It’s Movie Screencap Madness! Round XX!
The rules:
- I’m going to post a screenshot from a movie. If you’re the first person to guess the movie, you win!
- If you win, you have to continue the game by posting a screenshot on your blog with the same rules outlined here (please link here as well). The winner of your round will host the next round, and so on.
- If you don’t have a blog (and if you don’t want to start one), I’ll host the next round as well (the screenshot should still come from the winner, if possible). If you do have a blog, but the winner of your round doesn’t, you should host the next round too.
- Once the winner posts their screenshot, Mark will link to it from this post. Each winner needs to link to the next winner, and so on.
- Only movies are eligible. No television shows.
- If no one can figure out the answer within 3 days, then you’ve stumped the internet. If you want, you can give hints. If we still have no winner, then congratulations, you’ve won. Maybe I’ll start a hall of fame or something. Give everyone the answer, and post another screenshot (or pass the baton to someone else, and link them). If you decide to host the next round, be nice, and post an easier screenshot. This game would be no fun if you keep posting random landscapes from obscure Italian films.
Annnnd… my image!
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August 20th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Oh. My. God.
Seriously? I don’t know what’s worse…that that’s the movie you chose, or that I recognized it immediately. We’ve been monopolizing it, so I won’t guess.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:26 am
I don’t know but I’m guessing 80s and totally awesome?
August 21st, 2007 at 9:31 am
It looks familiar, but I actually don’t know. And I concur with Dave that it looks 80s and totally awesome. I keep wanting to say Cyborg, with Jean Claude Van Damme, but I know that’s wrong. Maybe Krull (been forever since I’ve seen that, and I don’t remember much)? I don’t think it’s either of those though. Very familiar though. Just can’t place it.
August 21st, 2007 at 9:41 am
God, I remember Cyborg with VanDamme….that was an equally bizarre 80’s sci-fi flick.
See Roy, this just goes to show what a horrible adaptation this film was…people don’t even recognize the characters!
*hint, hint*
August 21st, 2007 at 10:05 am
If by “horrible” you mean Totally Freakin’ Awesome!
Alright, alright, though… a hint… hmmm…
Oh! Okay, this movie is an adaptation of a franchise. The movie Cyborg (thanks for mentioning this, Mark!) was created because the sets and costumes were originally slated to be used in the sequel to this movie, but this movie didn’t do well, and the franchise wasn’t very popular, so it became Cyborg, instead.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
That story sounds like He-Man, but this don’t look like He-Man …
August 21st, 2007 at 7:45 pm
No, it’s definitely Masters of the Universe (the He Man movie). That’s man at arms on the left. I should have known.
So Roy, who wins this round? Without Alex’s guess, I probably wouldn’t have gotten it…
August 21st, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Well, I think that “Masters of the Universe” is implicit if you say “He-Man”. So I win. Unless you really want it, Mark.
Of course, we shall let Roy judge.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:37 am
I think that this calls for a tie breaker. The movie is technically called Masters of the Universe, but Alex’s argument is strong too- “He-Man” does generally imply “Masters of the Universe” and I bet most people think of it as “The He-Man movie”.
So, in order to not have to make the tough call of deciding the winner, I will offer a tie breaker round. I watched a movie on Saturday. How many words were in the title of the movie?
The person who comes closest wins.
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
Five?
(Plus I thought in the shower “I probably should have said Masters of the Universe”. Compelling argument!)
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am
42!
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:57 am
HA! Mark isn’t even trying, so Alex wins by default!
A round of applause for our winner! Woohoo!
If we were on the Price is Right, you’d have both lost, though. On Saturday I watched…
*drum roll*
Heartbreak Ridge, starring Clint Eastwood.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
Heh.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:19 am
I don’t know why, I always think I’m going to hate Heartbreak Ridge, and I probably should, because it’s not a particularly good movie, but I always end up sucked in at the end, when they’re under fire, and Swede gets hurt, and the little nerdy guy finally steps up to the plate.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:40 am
[…] Now you know that I will never stop the —-ing winning! […]
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Oh, yeah, new entry:
http://www.batrock.net/?p=191
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 am
My favorite part of Heartbreak Ridge, which isn’t a particularly good movie but which I enjoy anyway, is before the actual combat mission when they have a simulated one. They’re walking into a town or something and the nerdy lieutenant guy is with them and Clint starts shooting his AK 47 at the team. Everyone takes cover and the nerdy guy is like “What the hell was that?” and one of the people says “It’s an AK 47, sir!” and then the wiseass guy (his name is Profile, I think) kinda sarcastically says “It’s the preferred weapon of our enemy.” Yeah, so that sounds kinda lame, but in the movie it’s actually quite funny.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:36 am
So, Cyborg was really created using sets and props from the failed MoTU sequel? I never knew…how bizarre! Funny enough, I’ve seen both movies multiple times (usually on Detroit 20, or whatever it was back in the day).
The whole MoTU/He-Man thing confused me as a kid…I mean, I knew they were the same thing, but I was so annoyed they didn’t call the movie “He-Man” - even the cartoon was called He-Man (and the Masters of the Universe)… and who exactly are these so-called Masters of the Universe? Not my Universe, buddy! I mean, Man-at-Arms could hardly be considered that…after all, he was just a man..ahem…at arms. For all intents and purposes, all any of them really were were maybe, possibly “Masters of Eternia”…. who thought up that whole sloppy “…Universe” part?
August 24th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Also, He-Man looks really silly when typed out.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Well, it does take place in an alternate reality/dimension, so maybe they’ve got a really small universe? Maybe it doen’t take much to be a master of their universe?
August 24th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Maybe you just need, like, an associate’s degree in Universe Mastering from Eternia Community College? And maybe at least two years work experience with monsters, lasers, swords and giant green tigers?