Topic: Synonym Names Game (Read 41803 times)

ChaoSera · « **on:** 14 Aug 2015, 01:41 »

Inspired by this xkcd comic I'd like to start a new forum game. Here's how it goes:
Somebody posts a synonym for a movie title. For example in the aforementioned comic, 'Star Trek' becomes 'Space Trip'. Then other people try to guess which movie is meant and whoever gets it right posts the next movie. Simple, right?

We'll start with an easy one:
The morning meal society

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 02:09 »

Obvs The Breakfast Club

Also easyish: The Interminable Chronicle

Points to House Akima with a small deduction for incorrect grammar.

Akima · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 04:32 »

The Never Ending Story?

Travel to the Setting Sun.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 05:03 »

Journey to the West?

The Unlight Chesshorse

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 05:07 »

I thought it was Go West?

In answer to yours, Batman: The Dark Knight.

My turn:

The Melancholy Siblings

Method of Madness · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 05:16 »

No Batman. Just the Dark Knight. As for west, both are movies so both are correct. Yours is the Blues Brothers!

Solitary Flight Above the Clockbird's Abode

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Aug 2015, 05:34 »

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Monarchal Insanity: Revenge of the Sith

The Madness of King George III. I was riffing on the early American audience confusion that it was the a second sequel. Revenge of the Sith being the third Star Wars Film.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #7 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 04:46 »

We give up.

New one!

Contemptible Self

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #8 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:21 »

I figured that it was The Madness of King George, but The Madness of George III was a play, and the film was renamed to make it more obvious that it was specifically about a king and not a person with the same name as two prior generations.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #9 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:40 »

Despicable Me!

A Few Enjoy it Vey Warm

cesium133 · « **Reply #10 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:41 »

Some Like It Hot

The Entertainment of the Terminator

Method of Madness · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:44 »

It's a stretch, but...Night of the Hunter?

The 24 Hours of the Doglike Mammal

cesium133 · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:50 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 15 Aug 2015, 11:44

It's a stretch, but...Night of the Hunter?

Ender's Game.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 11:58 »

Ahhhhh.

Well, can we still use mine as the next one?

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 12:31 »

Day of the Jackal

Perhaps a little too twisty: Searching for nobody

Method of Madness · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 12:40 »

Ha, I thought about doing that one earlier: Finding Nemo (Nemo is Latin for "nobody")

The Muteness of the Baby Sheep

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 12:52 »

Silence of the Lambs.

Information for the Celestial Wayfarer

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 13:02 »

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Aerial Manouvers of the Cartographically Inclined

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 14:42 »

Flight of the Navigator.

Return From to A Upcoming Moment

cesium133 · « **Reply #19 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 14:46 »

Back to the Future ("Return From to"?

)

Meat Products from northern North America

celticgeek · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 14:53 »

Canadian Bacon.

Feline on an elevated temperature housetop.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #21 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 15:02 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 15 Aug 2015, 14:46

Back to the Future ("Return From to"? )

Hey, cut me some slack, time travel really messes up grammatical tenses

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #22 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 15:05 »

Quote from: celticgeek on 15 Aug 2015, 14:53

Feline on an elevated temperature housetop.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Arachnid-Male

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 15:12 »

Spider-Man

An object travelling in air above a home for birds

pwhodges · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 Aug 2015, 15:19 »

One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

Simon Dish

(A religious background might help)

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #25 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 00:04 »

Peter Pan

Big cats with previous owners

EvilDuckyBec · « **Reply #26 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 05:02 »

Secondhand Lions!

A mashed untrue story

Loki · « **Reply #27 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 05:50 »

Pulp Fiction

Visual emission of the power to defy physics

Akima · « **Reply #28 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 06:18 »

The Colour of Magic?

Quote from: pwhodges on 15 Aug 2015, 15:19

(A religious background might help)

Or rather a Christian one.

The Wet Edge.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #29 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 06:21 »

Beat me to it, consarn it.

Pacific Rim? Or am I wayy off?

pwhodges · « **Reply #30 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 06:59 »

Quote from: Akima on 16 Aug 2015, 06:18

Quote from: pwhodges on 15 Aug 2015, 15:19
(A religious background might help)
Or rather a Christian one.

I nearly wrote that, but then decided to keep the clue just that little bit vaguer.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #31 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 09:31 »

Quote from: Detachable Felix on 15 Aug 2015, 15:12

Spider-Man

An object travelling in air above a home for birds

Hey, I've already done that one :p

Also there doesn't seem to be one right now.

pwhodges · « **Reply #32 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 09:54 »

Spectre within carapace.

(My first version was "Spectre under Remove" - there's an extra e-prize for anyone who can explain that).

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #33 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 10:34 »

Ghost in the Shell

I can't explain the remove bit, but I did wonder if a deleted (Unix shell command rm) file that hasn't had its space used for something else could be termed a 'ghost'.

This planet is insufficient

cesium133 · « **Reply #34 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 10:41 »

The World is Not Enough

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Verifiable Smart Person

Method of Madness · « **Reply #35 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 10:52 »

Real Genius

Strange Socratic Method

pwhodges · « **Reply #36 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 11:57 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 16 Aug 2015, 10:34

I can't explain the remove bit,

In the British Public (i.e. private) School system, the classes in secondary school are typically named, starting from the most junior: Shell, Remove, Fifth, First-year Sixth, Second-year Sixth, Upper Sixth; thus, Shell is the class under Remove.

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but I did wonder if a deleted (Unix shell command rm) file that hasn't had its space used for something else could be termed a 'ghost'.

I don't know a special term for a deleted file. A process that has stopped responding but is still using resources is called a zombie, though.

jwhouk · « **Reply #37 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 14:43 »

Weird Science

The Mockery Guy

Akima · « **Reply #38 on:** 16 Aug 2015, 16:21 »

Quote from: Detachable Felix on 16 Aug 2015, 06:21

Pacific Rim? Or am I wayy off?

I had in mind The Water Margin, but that works too.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #39 on:** 17 Aug 2015, 14:08 »

Jwhouk, I think you've stumped everyone.

jwhouk · « **Reply #40 on:** 17 Aug 2015, 15:53 »

*Sigh*

The Flim-Flam Man. You whippersnappers.

Okay, maybe one you might actually all get:

The Sticky Spheroid Assembly

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #41 on:** 17 Aug 2015, 18:17 »

FLUBBER!

And now, a cartoon!

Bourgeoise Felines

Method of Madness · « **Reply #42 on:** 17 Aug 2015, 18:27 »

The Aristocats

No Canines go to Hell

Akima · « **Reply #43 on:** 17 Aug 2015, 18:35 »

All Dogs Go To Heaven.

Are Aristo-cats bourgeois? À la lanterne!

Monster Door Hotel.

jwhouk · « **Reply #44 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 06:27 »

Uh, back the truck up Felix.

We have a WRONG ANSWER on the board.

Try this: Sticky-Spheroid Support Party

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #45 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 16:09 »

Gumball Rally.

Here's an easy one:

Unwashed Larry, Mentally Unstable Mary.

Kugai · « **Reply #46 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 16:31 »

Got it a bit backwards there my friend

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Small Infantry Unit

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #47 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 18:28 »

Platoon

Hades young man 2: The Auric Group of Warriors

cesium133 · « **Reply #48 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 18:34 »

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

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Burning equine seats

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #49 on:** 18 Aug 2015, 19:02 »

Blazing Saddles

Quartet of People Who Are Pretty Good: Ascension of the Dude Who Does Precious Metal Marine Sport

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