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Thanks to Quiddty for turning me on to this IMDB game.
My job: I went to IMDB and looked up 15 movies. Listed below are four official "Plot Keywords" for each movie.
Your job: Name these movies!
- Stripper Dancing With Snake / Owl / Broken Finger / Killer Robot
- Future / Visceral / Claustrophobic / Impregnation
- Messiah / Wuxia Fiction / Young Boy / War
- Skin Care / Future Noir / Paraplegic / Perfection
- Saving The World Mission / Extraterrestrial / Space Travel / Alien Space Craft
- Advertising / Attempted Murder / Clairvoyant / Eye Surgery
- Very Little Dialogue / Surrealism / Astronaut / Talking Computer
- Prophecy / Cat / Subway / Cyberspace
- Sunglases / Tabloid / Cat / Spoof
- Cryogenics / Post Apocalyptic / Horseback Riding / Beach
- Human Versus Computer / Gladiator / Frisbee / Video Game
- Revenge / Spacecraft / Sandstorm / Midlife Crisis
- Evolution / Prejudice / Wheelchair / New York City
- End Of Civilization / Bikini / Big Ben / Inventor
- Robot / Scientist / UFO / Washington Monument
SPOILER WARNING: The comments contain the answers.
Comments (17)
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Posted by John DeNardo at Thursday May 03, 2007 at 12:28 AM
© 2007 SF Signal
My guesses:
1) Bladerunner
2) Alien
3) hmmm
4) Gattaca?
5) thinking...
6) Minority Report
7) 2001
8) The Matrix
9) unsure
10) Planet of the Apes
11) Tron
12) Dune? I mean, I have nowhere else to go with sandstorm...
13) X-Men
14) Getting Big Ben and bikinis together has defeated me... maybe Buckaroo Banzai somehow?
15) The Day The Earth Stood Still?
Posted by Jason M. Robertson on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 12:39 AM
3.) is it Star Wars??
5.) Independence Day...maybe...
Posted by Derek on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 4:09 AM
1)Blade Runner
2)Alien
3)Star Wars
4)Gattica
5)Independence Day
6)Minority Report
7)2001
8)Matrix
9)Men In Black
10)Planet of the Apes
11)Tron
12)Dune
13)X-Men
14)?????
15)Earth vs the Flying Saucers
Posted by cfr on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 4:19 AM
Funny, I put #3 as "Dune" on first glance...I don't recall any "midlife crisis" in Dune, so I didn't put it on #12.
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 6:31 AM
Numba 3 seems like Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace to me, but I could be wrong and it would not be the first time 
Posted by Tim on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 8:58 AM
OK, between all guesses so far, we have 13 correct answers out of 15. Sill missing: 12 and 14
1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
4. Gattaca
5. Independence Day
6. Minority Report
7. 2001
8. The Matrix
9. Men In Black
10. Planet of the Apes
11. Tron
12. ?
13. X-Men
14. ?
15. The Day The Earth Stood Still
Posted by John on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 9:13 AM
Is 14 the Time Machine? (I was holding out for Top Secret, myself.)
and I figured out 12 wasn't Stargate, but I'll hold off to see if somebody puts it together without the internet.
some of these keywords do seem pretty random...
Posted by keri on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 9:14 AM
12 = Wrath of Khan (though I used the Internets to figure it out)
Posted by Bill on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 9:51 AM
I think I got #14. I thought of it on the way to work this morning after posting my list. I think it is Dark City. If I recall correctly the main character has a post card or sees a billboard with a girl in a bikini. Also I believe there is a large clock in the movie that resembles Big Ben. Still not really sure about this. Still haven't used the Internet though. I made a mistake with #15, meant to put down the Day the Earth Stood Still but instead remembered it as Earth vs the Flying Saucers.
1)Blade Runner
2)Alien
3)Star Wars
4)Gattica
5)Independence Day
6)Minority Report
7)2001
8)Matrix
9)Men In Black
10)Planet of the Apes
11)Tron
12)Dune (probably Wrath of Khan, suggested on this thread)
13)X-Men
14)Dark City
15)The Day the Earth Stood Still
Posted by cfr on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 11:50 AM
All the answers have been guessed. Here they are:
1. Blade Runner
2. Alien
3. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
4. Gattaca
5. Independence Day
6. Minority Report
7. 2001
8. The Matrix
9. Men In Black
10. Planet of the Apes
11. Tron
12. Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
13. X-Men
14. The Time Machine
15. The Day The Earth Stood Still
Thanks for playing!
Posted by John on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 12:28 PM
That was the most mind-boggling thing to try and read. Holy crap. I was pretty impressed with myself for guessing X-Men for #13, and then came onto the comments page and realized that was The Easy One.
You lot are astonishing.
Posted by Pete Tzinski on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Aw, boo, I missed the game. This is a great idea though, I may use it myself!
Posted by Liz on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 12:48 PM
1 - Blade Runner, surely
2 - Alien?
3 - i really don't know
4 - Gattaca
5 - ?
6 - Minority Report
7 - 2001
8 - Matrix?
9 - Johnny Mnemonic?
10 - hmmm... Waterworld?
11 - Tron (blast from my childhood)
12 - Dune
13 - AI
14 - 28 Days
15 - The Invasion of the Flying Saucers (complete with harryhausen's sfx)
Posted by Artur on Thursday May 03, 2007 at 3:40 PM
1. Bladerunner
2. Alien
3. Star Wars (?) - Either I or II
4. Gattaca
5. Independence Day
6. The Minority Report
7. 2001: A Space Odessey
8. The Matrix
9. Terminator
10. Planet of the Apes
11. Tron
12. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
13. (No Idea)
14. The Time Machine
15. The Day the World Stood Still
Posted by JBDryden on Thursday May 17, 2007 at 1:30 PM