Apr 29, 2010 16:38
So now for my entry in the "Better Than It Sounds" meme (look it up on TVTropes):
1. Forces of two empires unite to thwart the apocalyptic ambitions of a jealous reporter.
2. A hopeless young man saves a royal daughter, gets captured and turned into a slave in the Far East, learns their secret arts, and upon returning home ends a war.
3. A young pubescent male develops a tumor and an uncertain relationship with the new housekeeper.
4. A group of misfits sabotage military hardware to highlight contract fraud.
5. After his mentor is shot, a young man goes to greet lengths to get his father laid.
6. Immortal nymphomaniac repeatedly saves the world.
7. An angel falls in love with an ex-soldier on a cruise.
8. Estranged husband uses grad students and a government agency to pursue his missing wife.
9. A misunderstanding about intellectual property forces everyone into exile.
10. A lonely man, the last of his tribe, kidnaps young women, endangers them, and abandons them.
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