Someone straps a GoPro to an anonymous person's leg for 2 hours.
(to which another friend added)
Shin's 11: Someone straps a GoPro to an anonymous person's leg for 11 hours
The Day the Earth Stood: Everyone on Earth forgets how to bend their knees.
Alvin and the Monks: A chipmunk parody of Sister Act, where Alvin is on the run and has to hide out in a monastery, only to start teaching all the monks a sense of mischief.
No Tree for Old Men
Night of the Living: In a world populated by zombies, terror strikes when non-zombies start walking the earth.
Riots of Fire
Around the World in 8 Days
Liver! Alternatively: Olive!
(to which I added)
And when they eat all the liver and olives, it's Over!
A Tale of Two Ties: Bow vs. Bolo - the savagery of the conflict examined.
The Trix: A dark post-apocalyptic story where the Trix Rabbit has taken over the world and no longer allows kids to have Trix.
The Turnator: A robot is created specifically to enforce children taking turns on the most popular parts of the playground.
Animal Crack: a farmer turns to drugs
For my Rinkie friends: A Rink in Time: Sam finds a TARDIS
The Duet: Dustin Hoffman must choose whether to sing a song with his girlfriend or her mother.
The Fast Club: A bunch of students run out of detention and no one can catch them.
Inglourious Turds. I'm not making up a synopsis for that.
The sister of the traveling pants: A pair of capris stays home and jealously reads the post cards her traveling sister sends.
Take all instances of titles with "Man Who" in them and remove "man" to learn about little-known events in the history of a certain English rock band. ("The Who Shot Liberty Valance", "The Who Would Be King", "The Who Wasn't There", "The Who Knew Too Much")
Thought of any more? Submit them here!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Movie Plot Translation Game: Answers
It's time to reveal the answers to last week's Movie Plot Translation Game! I had a lot of people guess, both on and off the blog, and I was impressed, overall, with how many people got some of the incredibly difficult ones. So kudos to all of you -- now it's time to reveal the answers!
#100 - Help the kids for some reason from the desert abode must be unjust. (2000s family movie)
Holes
#200 - In the chorus, where fear anti-Semitism that emotional development manager of the farmer's daughter who is 3. (1970s musical)
Fiddler on the Roof
#300 - At that time, his father, Eddie, who was married last year. However, the difference between the women of the father. I think that the girl is the best choice for you. (1960s... family rom-com?)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
#400 - Biographical files, Director and Howard in the early years of the 20th century, a pioneer in aviation, the profession of Hughes Middle-1940. (2000s drama)
The Aviator
#500 - The establishment of foreign funds of $ beating the s*** that goes beyond a few seconds before the Earth is destroyed by his friend Ford, recommended by the scientists called the new world. (2000s comedy)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
#600 - Armed robbers ball and Tiger is actually two Liao dynasty, Willie tries to convince forests and pressures of civilization. (1960s kids' movie)
The Jungle Book
#700 - Hostility against the body and the other, but relative. (1990s rom com)
You've Got Mail
#800 - The above obligation to sisters of Henry VIII. (2000s drama)
The Other Boleyn Girl
#900 - For all ages, kids, dogs and hunting adventures and stories touched my cream. (1970s family movie that is WAY too high on my list.)
Where the Red Fern Grows
#1000 - Women: official training widow Bin monasteres Autriche. (1960s musical)
The Sound of Music
#1100 - A widow, took the elder son of the King of Siam on the issue. (1950s musical)
The King and I
#1200 - Nurses are responsible for a player can't talk, you will find that the personal representative of the confused with him. (1960s psychological drama)
Persona
#1300 - As a story about a girl of 14 years to collect diaries low teens, including you know here kiss. (2000s teen comedy that probably nobody has ever seen but me)
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging
#1400 - A person able to unify the high school girl of his dreams, despite the fact that her husband is a disaster. (1990s comedy)
There's Something About Mary
#1500 - Marinated Fennel agents, as he was a magical flying piano anywhere in the world, but was soon in trouble. (1980s kids' short)
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
#1600 - Fall Turkey argues that the key to the prosperity of Maya rulers, when standing on the other to build temples, and human sacrifice. Jaguar paw and sacrifice captured trying to escape the fate of men. (2000s action drama)
Apocalypto
#1700 - The rocker went to Ohio on his biggest fan TV farewell kiss before he pulled from a small town. (1960s musical)
Bye Bye Birdie
#1800 - He kidnapped the woman a man sends a message and the stray cats. The owner of the cat, the FBI said. Central Bureau of investigation is trying to follow the cats jealous people and get the action of nosy neighbors. (1960s kids movie)
That Darn Cat!
