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The movie combo game

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:35:00 -0700

ilikemax:

mercurypdx:

nickdouglas:

I describe a film plot based on two movies.

You tell me the combined title.

For example: Plot: suburban family gets mad at a hairy mountain-beast for satirizing them in his roman-a-clef.

Title: Deconstructing Harry and the Hendersons.

So reblog or comment with an answer to the following, but ONLY if you write your own too.

Plot: A conman accidentally teaches an Austrian family about the joys of song. But soon after they form a marching band and perform to a wildly appreciative audience, they’re forced to flee the country.

The Sound of Music Man?

PLOT: A newly engaged couple, whoose car breaks down in an isolated area, come upon a strange residence where they seek aid from a nerdish florist and his giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Answer: Little shop of Rocky Horror Picture show

My post: Two pot smoking half-wits from New Jersey travel back in time to stop hollywood from making a movie about their comic book character personas.

Answer: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back to the Future

New plot: A delusional young man buys a life-size sex doll over the Internet, and falls in love with her. The family intervenes by sending the doll to a mental institution after an apparent suicide attempt, where she befriends the other patients and battles her personal demons.

Answer: Lars and the Real Girl, Interrupted

And now the royal bacon plot: A sentient, robotic orca whale is the lone remaining being on the planet. It’s single goal is to collect and compact the world’s trash into giant skyscrapers of waste. The whale is lonely and wants to leave this empty planet. On a routine planetary mission to Earth, a young boy from faraway lands discovers this whale and helps him escape.

"If we were all reading Kindles, and someone began raving about this new technology, the..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:33:29 -0700

“If we were all reading Kindles, and someone began raving about this new technology, the ‘book’—here’s something you can’t share, can’t search, that only holds 500 pages—no one would be interested.”

- New York Magazine profiles the Interactive and R&D dream team at the NY Times. This article probably made the rounds when it was published back in January, but I somehow missed it.

My first Fenway game. Green Monster seats. Go Sox!

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:38 -0700

My first Fenway game. Green Monster seats. Go Sox!

Passion Pit at the Paradise in Boston

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:00 -0700

Passion Pit at the Paradise in Boston

Harlem Shakes at the Paradise in Boston

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:30:00 -0700

Harlem Shakes at the Paradise in Boston

Top Gear takes their review of the Ford Fiesta over the top. I...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:55:48 -0700

Top Gear takes their review of the Ford Fiesta over the top. I love these guys. (via Daring Fireball)

From the season finale of SNL, this is the best Jeopardy skit...

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:38:03 -0700

From the season finale of SNL, this is the best Jeopardy skit yet. It has it all. Burt Reynolds (Norm MacDonald); Tom Hanks (who was not the guest host of the night, and made a cameo just for this skit); and of course Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond). The best. Saturday Night Live: Jeopardy, from May 17, 2009.

Jens Lekman

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:02:11 -0700

Jens Lekman

"I’m the only calm, cool and collected one around here, it seems."

Wed, 27 May 2009 20:17:05 -0700

“I’m the only calm, cool and collected one around here, it seems.”

- That’s a pretty funny statement, coming from the ex-Mariner’s manager famous for picking up and tossing first base across the field. I love Lou, and by association, the Cubs. Be sure to watch the video of Zambrano taking a bat to the Gatorade machine. Zambrano loses his cool after ejection at Cubs.com

"Colombo’s phone drawing is very much in the tradition of a certain kind of New Yorker cover, and he..."

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:12:24 -0700

“Colombo’s phone drawing is very much in the tradition of a certain kind of New Yorker cover, and he doesn’t see the fact that it’s a virtual finger painting as such a big deal.”

- I just picked up Brushes for my phone, inspired by the video of Jorge Colombo drawing/painting this week’s New Yorker cover.

The paintings by Amy Bennett are stunning. I want one. “At the...

Thu, 21 May 2009 15:46:23 -0700

The paintings by Amy Bennett are stunning. I want one. “At the Lake,” from the Morning News.

“Last Day Dream” by Chris Milk. Nice, short little film....

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:19:00 -0700

“Last Day Dream” by Chris Milk. Nice, short little film. Beautiful. (via Daring Fireball)

“He Needs Kidney,” from the season finale of 30 Rock. Hands...

Fri, 15 May 2009 21:48:00 -0700

“He Needs Kidney,” from the season finale of 30 Rock. Hands down, the funniest television moment this year. We’re talking tears. Please watch 30 Rock. Don’t let it go the way of Arrested Development — the Home Builders Organization (HBO) won’t have anything to do with 30 Rock either.

"He wears a specially made six-fingered Mizuno glove with two thumbs."

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:46:31 -0700

“He wears a specially made six-fingered Mizuno glove with two thumbs.”

- Wow, a switch-pitcher. Pat Venditte pitches right-handed to right-handed batters, left-handed to left-handed batters. And he’s in the Yankee single-A farm team. Watch out. ESPN The Magazine, via The Triumph of Bullshit

This video was shot in one take, with the audio being recorded...

Mon, 04 May 2009 15:07:29 -0700

This video was shot in one take, with the audio being recorded during that same take. To be able to technically pull this off is amazing, and it’s not a bad song, either. You can learn more by reading the behind the scenes info.

"Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union."

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:42:00 -0700

“Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”

- Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted in an article about aesthetics and how important they are in every day life. Form does not follow function. They are each part of each other. In Defense of Eye Candy, at A List Apart.

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

Sun, 03 May 2009 10:08:06 -0700

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

Found this wonderful birth announcement video on swiss miss. I...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:47:56 -0700

Found this wonderful birth announcement video on swiss miss. I love the cue card at the end of the piece, too.

James Jarvis created this fantastic animation for Nike. Or,...

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:27:00 -0700

James Jarvis created this fantastic animation for Nike. Or, rather, he proposed it to Nike and they said “Make it!” James Jarvis x Nike Animation at PSFK.com (via @anho)

"Based on my reading of the charter, it looks like the discussions will take place behind closed..."

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:34:06 -0700

“Based on my reading of the charter, it looks like the discussions will take place behind closed doors. This is quite depressing.”

- Tal Leming, typographer and type technologist, speaking about the current state of font licensing online (or lackthereof). via Daring Fireball