let's go to the movies!

[lovejuice]

anyone know how to play "around the world." basically it's a silly decoding game in which each person takes turn saying where in the world -- the name of the city/country -- they want to go. there're actually underlying rules to the sequence and which place you can visit. the point of the game is to decode the rules.

how's about trying that for movies?

"so ladies and gentlemen, let's go to the movies! what shall we first see this evening? how's about sofia coppola's masterpiece, lost in translation, which only aside from davis, meg and me, we all seem to adore. then what's next? how's about the english patient, the late minghella's 1996 best picture? followed by something totally different, cameron's 1984 sci-fi classic starring the governer of california, the terminator...

"so ladies and gentlemen, which movie should we see next?"

note: at this point, even though you don't know what the heck is going on, it's more fun to just guess and name a movie. i'll tell you if your choice is eligible.

the master list (for track keeping)

1. lost in translation
2. english patient, the
3. terminator, the
4. slumdog millionaire
5. graduate, the
6. once upon a time in the west
7. tears of the black tiger
8. o brother, where art thou?
9. this is spinal tap
10. heroes of the east
11. elephant
12. master of disguise
13. overboard!
14. village, the
15. ice storm, the
16. evolutions
17. scanners

[lovejuice]

...how's about the recent best picture, slumdog millionaire? many seem to dislike it, so what shall we see next?

[Qrazy]

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

[lovejuice]

Robinson Crusoe on Mars
sorry sir. after slumpdog millionaire, a logical movis has to be The Graduate. so what shall we see next?

[Winston*]

Is this following a chain or is it just that all these movies fulfil a certain criteria?

[lovejuice]

Is this following a chain or is it just that all these movies fulfil a certain criteria?

there is a chain.

[Qrazy]

Titanic

[lovejuice]

Titanic

unfortunately sir. it's time for some classic spaghetti western. so the next movie is once upon a time in the west.

what shall we see next?

[Sycophant]

Minority Report?

[lovejuice]

Minority Report?

sorry, sir. would you mind wisit's pad thai western? Tear of the Black Tiger

what shall we see next?

[Kurosawa Fan]

De Palma's Scarface?

[Sycophant]

Can I ask if the next film in the sequence is impacted at all by the most recent wrong guess?

[lovejuice]

Can I ask if the next film in the sequence is impacted at all by the most recent wrong guess?

not at all. and sorry kf, even if i really like de palma's classic, the next film is cohen's o brother, where art thou?

what shall we see next?

[Sycophant]

Sullivan's Travels

[lovejuice]

Sullivan's Travels

nope. let's me hint that genre or year released has nothing to do with it. and i compile the master list in the first post.

[Ezee E]

lovejuice's favorite movies?

U-Turn.

[Winston*]

Does the fact that you misspelled Tears of the Black Tiger impact the sequence in any way?

[lovejuice]

Does the fact that you misspelled Tears of the Black Tiger impact the sequence in any way?
nope. will fix that. and this has nothing to do at all with my favorite movie.

[lovejuice]

lovejuice's favorite movies?

U-Turn.

sorry, but the next movie is the mocumentary, This is Spinal Tap.

what shall we see next gentlemen?

[Sycophant]

This is insane and I love you for it, lovejuice.

Crocodile Dundee

[D_Davis]

I want to see The Sand Lot.

[lovejuice]

This is insane and I love you for it, lovejuice.

Crocodile Dundee

glad to here. but sorry, that's not the movie.

one more hint, for each night, only a certain number of movies is allowed to be shown. let's just say, we have 8 more.

[lovejuice]

I want to see The Sand Lot.

sorry, that's not in the program. would you mind Heroes of the East?

what shall we see next?

[D_Davis]

How about American Beauty?

[lovejuice]

How about American Beauty?

sorry sir. not in the program.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm totally stumped. I can find no connection between This is Spinal Tap and Heroes of the East. I'm not smart enough for this game.

[Kurosawa Fan]

How about Elephant!

[Kurosawa Fan]

And then we should see Dana Carvey's masterpiece Master of Disguise!

[lovejuice]

How about Elephant!

yes!!!!!!!!!!
exquisite choice sir.

[lovejuice]

And then we should see Dana Carvey's masterpiece Master of Disguise!

definitely.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Followed by the Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn classic Overboard!

[Kurosawa Fan]

And we should follow that up with The Village, even though it sucks!

[Kurosawa Fan]

And The Ice Storm would go nice after that. And then the sci-fi comedy Evolution. And then Scanners to cap it all off!

[lovejuice]

And we should follow that up with The Village, even though it sucks!

indeed sir.

[soitgoes...]

I'm totally stumped. I can find no connection between This is Spinal Tap and Heroes of the East. I'm not smart enough for this game.

Wow.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow.

Yeah, I guess I spoke too soon.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Although, lovejuice helped me out big time by fixing the first post a bit.

[lovejuice]

Yeah, I guess I spoke too soon.
i too am impressed.

[soitgoes...]

The 'burbs should've gone between Terminator and Slumdog. That's what threw me off. :rolleyes:

[Sycophant]

At first I thought KF saying "Guess I'm too dumb for this" immediately followed by him knocking it out of the park was one of the jerkiest things ever said on this forum.

[Sycophant]

Oh, god, I am too dumb for this. What's going on here? I still don't see it.

[Winston*]

Check out the first letters

God damn it, that seems too simple. I was trying all sorts of odd ways, I even looked up the scrabble scores.

[lovejuice]

shall we do another night?

let's start with life of brian. what shall we see next?

[lovejuice]

edited to prevent spoiling the game

spoiler it please. :P but you are correcto!

[Sycophant]

I think Overboard! is up next again.

You are a magnificent bastard, lovejuice.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I didn't get it until lovejuice moved the The's at the beginning of The English Patient and The Terminator. After he did that, I knew there had to be a reason for it.

[lovejuice]

I think Overboard! is up next again.

You are a magnificent bastard, lovejuice.

after life of brian? sorry but that must be escape from new york.

but glad that you get it. :P

[Sycophant]

Um... Time Bandits?

[lovejuice]

Um... Time Bandits?

definitely sir!

[soitgoes...]

I didn't get it until lovejuice moved the The's at the beginning of The English Patient and The Terminator. After he did that, I knew there had to be a reason for it.
That and rep points are obviously indicative of one's intelligence.

[Sycophant]

Um, Simpsons Movie, The?

[D_Davis]

I'm down for Gologo 13

[lovejuice]

I'm down for Gologo 13

good job, sir!

did you figure that yourself?

[D_Davis]

did you figure that yourself?

Of course not!

:)

[Qrazy]

The game has become redundant. Shouldn't there be a rule change before the next round?

[lovejuice]

The game has become redundant. Shouldn't there be a rule change before the next round?

that's a down side of this game. can't be played twice. i can come up with some other rules, but simplicty is what makes this one so beautiful.