#1900 - Wholesale with little success in Italy open top. (1970s crime drama)
Mean Streets
#2000 - Dave Seville finds success in the fight between the three Chipmunks lyrics: mischievous leader Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and fat affect. (And we'll close off with an easy one for you.)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
How many did you get right? How many have you seen, but you've never have guessed that's what they were from the given plot? :-)
#100 - Help the kids for some reason from the desert abode must be unjust. (2000s family movie)
Holes
#200 - In the chorus, where fear anti-Semitism that emotional development manager of the farmer's daughter who is 3. (1970s musical)
Fiddler on the Roof
#300 - At that time, his father, Eddie, who was married last year. However, the difference between the women of the father. I think that the girl is the best choice for you. (1960s... family rom-com?)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
#400 - Biographical files, Director and Howard in the early years of the 20th century, a pioneer in aviation, the profession of Hughes Middle-1940. (2000s drama)
The Aviator
#500 - The establishment of foreign funds of $ beating the s*** that goes beyond a few seconds before the Earth is destroyed by his friend Ford, recommended by the scientists called the new world. (2000s comedy)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
#600 - Armed robbers ball and Tiger is actually two Liao dynasty, Willie tries to convince forests and pressures of civilization. (1960s kids' movie)
The Jungle Book
#700 - Hostility against the body and the other, but relative. (1990s rom com)
You've Got Mail
#800 - The above obligation to sisters of Henry VIII. (2000s drama)
The Other Boleyn Girl
#900 - For all ages, kids, dogs and hunting adventures and stories touched my cream. (1970s family movie that is WAY too high on my list.)
Where the Red Fern Grows
#1000 - Women: official training widow Bin monasteres Autriche. (1960s musical)
The Sound of Music
#1100 - A widow, took the elder son of the King of Siam on the issue. (1950s musical)
The King and I
#1200 - Nurses are responsible for a player can't talk, you will find that the personal representative of the confused with him. (1960s psychological drama)
Persona
#1300 - As a story about a girl of 14 years to collect diaries low teens, including you know here kiss. (2000s teen comedy that probably nobody has ever seen but me)
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging
#1400 - A person able to unify the high school girl of his dreams, despite the fact that her husband is a disaster. (1990s comedy)
There's Something About Mary
#1500 - Marinated Fennel agents, as he was a magical flying piano anywhere in the world, but was soon in trouble. (1980s kids' short)
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?
#1600 - Fall Turkey argues that the key to the prosperity of Maya rulers, when standing on the other to build temples, and human sacrifice. Jaguar paw and sacrifice captured trying to escape the fate of men. (2000s action drama)
Apocalypto
#1700 - The rocker went to Ohio on his biggest fan TV farewell kiss before he pulled from a small town. (1960s musical)
Bye Bye Birdie
#1800 - He kidnapped the woman a man sends a message and the stray cats. The owner of the cat, the FBI said. Central Bureau of investigation is trying to follow the cats jealous people and get the action of nosy neighbors. (1960s kids movie)
That Darn Cat!
#1900 - Wholesale with little success in Italy open top. (1970s crime drama)
Mean Streets
#2000 - Dave Seville finds success in the fight between the three Chipmunks lyrics: mischievous leader Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and fat affect. (And we'll close off with an easy one for you.)
Alvin and the Chipmunks
How many did you get right? How many have you seen, but you've never have guessed that's what they were from the given plot? :-)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Movie Plot Translation Game Time!
You know what I haven't done on my blog in more than a year? Taken movie plots from IMDb, run them through Bad Translator, and made you guess what they were! I also recently added my 2000th movie to Flickchart, so there will be 20 to guess, as I like to choose every 100th movie on my chart. I'm sure they've shifted around plenty in the past year.
As always, I'll give you the decade and the genre to help you out a little bit.
#100 - Help the kids for some reason from the desert abode must be unjust. (2000s family movie)
#200 - In the chorus, where fear anti-Semitism that emotional development manager of the farmer's daughter who is 3. (1970s musical)
#300 - At that time, his father, Eddie, who was married last year. However, the difference between the women of the father. I think that the girl is the best choice for you. (1960s... family rom-com?)
