Better Than It Sounds Meme
Gacked from cimorene: Pick 20 movies/anime/video games/literary works and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.
ETA: All done!
1) Vampire with a conscience works as a night cop, dates a mortician, and goes through a series of partners and captains. Also, he kills his vampire sire, who goes on to host a late-night radio show. Forever Knight, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
2) Several layers of social commentary, wrapped in a 'first contact' subtext, taped with religious and mythic connotations, and directed by George Miller, to boot. Oh, and there's tap-dancing. In Antarctica. Happy Feet, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
3) A girl thinks she's in a Gothic Romance. Narrated by a Troper. Northanger Abbey, guessed by redcoast
4) Two overgrown geeks and their three younger sidekicks try to prove whether urban legends are true or not by playing with an overly abused crash test dummy and blowing stuff up. Mythbusters, guessed by misscam
5) Boy named after a mouse helps locals improve their drug-filled sandpit, despite unfriendly wildlife. The government disapproves. Dune, guessed by nopejr
6) Man recalls how he fell out with, and walked out on, his crazy mother and sickly sister. The Glass Menagerie, guessed by neotoma
7) A man with OCD annoys everyone around him in the process of solving murders. Monk, guessed by misscam and neotoma
8) Obsessive control-freak stalker and self-confessed cannibal breaks into the house of a hybristophiliac girl with age and appearance issues and low self-esteem, watches her sleep, goes through her dirty laundry, attempts to intimidate her with displays of his physical prowess and rare dermatological disorder, and reminds her at every opportunity that he wants to kill and eat her. It's a love story. (Really NOT better than it sounds.) Twilight, guessed by misscam and neotoma
9) A girl rescues her parents from a greedy old woman with an oversized head by working in a bath house. Spirited Away, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
10) Two doctors and a solicitor from London must kill their neighbor because of his dental problems. Dracula, guessed by neotoma
11) Investment Fraud: The Musical. The Producers, guessed by jetamors
12) A lovable doofus with ridiculous Eighties Hair fights crime with technology he barely knows how to use. The Greatest American Hero, guessed by pbrim
13) Corrupt politician goes great lengths to kill a young girl just because she wants to bury her brother. Said politician ends up dying instead. Antigone, guessed by ravenclaw_eric
14) A grumpy man and a clingy jackass are sent to fight a dragon due to a zoning dispute. Shrek, guessed by neotoma
15) An Obstructive Bureaucrat gives his nephew tips on how to mess up someone's life. The Screwtape Letters, guessed by neotoma
16) An obnoxious lawyer, an emo farmer, a horny doctor and a bunch of middle-aged white men bitch about the heat and call each other names while trying to start a revolution. There are more sex jokes than you might expect. A lot more. 1776, guessed by neotoma
17) The last human in existence drifts through space in a vast abandoned ship. It's a comedy. Red Dwarf, guessed by lilacsigil, misscam and neotoma
18) Fairies play pranks on young people and each other, and suicide is played for laughs. Hard-working blue-collar types bust their asses to put on a show; their upper class audience responds by mocking it MST3K-style. Features hot fairy-on-donkey action! A Midsummer Night's Dream, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
19) Young woman is captured by violent fanged monster, and talks to furniture and crockery. Fortunately, she convinces her captor not to be such an ass, and everyone lives Happily Ever After. Except for a Bruce Campbell lookalike, who falls off a building. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, guessed by misscam and neotoma
20) A peasant, a river man and a forest wise man try to cure their ADHD noble friend of his on-the-fly, erratic obsessions. Road rage, prison breaks, theft and property repossession abound. The Wind in the Willows, guessed by pbrim
ETA: All done!
1) Vampire with a conscience works as a night cop, dates a mortician, and goes through a series of partners and captains. Also, he kills his vampire sire, who goes on to host a late-night radio show. Forever Knight, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
2) Several layers of social commentary, wrapped in a 'first contact' subtext, taped with religious and mythic connotations, and directed by George Miller, to boot. Oh, and there's tap-dancing. In Antarctica. Happy Feet, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
3) A girl thinks she's in a Gothic Romance. Narrated by a Troper. Northanger Abbey, guessed by redcoast
4) Two overgrown geeks and their three younger sidekicks try to prove whether urban legends are true or not by playing with an overly abused crash test dummy and blowing stuff up. Mythbusters, guessed by misscam
5) Boy named after a mouse helps locals improve their drug-filled sandpit, despite unfriendly wildlife. The government disapproves. Dune, guessed by nopejr
6) Man recalls how he fell out with, and walked out on, his crazy mother and sickly sister. The Glass Menagerie, guessed by neotoma
7) A man with OCD annoys everyone around him in the process of solving murders. Monk, guessed by misscam and neotoma
8) Obsessive control-freak stalker and self-confessed cannibal breaks into the house of a hybristophiliac girl with age and appearance issues and low self-esteem, watches her sleep, goes through her dirty laundry, attempts to intimidate her with displays of his physical prowess and rare dermatological disorder, and reminds her at every opportunity that he wants to kill and eat her. It's a love story. (Really NOT better than it sounds.) Twilight, guessed by misscam and neotoma
9) A girl rescues her parents from a greedy old woman with an oversized head by working in a bath house. Spirited Away, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
10) Two doctors and a solicitor from London must kill their neighbor because of his dental problems. Dracula, guessed by neotoma
11) Investment Fraud: The Musical. The Producers, guessed by jetamors
12) A lovable doofus with ridiculous Eighties Hair fights crime with technology he barely knows how to use. The Greatest American Hero, guessed by pbrim
13) Corrupt politician goes great lengths to kill a young girl just because she wants to bury her brother. Said politician ends up dying instead. Antigone, guessed by ravenclaw_eric
14) A grumpy man and a clingy jackass are sent to fight a dragon due to a zoning dispute. Shrek, guessed by neotoma
15) An Obstructive Bureaucrat gives his nephew tips on how to mess up someone's life. The Screwtape Letters, guessed by neotoma
16) An obnoxious lawyer, an emo farmer, a horny doctor and a bunch of middle-aged white men bitch about the heat and call each other names while trying to start a revolution. There are more sex jokes than you might expect. A lot more. 1776, guessed by neotoma
17) The last human in existence drifts through space in a vast abandoned ship. It's a comedy. Red Dwarf, guessed by lilacsigil, misscam and neotoma
18) Fairies play pranks on young people and each other, and suicide is played for laughs. Hard-working blue-collar types bust their asses to put on a show; their upper class audience responds by mocking it MST3K-style. Features hot fairy-on-donkey action! A Midsummer Night's Dream, guessed by lilacsigil and neotoma
19) Young woman is captured by violent fanged monster, and talks to furniture and crockery. Fortunately, she convinces her captor not to be such an ass, and everyone lives Happily Ever After. Except for a Bruce Campbell lookalike, who falls off a building. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, guessed by misscam and neotoma
20) A peasant, a river man and a forest wise man try to cure their ADHD noble friend of his on-the-fly, erratic obsessions. Road rage, prison breaks, theft and property repossession abound. The Wind in the Willows, guessed by pbrim