#400 - Biographical files, Director and Howard in the early years of the 20th century, a pioneer in aviation, the profession of Hughes Middle-1940. (2000s drama)
#500 - The establishment of foreign funds of $ beating the s*** that goes beyond a few seconds before the Earth is destroyed by his friend Ford, recommended by the scientists called the new world. (2000s comedy -- censoring of the curse word is mine, as ya never know when I'm going to have young readers on this blog... I'm not sure where that came from)
#600 - Armed robbers ball and Tiger is actually two Liao dynasty, Willie tries to convince forests and pressures of civilization. (1960s kids' movie. Good luck with this one.)
#700 - Hostility against the body and the other, but relative. (1990s rom com. Nobody will ever get this.)
#800 - The above obligation to sisters of Henry VIII. (2000s drama)
#900 - For all ages, kids, dogs and hunting adventures and stories touched my cream. (1970s family movie that is WAY too high on my list.)
#1000 - Women: official training widow Bin monasteres Autriche. (1960s musical)
#1100 - A widow, took the elder son of the King of Siam on the issue. (1950s musical)
#1200 - Nurses are responsible for a player can't talk, you will find that the personal representative of the confused with him. (1960s psychological drama)
#1300 - As a story about a girl of 14 years to collect diaries low teens, including you know here kiss. (2000s teen comedy that probably nobody has ever seen but me)
#1400 - A person able to unify the high school girl of his dreams, despite the fact that her husband is a disaster. (1990s comedy)
#1500 - Marinated Fennel agents, as he was a magical flying piano anywhere in the world, but was soon in trouble. (1980s kids' short. Pretty sure only my family has a chance of getting this.)
#1600 - Fall Turkey argues that the key to the prosperity of Maya rulers, when standing on the other to build temples, and human sacrifice. Jaguar paw and sacrifice captured trying to escape the fate of men. (2000s... action drama, I think. I honestly can't remember it well enough to be certain whether it was more action or more drama, and IMDb lists both.)
#1700 - The rocker went to Ohio on his biggest fan TV farewell kiss before he pulled from a small town. (1960s musical)
#1800 - He kidnapped the woman a man sends a message and the stray cats. The owner of the cat, the FBI said. Central Bureau of investigation is trying to follow the cats jealous people and get the action of nosy neighbors. (1960s kids movie)
#1900 - Wholesale with little success in Italy open top. (1970s crime drama)
#2000 - Dave Seville finds success in the fight between the three Chipmunks lyrics: mischievous leader Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and fat affect. (And we'll close off with an easy one for you.)
Leave your guesses in the comments! I'll post the answers on Monday.
As always, I'll give you the decade and the genre to help you out a little bit.
#100 - Help the kids for some reason from the desert abode must be unjust. (2000s family movie)
#200 - In the chorus, where fear anti-Semitism that emotional development manager of the farmer's daughter who is 3. (1970s musical)
#300 - At that time, his father, Eddie, who was married last year. However, the difference between the women of the father. I think that the girl is the best choice for you. (1960s... family rom-com?)
#400 - Biographical files, Director and Howard in the early years of the 20th century, a pioneer in aviation, the profession of Hughes Middle-1940. (2000s drama)
#500 - The establishment of foreign funds of $ beating the s*** that goes beyond a few seconds before the Earth is destroyed by his friend Ford, recommended by the scientists called the new world. (2000s comedy -- censoring of the curse word is mine, as ya never know when I'm going to have young readers on this blog... I'm not sure where that came from)
#600 - Armed robbers ball and Tiger is actually two Liao dynasty, Willie tries to convince forests and pressures of civilization. (1960s kids' movie. Good luck with this one.)
#700 - Hostility against the body and the other, but relative. (1990s rom com. Nobody will ever get this.)
#800 - The above obligation to sisters of Henry VIII. (2000s drama)
#900 - For all ages, kids, dogs and hunting adventures and stories touched my cream. (1970s family movie that is WAY too high on my list.)
#1000 - Women: official training widow Bin monasteres Autriche. (1960s musical)
#1100 - A widow, took the elder son of the King of Siam on the issue. (1950s musical)
#1200 - Nurses are responsible for a player can't talk, you will find that the personal representative of the confused with him. (1960s psychological drama)
#1300 - As a story about a girl of 14 years to collect diaries low teens, including you know here kiss. (2000s teen comedy that probably nobody has ever seen but me)
#1400 - A person able to unify the high school girl of his dreams, despite the fact that her husband is a disaster. (1990s comedy)
#1500 - Marinated Fennel agents, as he was a magical flying piano anywhere in the world, but was soon in trouble. (1980s kids' short. Pretty sure only my family has a chance of getting this.)
#1600 - Fall Turkey argues that the key to the prosperity of Maya rulers, when standing on the other to build temples, and human sacrifice. Jaguar paw and sacrifice captured trying to escape the fate of men. (2000s... action drama, I think. I honestly can't remember it well enough to be certain whether it was more action or more drama, and IMDb lists both.)
#1700 - The rocker went to Ohio on his biggest fan TV farewell kiss before he pulled from a small town. (1960s musical)
#1800 - He kidnapped the woman a man sends a message and the stray cats. The owner of the cat, the FBI said. Central Bureau of investigation is trying to follow the cats jealous people and get the action of nosy neighbors. (1960s kids movie)
#1900 - Wholesale with little success in Italy open top. (1970s crime drama)
#2000 - Dave Seville finds success in the fight between the three Chipmunks lyrics: mischievous leader Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and fat affect. (And we'll close off with an easy one for you.)
Leave your guesses in the comments! I'll post the answers on Monday.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Song Lyric Game Answers!
I realized I never got around to posting all the answers. So here you go. Ones that were never guessed are in italics. YouTube links whenever possible so now you can go listen to all my songs!
1. Never win first place, I don't support the team, I can't take direction and my socks are never clean. - Don't Let Me Get Me by Pink
2. A new life, what I wouldn't give to have a new life. - A New Life from Jekyll & Hyde
3. Life could not better be, better be, better be, it could not possibly, no, sirrah, sirrah, sirree. - Prologue from The Court Jester
4. I'm a walking contradiction, my ambition, my addiction, it turns me on. - Uncensored by Ke$ha
5. Well, the world is facin' problems, gettin' bigger every day, we got a greenhouse over Texas and recession's on the way. - There Ain't But One Way (Kickin' Ass) from A Bit of Fry and Laurie
6. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows. - Malevolent Oberon Suite from A Midsummer Night's Music
*7. You have to understand the way I am, mein herr. - Mein Herr from Cabaret, performed by Alan Cumming
*8. You'd never recognize the room. The pictures all have different frames now. - Since You Stayed Here from Brownstone, performed by Michael Crawford
9. On that sunny day, didn't know I'd meet such a beautiful girl walking down the street. - Senorita by Justin Timberlake
10. I feel like I would like to be somewhere else doing something that matters. - More Than Useless by Relient K
11. I spend most every day selling myself, calling people on the phone. - Jumpy Bean by Groovelily
12. All alone by the table of food in my wrinkled suit and my borrowed tie. - Big Bad World One by Jonathan Coulton
*13. For you, there'll be no more crying. For you, the sun will be shining. - Songbird by Eva Cassidy, performed by the cast of Glee
14. You were meant to live large, come on, take charge, let's go light the world up. - Super Trouper by Superchic[k]
15. You've been dreaming just one dream nearly all your life, hoping, scheming just one theme: Will you be a wife? - Me from Beauty and the Beast
16. He's a very smart prince, he's a prince who prepares. - On the Steps of the Palace from Into the Woods
*17. Macavity's a mystery cat, he's called the Hidden Paw. - Macavity from Cats, performed by Sarah Brightman
18. We'll have an adventure and several long trips, we'll make some new friends and maybe get a bite to eat, all 'cause we say, "Whaddya know, Haddi-Man?" - The Whaddya Know, Haddi-Man? theme song from Homestar Runner
*19. One less bell to answer, one less egg to fry. - One Less Bell to Answer, as performed by Michael Ball
20. Germany was having trouble, what a sad, sad story, needed a new leader to restore its former glory. - Springtime for Hitler from The Producers
21. We start the story when Mom met Dad and they danced all night and he took her home. - That Spells DNA by Jonathan Coulton
22. This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid. - Mountain Duet from Chess
*23. Sitting here, eating my heart out waiting, waiting for some lover to call. - Hot Stuff by Donna Summer, performed by Michael Ball
24. I can't feel you, I can't feel you, I can't hear you, I can't speak 'cause love don't stink, love don't stink, love don't stink like that cottage cheese. - We Hate You Please Die by Crash and the Boys from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
*25. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light. - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Relient K
26. I remember begging my mom for these Z. Cavarriccis, with a striped genera shirt just to rock with these brutinis. - No Turning Back by Out of Eden
27. Usually in the morning, I'm filled with sweet belonging and everything is beautiful to see. - Like a Sad Song by John Denver
28. I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long. - Next Time You Fall In Love from Starlight Express
29. Ich bin Dur und ich bin Moll, ich bin Akkord und ich bin Melodie. - Ich bin Musik by Patrick Stanke from Mozart!
30. God has given me a window and I can finally see the light. - Window by Out of Eden
31. Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues. - Let's Dance by David Bowie
32. The Irish fear nothing and no one, they keep fighting till everyone's dead. I'm not sure where this metaphor's going, I just felt like it had to be said. - Ireland (Reprise) from Legally Blonde: The Musical
33. How have I come to this? How did I slip and fall? - I Know the Truth from Aida
*34. I don't know you, but I want you all the more for that. - Falling Slowly by Kris Allen
35. To test this gold for its worth is the same as testing me, and the fire burns easily today. - Anything Genuine by Smalltown Poets
*36. Sooner or later you're gonna be mine, sooner or later you're gonna be fine. - Sooner or Later from Dick Tracy, performed by Bernadette Peters
*37. Because the world is round, it turns me on. - Because from Across the Universe
38. Alone in the valley, I cry for you to fill me with your peace. - Peace by Rebecca St. James
39. Everything Charlotte says is a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. - It Can't Be True from 13
40. He's several hours late, the skyline's growing dim, while others deck the halls you dream of decking him. - Never Fall in Love With an Elf from Elf: The Musical
41. Welcome, monsieur, sit yourself down and meet the best innkeeper in town. - Master of the House from Les Miserables
42. What a gyp! This such a rip-off. Every time she sneers at me, I wanna rip her upper lip off. - Good News, Bad News from The Goodbye Girl
43. Forgive me, for I did not know, 'cause I was just a boy, you were so much more. - Wicked Little Town (Reprise) from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
44. Shed no tears for me, there'll be rain enough today. - Stranger to the Rain from Children of Eden
45. What are you gonna do on New Year's Eve? - The Last Day of the Year from Striking 12
46. Some of my old friends are here, the light isn't good but their outlines are clear. - One of My Best Friends by Michael Crawford
47. Tommy used to work on the docks. - Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi
48. When the years have all come and gone, they'll find beneath the ground our two bodies joined as one, showing how we were bound. - Dance My Esmeralda from Notre-Dame de Paris
49. He's a very nice prince. (And?) And... it's a very nice ball. - He's a Very Nice Prince from Into the Woods
*50. Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless. Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless. - Gloomy Sunday, performed by Sarah McLachlan
1. Never win first place, I don't support the team, I can't take direction and my socks are never clean. - Don't Let Me Get Me by Pink
2. A new life, what I wouldn't give to have a new life. - A New Life from Jekyll & Hyde
3. Life could not better be, better be, better be, it could not possibly, no, sirrah, sirrah, sirree. - Prologue from The Court Jester
4. I'm a walking contradiction, my ambition, my addiction, it turns me on. - Uncensored by Ke$ha
5. Well, the world is facin' problems, gettin' bigger every day, we got a greenhouse over Texas and recession's on the way. - There Ain't But One Way (Kickin' Ass) from A Bit of Fry and Laurie
6. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding violet grows. - Malevolent Oberon Suite from A Midsummer Night's Music
*7. You have to understand the way I am, mein herr. - Mein Herr from Cabaret, performed by Alan Cumming
*8. You'd never recognize the room. The pictures all have different frames now. - Since You Stayed Here from Brownstone, performed by Michael Crawford
9. On that sunny day, didn't know I'd meet such a beautiful girl walking down the street. - Senorita by Justin Timberlake
10. I feel like I would like to be somewhere else doing something that matters. - More Than Useless by Relient K
11. I spend most every day selling myself, calling people on the phone. - Jumpy Bean by Groovelily
12. All alone by the table of food in my wrinkled suit and my borrowed tie. - Big Bad World One by Jonathan Coulton
*13. For you, there'll be no more crying. For you, the sun will be shining. - Songbird by Eva Cassidy, performed by the cast of Glee
14. You were meant to live large, come on, take charge, let's go light the world up. - Super Trouper by Superchic[k]
15. You've been dreaming just one dream nearly all your life, hoping, scheming just one theme: Will you be a wife? - Me from Beauty and the Beast
16. He's a very smart prince, he's a prince who prepares. - On the Steps of the Palace from Into the Woods
*17. Macavity's a mystery cat, he's called the Hidden Paw. - Macavity from Cats, performed by Sarah Brightman
18. We'll have an adventure and several long trips, we'll make some new friends and maybe get a bite to eat, all 'cause we say, "Whaddya know, Haddi-Man?" - The Whaddya Know, Haddi-Man? theme song from Homestar Runner
*19. One less bell to answer, one less egg to fry. - One Less Bell to Answer, as performed by Michael Ball
20. Germany was having trouble, what a sad, sad story, needed a new leader to restore its former glory. - Springtime for Hitler from The Producers
21. We start the story when Mom met Dad and they danced all night and he took her home. - That Spells DNA by Jonathan Coulton
22. This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid. - Mountain Duet from Chess
*23. Sitting here, eating my heart out waiting, waiting for some lover to call. - Hot Stuff by Donna Summer, performed by Michael Ball
24. I can't feel you, I can't feel you, I can't hear you, I can't speak 'cause love don't stink, love don't stink, love don't stink like that cottage cheese. - We Hate You Please Die by Crash and the Boys from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
*25. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light. - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Relient K
26. I remember begging my mom for these Z. Cavarriccis, with a striped genera shirt just to rock with these brutinis. - No Turning Back by Out of Eden
27. Usually in the morning, I'm filled with sweet belonging and everything is beautiful to see. - Like a Sad Song by John Denver
28. I guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long. - Next Time You Fall In Love from Starlight Express
29. Ich bin Dur und ich bin Moll, ich bin Akkord und ich bin Melodie. - Ich bin Musik by Patrick Stanke from Mozart!
30. God has given me a window and I can finally see the light. - Window by Out of Eden
31. Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues. - Let's Dance by David Bowie
32. The Irish fear nothing and no one, they keep fighting till everyone's dead. I'm not sure where this metaphor's going, I just felt like it had to be said. - Ireland (Reprise) from Legally Blonde: The Musical
33. How have I come to this? How did I slip and fall? - I Know the Truth from Aida
*34. I don't know you, but I want you all the more for that. - Falling Slowly by Kris Allen
35. To test this gold for its worth is the same as testing me, and the fire burns easily today. - Anything Genuine by Smalltown Poets
*36. Sooner or later you're gonna be mine, sooner or later you're gonna be fine. - Sooner or Later from Dick Tracy, performed by Bernadette Peters
*37. Because the world is round, it turns me on. - Because from Across the Universe
38. Alone in the valley, I cry for you to fill me with your peace. - Peace by Rebecca St. James
39. Everything Charlotte says is a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. - It Can't Be True from 13
40. He's several hours late, the skyline's growing dim, while others deck the halls you dream of decking him. - Never Fall in Love With an Elf from Elf: The Musical
41. Welcome, monsieur, sit yourself down and meet the best innkeeper in town. - Master of the House from Les Miserables
42. What a gyp! This such a rip-off. Every time she sneers at me, I wanna rip her upper lip off. - Good News, Bad News from The Goodbye Girl
43. Forgive me, for I did not know, 'cause I was just a boy, you were so much more. - Wicked Little Town (Reprise) from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
44. Shed no tears for me, there'll be rain enough today. - Stranger to the Rain from Children of Eden
45. What are you gonna do on New Year's Eve? - The Last Day of the Year from Striking 12
46. Some of my old friends are here, the light isn't good but their outlines are clear. - One of My Best Friends by Michael Crawford
47. Tommy used to work on the docks. - Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi
48. When the years have all come and gone, they'll find beneath the ground our two bodies joined as one, showing how we were bound. - Dance My Esmeralda from Notre-Dame de Paris
49. He's a very nice prince. (And?) And... it's a very nice ball. - He's a Very Nice Prince from Into the Woods
*50. Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless. Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless. - Gloomy Sunday, performed by Sarah McLachlan
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